976 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



for the vear, including lists of the varieties of fruit trees most commonly planted for 

 commercial purposes, data on cost of preparing and shipping fruit from Australia to 

 London, the introduction of new varieties of fruits, including oranges, Smyrna figs, 

 date palms, etc., and data showing the yields of various kinds of fruits in different 

 provinces of western Australia in 1904-5 and of the quantities of orchard products 

 imported in 1904. Notes are given on the prevalent insects of the season and on 

 fruit-eating birds. 



The cost of fruit packages, packing material, labor in sorting, wrapping, packing, 

 branding, cartage, wharfage, etc., is placed at 83 cts., while the freight to London is 

 71) cts. The minimum cost of growing a case of apples is placed at 75 cts. Thus, in 

 order to lay a case of fruit down in London and cover expenses the minimum returns 

 must be $2.37. 



The influence of the graft on the quality of grapes and wine, and its 

 employment in the systematic amelioration of sexual hybrids, Curtel and A. 

 Jurie (Compt. Rend. Acad. Sri. [Paris'], 142 {1906), No. 8, pp. 461-463).— €areful 

 examination was made of the fruits, seeds, etc., of a variety of grapes on its own 

 roots and when grafted on Eupestris. Analyses of the wine obtained from the fruit 

 of the two vines are also given. 



The general conclusions are drawn that a graft may modify both fruit and wine. 

 There is an inverse influence between the stock and scion. The action of the graft 

 is not limited to the duration of its association with the stock, but persists in the 

 buds and scions taken from it. This method of asexual hybridization may be used 

 in systematic amelioration of the grape and its hybrids, and especially the wines 

 obtained from them. 



The Lincepina grape, M. B. White (Horticulture, 3 (1906), No. 9, p. 251, fig. 

 1). — This new grape, originated by the author, is stated to be a combination of Vitis 

 labrusca, V. vulpina, V. lincecumii, and V. vinifera. The mother parent contained 

 the blood of the Delaware, Lindley, and Brilliant. Clinton was the father parent. 

 The grape is of rather dark-red color covered with lilac bloom. " Its clusters and 

 berries are large, and its quality is pure and sprightly, pulp tender to the center, and 

 so transparent that when held up to the light the seeds are plainly seen." 



The production of oil of wintergreen, H. D. Foster (Forestry and Irrig., 11 

 (1905), No. 12, pp. 565-569, figs. 3). — A description of the process of distilling win- 

 tergreen oil from sweet birch (Betida lenda). The bark from an average birch 12 in. 

 in diameter is stated to yield 1 lb. of crude oil, worth about $2.25. 



Pruning, training, and trimming trees and shrubs, D. G. McIver (London: 

 Dawbarn & Ward, Ltd., pp. 63, figs. 22). — Popular directions for the pruning of 

 fruit trees and ornamental shrubs. 



The book of the winter garden, D. S. Fish (London and New York: John Lane 

 Co., 1906, pp. Nil -{-107, pis. 10). — The author considers the chief winter-berried 

 trees and shrubs from the standpoint of their ornamental usefulness in the winter. 



Directions are given for planting and caring for such trees and shrubs and for the 

 cam of herbaceous and other winter-flowering plants in the open. Selections for 

 cold and Alpine plant houses are also given. The final chapter deals with the forc- 

 ing of plants, such as bulbs, shrubs, and roses. Brief descriptions are given of all the 

 various plants mentioned in the work. This is Vol. 26 of the Handbooks of Prac- 

 tical Gardening, edited by H. Roberts. 



The lawn, L. C. Corbett ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bid. 248, pp. 20, figs. J).— 

 Popular directions are given for preparing the soil, seeding, and care of the lawn, 

 with a discussion of its relation to walks, drives, trees, and shrubs. 



A study of the bibliography and horticultural literature of the past, G. 

 Gibault (Jour. Sue. Nat. Hort. France, 4. ser., 6 (1905), Nov., pp. 710-743, figs. 3).— 

 A running account is given of all of the more important horticultural works that have 



