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toes gri'w well inside the tent and were 6 days earlier than those grown outside, but 

 were not so robust. Corn grew more rapidly inside than out at first, but later on was 

 not as robust. 



Some ilata are given showing the average temperatures during the summer months 

 up to September 1 , inside and outside the enclosure. The temperature was usually a 

 little higher inside than out, the greater difference in any one case was 9°. 



In conclusion it is stated that "cheese cloth enclosures may be of value in cities 

 and towns where it is difficult to have a garden owing to the injury done by cats, 

 dogs, and even young children. Vegetables will probably be tenderer, as a rule, 

 grown inside an enclosure, though this was not the case this season owing to the wet 

 weather. It may be useful to market gardeners for growing vegetables which are 

 affected by root maggots." 



A test by Graham Bell, at Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, is noted in which it was 

 found that lettuce and beans were tenderer when grown under shade and that 

 tomatoes ripened earlier, although the crop was not as large as that grown outside. 



The culture of vegetable crops in the market and home gardens, W. F. 

 Massey {Bui. North Carolina State Bel. Agr., 24 (1903), No. 11, pp. 75).— The author 

 discusses this subject with especial reference to the needs of North Carolina culti- 

 vators. All the different phasfes of trucking and market gardening are discussed, 

 with specific directions as to varieties and cultural methods best suited for all the 

 more common vegetables usually grown in trucking. 



The vegetable garden, J. E. Morse {Rochester, N. Y.: Vick Pub. Co., 1903, pp. 

 SO). — Brief directions are given for the location and preparation of the vegetable 

 garden and for the planting and culture of vegetables and small fruits. 



Kitchen and market gardening, L. Btjssard ( Culture potagere et culture marai- 

 chere. Paris: J. B. Bnilliere & Sons, 1904, pp. 503, figs. 173). — This is a popular work 

 on the culture of all of the more common market garden crops. It purports to give 

 all of the latest information on this subject. 



A Pennsylvania celery farm: Heavy fertilizing in a s^wamp {Rural New 

 Yorker, 62 {1903), Nos. 2809, p. 817; 2810, p. 834; 2811, pp. 850, 851; 2812, pp. 865, 

 866, figs. 3). — An account is given of the method of celery culture observed on the 

 farm of A. R. Niles, Tioga County, Pa. The land was originally a worthless swamp. 

 A very successful celery farm was made out of it by thorough drainage and the use 

 of large amounts of commercial fertilizers irrespective of any natural fertility of the 

 land. Potash was found to be the element of most importance in the culture of cel- 

 ery on this land. 



Generally a complete factory-mixed fertilizer is used, applications of as much as 

 3,000 lbs. per acre being sometimes employed. About half the fertilizer is used 

 broadcast and half drilled 4 to 5 in. deep in the celery rows before the plants are set 

 above it. Small dressings of lime and ashes have also proved very beneficial on this 

 soil. The success of the industry is attributed to the fact that the soil is used mainly 

 as a medium in which to grow the plants, and the crop fertilized as heavily as though 

 the soil were absolutely sterile. Golden Self-Blanching is the variety principally 

 grown. 



Peas in pots and frames with varieties, G. Wythes {Amer. Gard., 25 {1904), 

 No. 466, p. 21, fig. 1) . — Directions are given for growing early peas in pots and frames, 

 W'ith notes on some of the better varieties used in England for this purpose. 



The genus Phaseolus; its garden varieties, Denaiffe {Jour. Soc. Nat. Hort. 

 IVance, 4. ser., 4 {1903), Apr., pp. 222-243).— Kn account is given of the botanical 

 characteristics, the distinguishing features of the principal varieties, diseases, culture, 

 etc., of kidney beans {Phaseolus vulgaris), Lima beans (P. lunatus), and the scarlet 

 runner bean (/'. multifiorus). 



What the introduction of foreign varieties of fruit has done for the horti- 

 culture of the Northwest, H. C. Price {Jour. Columbus Hart. Soc, 18 {1903), No. 



