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Plant propagation — Continued 

 Some observations on bud selection. A. D. 



Shamel. il Rural N Y 77:311 Mr 2 '18 

 Sports from root cuttings. Gard Chron (Lond) 



61:50 F 3 '17 

 Starting- plants in the greenhouse. C. "W. 



Waid. Market Growers J 18:126 F 15 '16 

 Stimulation of root growth in cuttings by 



treatment with chemical compounds. O. F. 



Curtis, bibliog il Cornell Ag Exp Memoir 



14:75-138 '18 



See also Grafting; Plant breeding; Seeds 

 Plant protection 

 Garden movies, no. 9; conservation bv timely 

 steps to outwit early frost, il Gard M 28:43 

 S '18 



Plant sociology 



Effect of one plant on another. S. Pickering. 

 11 Ann Bot 31:181-7 Ap '17; Same. Ag J of 

 India 13:86-94 Ja '18 

 New science of plant sociology. R. M. Harper. 

 Scientific Monthly (Science Press, Garrison, 

 N.Y. 30c) 4:456-60 My '17 

 Plant tissues. See Plant cells and tissues 

 Plant transpiration. See Plants — Transpiration 

 Plantago 

 On t?ie proliferous form of the scape of 

 plantago lanceolata. J. Doyle, il Ann Bot 

 30:353-5 Ap '16 

 Plantain 

 Irrigation of plantains. R. J. D. Graham. Ag 

 J of India. 12:492-4 Jl '17 



Diseases and pests 

 Spraying for ripe-rot of the plantain fruit. 

 Jehangir Fardunji Dastur. il Ag J of India 

 11:142-9 Ap '16 



Plantations. See Agriculture — Southern states 

 Planters (machines) 



Machine transplanters. C. Weckesser. Rural 

 N Y 77:719 My 25 '18 



Planters and seeders. E. F. Cauthen. il Prog 

 F 32:122 F 3 '17 



Planters that save money, il Prog F 32:134 F 

 3 '17 



Planting cabbage by machine. M. A. Turpin. 

 Rural N Y 77:351 Mr 2 'IS 

 See also Strawberry planters 

 Planting. See Foiest planting; Gardening; Land- 

 scape gardening; Transplanting; Tree plant- 

 ing 

 Plants 



Green plants, il Hoard's D 50:800 Ja 7 '16 



How plants grow: work of roots, stems and 

 leaves. B. L. Moss. Prog F 31:500 Ap 8 '16 



Notes on novelties and plants not well known. 

 F. E. Buck. (In Ontario horticultural socie- 

 ties, 11th annual report, 1916, p. 95-6) '17 

 Ontario ag. dept., Toronto, Canada 

 * On theories concerning soils as media for 

 plant growth. C: B. Lipman. School Sci , 

 and Math (2059 B. 72d place, Chicago 30c) 

 18:686-97 N '18 (to be cont) 



Plant families. Wallaces' P 41:1100 Ag 18 '16 



Plant warfare. "VV. E. Brenchley. Gard Chron 

 (Lond) 59:293 Je 3 '16 



Staking growing plants. F. L. Wright. Gard 

 M 23:36 F '16 



Trying out new plants. S. R. Duffy. Gard M 

 23:338 Jl '16 



What to do with frozen plants. Gard Chron 

 Am 22:18 Ja '18 



See also Alpine plants: Annuals (plants); • 

 Aquatic plants; Bible plants; Botany; Bot- 

 any, Medical; Buds; Climbing plants; Color 

 of plants; Desert vegetation; Fertilization 

 of plants; Floriculture; Florists' plants; 

 Flowers; Forcing (plants); Gardening: Geo- 

 tropism; Glands (botany); Growth (plants); 

 Herbs; Honey plants; House plants; In- 

 sectivorous plants: Leaves; Narras plant; 

 Nature study; Paleobotany; Perennials; 

 Pitcher plants; Poisonous plants; Roots; 

 Seeds; Shrubs; Sterility in plants; Tropical 

 plants; Weeds; also headings beginning 

 Plant and Plants 



Anatomy 



Sec Botany — Anatomy 



Bibliography 

 Plants; puljlications relating to culture of 

 fruits, vegetables, grain, grasses, and seeds, 

 for sale by the Superintendent of docu- 

 ments, Washington, D.C. (Price list 44 — 

 10th ed) 44p '18 Supt. of doc, Washington, 

 D.C. 



