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The vegetable industry in New York State (A". Y. Dept. Agr. Bui. 70 (1915), 

 pp. 1209-1575, pis. 3, figs. 136). — This bulletin comprises a compilation of over 

 40 articles written by scientists and practical specialists and covering various 

 phases of the vegetable industry in New York State. Accounts are given of 

 market-garden practices in different sections of the State, forcing house meth- 

 ods, the canning industry, the seed industry, cooperative marketing, soils, the 

 importance of vegetables in the dietary, fertilizers, diseases, and insect pests, 

 together with specific directions for growing various vegetables. The bulletin 

 also contains a cultural guide, census statistics on vegebible growing in the 

 State, and a list of reference books for vegetable growers. 



The fertilizer problem from the vegetable grower's standpoint, C. E. 

 DUBST {Illinois Sta. Circ. 182 {1915), pp. 3-28, figs. 5).— This circular comprises 

 a revision of a paper read before the Horticultural Society of Central Illinois, 

 at Peoria, 111., in November, 1913. It discusses the general principles of plant 

 nutrition and losses of fertility in vegetable growing, including losses by crop 

 removals, drainage and leaching, losses of organic matter and nitrogen by 

 oxidation, methods of checking the losses of fertility, and probable losses of 

 fertility annually. Consideration is then given to methods of supplying fertil- 

 ity to the soil by means of various organic and inorganic manures, as well as to 

 drainage and crop rotation. 



Hot and cold frames, J. W. Wellington {New York State Sta. Circ. 35 

 {1915), pp. 4). — This circular contains concise directions for the location and 

 construction and nianngement of hot and cold frames. 



The control of insect pests and plant diseases {New York Cornell Sta. Bui. 

 283 {1915), rev., pp. 1,65-500, figs. Jf3).— In the present edition of this bulletin 

 (E. S. R., 24, pp. 550, 557) the subject matter has been revised to include more 

 recent practice, and the diseases and insect posts discussed are grouped together 

 iinder the various crops, which are arranged in alphabetical order. 



Fungicide and insecticide inspection {Mai7ie Sta. Off. Insp. 68 {1915), pp. 

 29^6). — This publication presents the results of examinations of preparations 

 for the control of plant insects and diseases, animal parasites, liousehold pests, 

 and miscellaneous fungicides and insecticides in Maine during 1914. A discus- 

 sion of the law, together with a statement by the executive of the law, A. M. G. 

 Soule, is also included. 



[State laws relating to nursery stock in the United States and Canada], 

 G. G. Atwood {Nat. Nvrseri/man, 23 {1915). No. 9, pp. 33.^-339).— A synopsis of 

 the laws and regulations governing the shipment, inspection, and certification of 

 nursery stock in the United States and Canada. 



New garden plants of the year 1914 (Roy. Bot. Gard. Kew, Bui. Mi^c. 

 Inform., 1915, App. 3, pp. 57-^^).— This comprises a list of plants, both English 

 find foreign, brought into cultivation for the first time during 1914, together 

 with the most noteworthy plants which have been reintroduced after being lost 

 from cultivation. 



[Report of economic section], C. K. Bancroft {Rpt. Dept. Sei. and Agr. 

 Brit. Guiana, 1913-14, App. 2, pp. 9-10). — This comprises a progress report on 

 the condition and behavior of various economic plants growing at the Botanic 

 Garden and at Government House Gardens, including a descriptive list of 

 mangoes. 



Plant breeding in Canada, W. T. Macoun {Jour. Heredity, 6 {1915), No. 9, 

 pp. 398-1(03, fig. 1). — A popular r^sumf> of the breeding of horticultural plants at 

 the Dominion P^xperimental Farms with special reference to breeding work 

 with apples. 



Protecting pollinated blossoms, W. S. Chapin {-Tour. Heredity, 6 {1915). 

 No. 10, pp. 1)71, 472, fig. 1). — The author here describes and illustrates a muslin 



