754 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Fruit Grower, 25 {1900), Xo. 656,2)p.4-6). — Paper on thi^; subject discnssing in detail 

 Smyrna and Adriatic classes of figs, caprification, gathering and curing, etc. 



Phylloxera resistant vines for California, F. T. Bioletti {Pacific Rural Prrss, 

 60 {1000), Xo. 25, }jp. 388, 389). — Paper read by the author at the California Fruit 

 Growers' convention. 



Preservation of grape posts, Schellexbero {Jaliresber. Vers. Stat. u. Schule, 

 WcuJcnsu-eil, 1897-98, pp. 43,44). — Posts saturated with solutions of copper sulpliate, 

 carbolic acid preparations, or creosote, respectively, resisted rot much longer tlian 

 posts not so treated. 



Growing flowers for perfume, 0. B. Salisbuey {Anier. Gard., 21 {1900), Xo. 313, 

 pp. 847, 848, fign. 3). — An account, with some statistics, of the perfume industry of the 

 city of Grasse in southeastern France. 



Culture of flowers from seeds and bulbs, E. K. Toogood {SoutJiampton: Toogood 

 & Soii.'<, I'.iOO, pp. 190, fig. 54). — Simple directions for the culture of hardy flowers. 



Live covers for country homes, B. D. Halsted {Xeiv Jer.^ey Stag. Bui. 144, pp. 39, 

 pU. 15, figs. 13). — A pojjular treatise on all the more common hardy climbing vines 

 used in this country for ornamental purposes and shade for houses and other build- 

 ings. The ivies, grapes. Wistarias, Ampelopsis, trumpet creeper, Clematis, honey- 

 suckle, climbing roses, pipe vines, matrimony vine, Akebia gninita, moonseed, climb- 

 ing bittersweet, Actinidia, hop, and Madeira vine, and Cobea annuals are given most 

 attention. The success or failure with many of these at other stations in different 

 parts of the country is noted. Directions for setting vines are given, with notes on 

 their care, diseases, etc., and a brief presentation of the objections from a sanitary 

 standpoint sometimes urged against vines on houses. 



Culture of Erica wilmorei and of similar species, H. Dauthenay {Rev. Ilnrt., 

 72 {1900), Xo. 23, pp. 663, 664). — Details regarding propagation, care, and diseases. 



Auricula (Primula auricula), J. Douc;las {Garden, 58 {1900), Xos. 1515, pp. 

 399-401; 1516, pp. 4II, 412). — Paper on the classes of auriculas, general culture, 

 propagation by seed, repotting, insect pests, and best varieties, with notes on alpine 

 auriculas. 



FORESTRY. 



A short account of the Big Trees of California ( U. S. Dept, Agr.^ 

 Division of Forestry Bui. '28^ pp. 30., pis. 15, maps 2). — This is a 

 reprint of a report on the Big Trees of California which was issued as 

 a Senate document. It contains a statement relative to the discovery 

 of the groves and their distribution throughout California. The Big 

 Tree is found only in small groves scattered along the west slope of 

 the Sierra Nevada Mountains, from the North Fork of the American 

 River to the head of Deer Creek, a distance of 2t)0 miles. But 10 

 main groups are known, and the total number of large trees in these 

 groups are but a few thousand, while the specimens which are remark- 

 able for their size do not exceed 500. The different groves are 

 described in detail, and notes are given on their age, geological his- 

 tory, etc. The Big Tree reproduces itself but slowly and with much 

 uncertaint3\ In some groves a number of seedlings of varying size 

 are found, while in others young trees are almost wholly wanting. 

 A botanical description of the Big Tree is given, together with notes 

 on its nomenclature, in which it is stated that the proper botanical 



