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through, but smaller at the inner opening than the 
outer. Having entered by this means he seemed un- 
able to increase the hole by digging from the inside 
upward and could not return as he came. When one 
hole was blocked up by stones, he dug from the outside 
another, but could never leave the basement unless the 
doors were opened for him. 
In regard to ‘‘late blooming trees,” I had a flowering 
almond which bloomed in April, then again in October, 
and again in April. It was a young shrub, and grew 
vigorously. I concluded that the October blooming 
was provoked by very mild, moist, showery, spring- 
like weather, which continued long enough to develop 
the flower buds, and then hasten the growth of the next 
set of embryo buds, to a point where they were ready 
for blooming on the return of good growing weather. 
J. McNair Wricur. 
BOOK-REVIEWS. 
Handbook of Experiment Station Work. A Popular Digest of 
the Publications of the Agricultural Experiment Stations in 
the United States. Bulletin No. 15. Washington, D. C., 
Office of Experiment Stations, U. 5S. Department of 
Agriculture. 1893, 411 p. 
As mentioned in its title, this bulletin is a popular 
digest of the work of the experiment stations of the 
United States. That such a publication is a useful one 
and serves a very useful purpose is manifest when it is 
known that there are fifty-four different stations in the 
country, some maintained entirely by the general-Gov- 
ernment, some by the several States. These stations 
had during the year 1892 no less than $997,244 at their 
disposal, and of this sum $689,542 was from the 
national treasury. That the stations have done some 
good work cannot be denied; but that there has been a 
large amount of duplication without sufficient justifica- 
SCIENCE. 
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tion, and a large amount of useless expenditure also, 
cannot be denied. The Secretary of Agriculture in his 
last annual report very properly protests against the 
charging against the Department of Agriculture the 
sum of over $700,000 annually when the Department 
has nothing whatever to say in regard to its disburs- 
ment. ‘‘No detailed account,” he says, ‘‘as to how the 
money has been expended, to whom, or for what it has 
been paid out, is required. Current rumor in some of 
the States and Territories, so universal, pronounced, 
accentuated, and vehement asto have secured great 
credence, indicates that some of the moneys appro- 
priated for experiment stations have been diverted from 
legitimate public purposes and turned to those of a per- 
sonal and not patriotic character.” He rightly thinks 
that if the Department is to be charged with the sum 
it should have the supervision of its expenditure. 
There are about 500 persons employed in the different 
stations, and during 1892 alone there were published 
fifty-five annual reports and 250 bulletins. With such 
amass of literature as this to cope with the necessity of 
some digest is at once evident. 
The first regularly organized station was at Wesleyan 
University, Middletown, Conn., in 1875; but as a result 
of the law passed by Congress in 1887, giving $15,000 
annually to every station organized, now every State 
and Territory except Montana and Alaska have stations, 
some States have two, and several have three sub- 
stations. 
The volume under review was originally designed as 
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it will at the same time serve asa ready means of ascer- 
taining what has been done upon many subjects of im- 
portance in agriculture. Under each heading there is 
given a brief notice of the subject and at the end refer- 
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