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Avocados, particularly Guatemalans, W. roi'EisoE {Proc. Fla. State Uort. 

 Soc, 32 {JOl'J), pp. 88-10.'i). — A c(>ntril)ution from the Oflice of Foreijin Seed and 

 Plant Introduction of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, in which the 

 author briefly considers certain points dealing with the adaptation and culture 

 of avocados in south Florida. The paper concludes with notes concerning the 

 most promising varieties now being propagated in Florida. 



Avocado varieties, E. D. Vosbury (I'roc. Fla. State llort. Soc, 32 {lOl'J), 

 pp. lO.j-109). — A contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture, in which the author sums up the experience in South 

 Florida with different varieties of the West Indian, Guatemalan, and Mexican 

 types of avocados. 



Citrus fertilizer experiment: A resume of ten years' work, S. E. Collison 

 {Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc., 32 {1919), pp. 35-J,2, figs. 2).— A contribution from 

 the Florida Experiment Station sunnnarizing experiments reported in detail 

 in Bulletin 154 of the station (E. S. R., 42, p. 837). 



[Coffee, cacao, and tea in the French Colonies] {Cong. Agr. Colon. [Paris], 

 1918, Compt. Rend. Trav., vol. 3, pp. 7-72, 78-99, 2^5-288).— Under this general 

 title are included the following reports and resumes of papers presented at the 

 French Congress of Colonial Agriculture, May 21-25, 1918 : 



Coffee Culture in Madagascar, by RoUot (pp. 7-20) ; The Native Coffees of 

 the Lower Oubangui-Congo, by Reste (pp. 21-27) ; Coffee in Indo-China, by 

 Girard (pp. 28-33) ; Coffee Culture in China, by de La Pommeraye (pp. 34-39) ; 

 Coffee in Guadeloupe, by Fawtier (pp. 40-43) ; The Diseases of Coffee In the 

 French Colonies, by L. Beille (pp. 44-60) ; The Commercial Importance of 

 Green Colored and Luster Coffee, by E. Sauvage (pp. 61-65) ; Monopoly of 

 Coffee from the Colonial and Commercial Points of View, by P. Jobin (pp. 

 6()-72) ; Cacao and its Possibility in Oceania, by Julien (pp. 78, 79) ; Cacao in 

 Madagascar, by M. Robin (pp. 80-87) ; Note on the Cacao Station at Binger- 

 ville Agricultural Station, Ivory Coast, by Lerolde (pp. 88-92) ; The Metallic 

 Impurities of Cacao, by G. Meuier (pp. 93-95) ; The Budding of Cacao, by 

 Bret (pp. 96-99) ; and a Contribution to the Study of Tea in Indo-China, by C. 

 Shalot (pp. 265-288). 



[Coffee in the Uganda Protectorate], L. Hf:wETT et al. {Ann. Rpt. Dept. 

 Agr. Uganda, 1919, pp. 8, 11-lJf, 21, 23, U)- — Yield data are given for tpst plats 

 of different varieties of coffee under observation on government plantations in 

 the Uganda Protectorate. 



State laws governing the protection and planting of street trees {Michi- 

 gan Sta. Circ. Jfl {1920), pp. 8). — This circular comprises the text of the IMichi- 

 gan laws governing the protection and planting of trees along the streets and 

 highways of the State. 



What shade and ornamental trees shall we plant? W. E. Bontrager {Mo. 

 Bui. Ohio Sta., 5 {1920), No. 2, pp. 35-41, figs. 7).— A discussion of the selection 

 of varieties, adaptation, planting, and care, with special reference to Ohio 

 conditions. 



Broad-leaved evergreens for Ohio planters, W. E. Bontrager {Mo. Bui. 

 Ohio Sta., 5 {1920), No. 4, pp. 111-113, fig. 1). — Suggestions are given on the use 

 of native and other broad-leaved evergreens for ornamental purposes. 



Gardens of celebrities and celebrated gardens in and around London, 

 J. MacGregor {London: Hutchinson cG Co., 1918, pp. XII+326, pis. 26).— This 

 work contains descriptions with illustrations in water color and pencil of 13 

 notable gardens in and around London. 