Breeding 

 See Plant breeding 



Chemistry 

 See Botanical chemistry 



Classification 



See Botany — Classification 



Collection and preservation 

 Collecting tree and flower specimens. R. W. 



Shufeldt. il Am For 23:169-70 Mr '17 

 On the preservation of phytopathological 

 specimens in their natural colors. O. Butler. 

 Phyt 8:66-8 F '18 

 Preparation of material for field crops labor- 

 atory. W. O. Whitcomb. il Am Soc Agron J 

 8:38-41 Ja '16 

 Preservation of natural color in plants. A. B. 

 Rendle. Scientific Am Sup (233 Broadway, 

 N.Y. 10c) 82:423 D 30 '16 

 W. H. Fowler, plant wonder-woiker. Illus- 

 trated World (Drexel a v. and 58th st., Chi- 

 cago 15c) 27:136 Mr '17 



Composition 

 Action of certain organic substances in plants. 

 G. Ciamician and C. Ravenna. Int R Sci & 

 Prac Ag 8,no 12:1202-4 D '17 

 Determination of phytin phosphorus in plant 

 products. J. B. Rather. Ark Ag Exp B 135: 

 1-15-'17 

 Relation of some of the rarer elements in soils 

 and plants. W. O. Robinson and others, 

 bibliog plans U S Ag B 600:1-25 '17 

 Researches on the method used for determin- 

 ing the water-content and the dry matter in 

 vegetable products. A. N. Lebedianzev and 

 G. I. Zalyguine. Int R Sci & Prac Ag 8, no 

 3:350-3 Mr '17 

 Specificity of proteins and carbohydrates in 

 relation to genera, species and varieties. 

 E: T. Reichert. Am J Bot 3:91-8 Mr '16 

 See also Phosphorus in plants 

 Diseases and pests 

 Annual report of Horticulture branch; dis- 

 eases of plants. J Bd Ag 24:146-54 My '17 

 Bacterial diseases of plants. D. H. Jones, il 



Ontario Ag Dept B 265:69-99 '18 

 Causation of variegated leaves, il Gard Chron 



Am 20:22-3 Ja '16 

 Celluloid cylinders for inoculation chambers. 



E. E. Hubert, il Phyt 6:447-50 D '16 

 Common insects and plant diseases of the 

 farm, garden and orchard. W. E. Rumsey. 

 il W Va Ag Dept B 17:1-37 '16 

 Conduction of potassium cyanide in plants. 



J: A. Elliott, il Phyt 7:443-8 D '17 

 Control of diseases of farm crops. H. L. Bol- 



ley. N D Ag Ext C 14:1-4 '18 

 Control of experimental conditions in phyto- 

 pathological research. A. A. Potter. Phyt 

 6:81-8 F '16 

 Control of insect pests and plant diseases 

 (B. 283). il Cornell Ag Exp Rep 1917:435-70 

 '18 

 Decree regarding the organisation of the 

 phytopathological service in Italy; Decree 

 regulating the importation of living plants, 

 portions of plants, seeds and other plant 

 products in Italy. Int R Sci & Prac Ag 8,no 

 7:1054-6 Jl '17 

 Diseases of ornamental plants. D. C. Babcock. 



il Ohio Ag Exp B v 2:323-8 O '17 

 Diseases of the year. Porto Rico Insular Exp 



Rep 1916-1917:93-8 '17 

 Fungi and disease in plants, by E. J. Butler. 

 Review bv G. A. Gammie. Ag J of India 

 13:666-70 O '18 



