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I'lic \;irieties Prpeparturiens, Franqiiette, Mayette, Chaberte, and Parisienne have 

 all hec'ti >JiK'CH\«sfiilly grown in Oregon. These varieties are all late bloomers and 

 often bear full crops when the tender soft-shell varieties are destroyed by frost. The 

 nuts are of good size and flavor, and while not as large as the paper and soft shell 

 varieties, they are considered eiinally good. The trees are reported free from the 

 bacteriosis which seriously affects soft-shell nuts in California. Trees come into 

 bearing (> to 8 years after })lanting. 



Relative to fill)ert culture the author mentions 1 plantation in Oregon, planted with 

 the Barcelona variety, in which the yield was upward of 15 lbs. of nuts per tree. 

 At this rate filbert culture is believed to be more profitable than prune culture. 

 Other good varieties of filberts are the red and white Avelene and the Du Chilly. 

 They are described as good and prolific bearers, thin shelled, hardy, early, and free 

 from ])ests. 



Grafting chestnuts {Aiim: Agr., 72 (790.3), No. 24, p. 5(9.?) .—A writer states that 

 in grafting chestnuts on sprouts in cut-over land he has secured a growth of 85 to 97 

 per cent of the scions set. The scions for grafting are cut late in winter and kept in 

 moist sawdust in a cool place. Grafting takes place after freezing weather is over 

 and the buds are just beginning to expand. Whip or tongue grafting is preferred. 

 The graft sliould be well covered with grafting wax. 



Relations of climate to horticulture, .J. W. Smith {Jour. Columhus Hort. Soc, 

 IS {1903), No. 4, pp. 143-1.'>1). — A number of tables are given. One table shows the 

 monthly and annual mean temperatures at Wauseon, Ohio, for the years 1870 to 

 1902, inclusive; another shows the total monthly and annual precipitation from 

 March 1871 to 1902, inclusive; and a third shows the dates of blossoming of apples, 

 peaches, pears, plums, and cherries at that place for the years 1877 to 1903. 



Report of the first meeting of the Society for Horticultural Science {Amer. 

 Gard., 25 {1904), No. 466, pp. 25, 26). — This is a report with abstracts of the papers 

 and discussions presented at the recent meeting of the Society for Horticultural 

 Science, held at St. Louis, December 28 and 29, an account of which is noted else- 

 where (E. S. R., 15, p. 538). 



On the use of ether and cMoroform for the forcing of shrubs and of lilacs 

 in particular, E. Lemoine [Jour. Ron. IJort. Soc [London'], 2S [1903), No. 1-2, pp. 

 45-51). — This is a review of European experimental literature on the forcing of 

 plants by the use of ether and chloroform. 



Tried to force by ether and failed, J. Hutchinson {Amer. Gard., 24 {1903), No. 

 463, p. 702). — An account is given of an attempt made to force Lily of the Valley 

 pips after subjecting them to etherization as a substitute for freezing. Well-matured 

 pips were lifted before frost and the plumpest selected and treated to ether for 72 

 hours, after which they were put in a dark place and kept at a temperature of 80° 

 with strong bottom heat. The results were not satisfactory, as the pips did not 

 respond to the heat and moisture as they would have done had they been well 

 frozen. 



SEEDS— WEEDS. 



The Georgia seed-growing industry, N. L. Willett {Proc. Georgia State Hort. 

 Soc. , 27 {1903), pp. 15-28). — This is a popular account of the seed industry in Georgia. 

 The cultural methods observed in growing crops for seed are given for the following 

 plants: Collards, turnips, mustard, okra, pearl millet, cotton, oats, burr clover, 

 chufas, asparagus, melons, second-crop Irish potatoes, beardless barley, rye, multi- 

 plying onions and shallots, Mexican June corn, Spanish peanuts, upland rice, John- 

 son grass, vetches, sorghum, cowpeas, Lima beans, peaches, etc. 



The author holds that second-crop Irish potatoes which are obtained from plant- 

 ings made in July or August are much better for seed in the Southern States than 

 the best Maine-grown sorts. 



