1919] HOETICULTtJRE. 448 



Agricoles Methodes de Destructian. Paris: J. B. Bailliere & Sons, 1911, pp. 346, 

 figs. 151). — The work is divided into two parts, the first dealing in a general 

 manner with weed growth and with the destruction of weeds, and the second 

 part with brief descriptions of a large number of weeds arranged by families. 



HORTICULTURE. 



Protecting" American crop plants against alien enemies, B. T. Galloway 

 (Trans. Mass. llort. Soc, HJli), pt. 1, pp. 75-87). — A popular review, with dis- 

 cussion following, of the work of the U. S. Department of Agriculture in pro- 

 tecting American crop plants against the attack of foreign insects and diseases, 

 including the main features of recent quarantine measures. 



Report of inspection service, T. J. Headlee, M. T. Cook, and H. B. Weiss 

 (N. J. Dept. Agr. Bui. 6 {1917), pp. 199-213).— A report for 1916 on the inspec- 

 tion for injurious insects and diseases of nurseries and nursery stock in New 

 Jersey, as well as nurserj' stock shipped into New Jersey from foreign 

 countries and other States. 



Analyses of insecticides and fungicides, A. J. Patten and E. P. Bebgeb 

 (Michigan Sta. Spec. Bui. 96 (1919), pp. 3-18). — Analyses of samples of various 

 insecticides and fungicides collected during 1917 and 1918 are reported. 

 Special attention was given in 1917 to proprietary smut remedies and form- 

 aldehyde solutions, and in 1918 to commercial Bordeaux and Bordeaux-arsenate 

 preparations. 



Judging vegetables, A. H. McLennan (Ontario Dept. Agr. Bui. 270 (1919), 

 pp. 30, figs. 60). — A set of standards is given for judging all the more im- 

 portant vegetables when placed on exhibition, including a table showing the 

 number or quantity of each vegetable to make up an exhibit for judging and 

 illustrations of various vegetables prepared for exhibition. 



[Variety tests of vegetables at Wisley in 1918] (Jour. Roy. Eort. Soc, 44 

 (1919), pp. 95-116). — Results of tests conducted with a large number of stocks 

 of runner beans, climbing French beans, leeks, and vegetable marrows at 

 Wisley in 1918 are reported. 



Standardizing the hamper. P., P. Downing (Amer. Food Jour., 14 (1919), No. 

 7, pp. 9-12, figs. 3). — This is the first of a series of articles in which the author 

 is to consider the need of standardizing fruit and vegetable containers by 

 Pederal legislation. This article discusses present variations in the hamper 

 basket and suggests proposed standards. Puture articles are to deal with 

 various other fruit and vegetable packages. 



Berry boxes and fruit baskets, F. P. Downing (West. Fruit Jobber, 6 (1919), 

 No. 4> PP- 15-21, figs. 3). — The author discusses some of the effects of Federal 

 legislation providing for standard baskets or other containers for small fruits, 

 berries, and vegetables ; illustrates and describes the prevailing types of boxes 

 and baskets ; and recommends the elimination of a number of shapes now 

 being manufactured. A table is given containing suggestive specifications for 

 berry baskets and boxes. 



Utilization of refrigerating processes for the conservation, storage, and 

 transportation of fruits, Douane (Bui. Mens. Off. Renseig. Agr. [Paris], 16 

 (1917), Apr. -June, pp. 229-251). — A report on this subject to the French Com- 

 mission for the organization and development of the fruit industry. The 

 principal part of this report comprises the reproduction of an article by 

 M. Pintaud, published in 1912, on the influence of artificial refrigeration on the 

 fruit industry. In this article the selection of fruits for cold storage, as well 

 as storage practices for various kinds of fruits and the history of refrigeration, 



