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heads in Wheat/' " Two New Fungi Parasitic on Scale Insects/' and 

 a leaflet on " Treatment of Bunt of Wheat and Smut of Barley." A 

 new and revised edition of the bulletin on " Black Spot of the Apple " 

 has been prepai^ed, giving the latest experiments in spraying. 



A work on the Eusts of Australia is now in the hands of the 

 printer and will shortly appear. 



The Linnean Society of New South Wales has continued the 

 publication of " Australian Fungi, New or Unrecorded/' and Decades 

 III., IV., v., VL, VII., VIII. have been published. 



IV— Miscellaneous- 



Distribution of Cereals. — Under instructions from the Director, 

 who has taken the very practical method of introducing into general 

 cultivation new and improved varieties of cereals by supplying 

 quantities to applicants at cost price, I have attended to the distri- 

 bution of the following varieties : — 



Wheats.— Garten's New Era Wheats.— Marshall's No. 3 

 Rerraf Early Para 



Bobs Oats. — Abundance 



Fan Garton's No. 5 



Majestic Barleys. — Garton's No. 1 



Gluyas Standwell 



Dart's Imperial Eclipse 



Nhill Wheat Brewer's Favorite 



By this means it is hoped that by well selected seed and growing- 

 varieties which have been found by actual trial to be suited to the 

 district, the standard of farming may be raised and the average yield 

 of the State increased. 



Nitrogen-fiixing Bacteria. — A supply has been received from the 

 U.S. Department of Agriculture, and it is being tested how far their 

 addition to poor soils will affect the growth of leguminous crops and 

 increase the yield. 



Green-manuring. — The Sour Clover (Melilotus indicaj im])orted 

 from Arizona, U.S.A., has already been grown in the Goulburn Valley 

 and gives indication of being a satisfactory winter-growing green 

 manure for orcliard purposes. It is being further tried this season 

 at Rutherglen, among the vines as well as in the orchard, and promises 

 to supply economically plenty of humus to the soil, which is the great 

 want of our northern districts. 



Journal of Agricvlt'ure. — The editing of this j)ublication also 

 devolves upon me, and necessarily much of the work in connection 

 with it has to be done after the duties of the day have been attended 

 to. There is plenty of scope for experimental and laboratory investi- 

 gations of diseases of plants, apart altogether from such extraneous 

 work as the Journal involves. 



It only remains to state that my assistant, Mr. G. H. Robinson, 

 still continues to devote his best energies to the work of this Branch, 

 and in every department of its activity gives loyal and efficient aid. 



