738 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



agricultural explorations in tlie Chinese Empire. Consideration is given to both 

 cultivated, and wild forms observed, and with the more important fruits and 

 nuts special cultural practices and local methods of curing and preserving are 

 noted. Brief references are also given to forms which are either exotic or are 

 not extensively grown in China. 



Since the similarity in soil and climate between the native habitat of many 

 Chinese products and certain areas of the United States is close, the possi- 

 bility of introducing new kinds for direct cultivation and new and valuable 

 strains of forms already grown in this country appears most promising. 



Keport of horticulturist, C. C. Newman (South Carolina Sta. Rpt. 1910, pp. 

 18-23, figs. 3). — A brief progress reix)rt on various investigations with fruits 

 and vegetables. The preliminary results from experiments in grafting apples 

 with scions and stocks of from 3 to 12 in. long indicate that the shorter stocks 

 and scions give larger and more regularly shaped trees. 



The Heeleaka Experimental Station. — Final report, including' investiga- 

 tions during' the year 1909, G. D. Hope and P. H. Carpenter (Indian Tea 

 Assoc. [Pamphlet] Ji, 1910, pp. 25, pis. 7). — In addition to the results secured 

 from manuring exijeriments in 1909, a resume is given of the results obtained 

 during the 5 years the station has been in existence and which largely confirm 

 the results previously noted (E. S. R., 23, p. G42). 



The report concludes with a discussion as to the influence of climatic and 

 soil conditions on the action of manures. Data are given on a number of plats 

 which received no manure during the 5 years and which show a considerable 

 increase in yield in response to careful and repeated cultivation. A study of 

 the leaf returns during the 5 years shows that these yields are influenced both 

 by climatic conditions of local chai'acter and by seasonal variation. In general 

 the heaviest yields occurred during the months of heaviest rainfall. In connec- 

 tion with the application of soluble fertilizers, the results indicate that it 

 is advisable to apply the fertilizers in small divided doses during the year in 

 order to avoid the liability of loss in drainage water. 



Gardening' in the Tropics, G. M. Woodrow (Paisley, 1910, pp. IX-\-631t, pis. 

 35, figs. 55). — This work is presented under the above title as the sixth edition 

 of the author's Gardening in India. It is intended as a treatise on gardening 

 as a means of profit as well as of pleasure and is designed for use in the 

 Tropics and in the cultivation of tropical plants in mild climates. 



Several of the first chapters treat of soil, climate, various cultural opera- 

 tions, garden tools and implements, noxious insects and garden pests, garden 

 edgings, fences, laying out gardens, the mala or hot season garden, the con- 

 servatory, the lawn, preparing flowers for exhibition, horticultural myths, the 

 romance of pollination, the life of the plant, rotation of crops, plant breeding 

 by hybridization and selection, and the composition of plants. The gi-eater 

 portion of the work consists of descriptive and cultural notes on economic and 

 ornamental plants suitable for hot climates. 



The garden: A history of its formal arrangement, A. Grisebach (Der 

 Garten. Eine geschichte seiner kiinstlerischen Gcstaltung. Leipsic [1910], pp. 

 VIII+126, pis. 63). — In this work the author aims to present a descriptive 

 and pictorial account of formal gardening at different ages in Europe as dis- 

 tinct from landscape gardening. The successive chapters treat of the follow- 

 ing subjects in detail : The geometric garden, the architectural style of pleas- 

 ure gardens during the baroque period, special types of gardens, the develop- 

 ment of individual garden parts since the Renaissance, and the garden revolu- 

 tion in the eighteenth century. Numerous examples are shown of the various 

 types of gardens under discussion, the illustrations being obtained for the most 



