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BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



Eames, Wilberforce, Lenox Library, New York, New York. Grant No. 

 343. Completion of Sabin's "Dictionary of Books Relating to America" 

 from "Smith to Z." (For previous reports see Year Books Nos. 5 

 and 6.) $3,600, 



Mr. Eames reports that the material for the completion of the Dictionary 

 of Books Relating to America has now been put into satisfactory shape for 

 the printer, and it is expected that the work of publication will shortly be 

 commenced. 



Fletcher, Robert, Army Medical Museum, Washington, District of Colum- 

 bia. Grant No. 484. Preparation and publication of the Index Medi- 

 cus. (For previous reports see Year Books Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.) 



$12,500. 



The volume of the Index Medicus for 1907 bears evidence of the continued 

 growth of medical literature throughout the world. The index to the vol- 

 ume, containing names and subjects alone, occupies 204 pages in double and 

 triple columns. A noticeable feature is the vast number of contributions in 

 that and in the current volume on the subject of tuberculosis. The originals 

 of all these references are filed in the Library of the Surgeon-General's 

 Office. 



BOTANY. 



Burbank, Luther, Santa Rosa, California. Grant No. 483. Experiments 

 in plant development. (For previous reports see Year Books Nos. 4, 

 5, and 6.) $10,000. 



Experiments on Mr. Burbank's plantation have been carried on with vigor 

 and have been greatly increased in extent. The work on the cactus has 

 interested numerous foreign governments and some of them are now growing 

 the new cacti lately developed on Mr. Burbank's grounds. These plants are 

 grown without care, culture, or fertilizer, and on hard dry ground, without 

 water, yet the average 3-year-old plant yields over 50 pounds of delicious fruit. 

 The work is well advanced toward making a more hardy species and thus 

 extending the culture to colder quarters of the globe. Mr. Burbank also 

 hopes to bring about a still further productiveness in the cacti, as well as a 

 better chemical composition for the plant, and fruit of various colors, flavors, 

 sizes, and seasons. 



A new series of thornless blackberries, with unique qualities, has been 

 developed and many improvements have been made in plums, prunes, 



