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THE CUBA REVIEW 



The United Railways of Havana 



in conjunction with the Cuba Railroad, maintain a service of 

 two trains daily between Havana and the growing Eastern 

 city of CAMAGUEY, and one Express Train daily between 

 Havana and SANTIAGO DE CUBA, the "Dream City of the 

 West Indies." Buffet lunch is served on these trains. 



FOUR TRAINS DAILY 



in both directions between Havana and MATANZAS, which latter city because of its picturesque 

 situation and tne charm of its principal attractions (Yumuri's famous valley and the wonderful 

 caves of Bellamar) has long enjoyed distinction as the great "Mecca" of the tourists, and it 

 continues to gain in populaiity. EXCELLENT TRAIN SERVICE is maintained to many other 

 places of great interest to tourists, all of which are fully described in "Cuba — A Winter 

 Paradise," a profusely illustrated 80-page booklet with six complete maps and 72 views illustrative 

 of this wonderful island, sent postpaid on receipt of 3 cents in stamps. 



Frank Roberts, General Passenger Agent 

 United Railways of Havana _.- us, Prado, Havana, Cuba 



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JAMES S. GONNELL & SON 



Sugar Brokers 



Established 1836, at 105 Wall St. 



Cable Address, "Tide, New York" 



P. RUIZ ® BROS. 



ENGRAVERS 



FINE STATIONERY 



Obispo 22 P. O. Box 608 



HAVANA, CUBA 



New Books, Periodicals, Etc., Received 



Circular No. 77, Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try, United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture, is devoted to a "Study of the Im- 

 provement of Citrus Fruits Through Bud 

 Selection," by A. D. Shamel. It was an 

 investigation into the causes for the great 

 differences in the quantity and size of 

 fruit, in the proportion of irregular and 

 abnormal fruits among neighboring trees 

 of the same variety, in the same grove, 

 and under uniform conditions. The in- 

 vestigations were carried on among or- 

 ange, lemon and pomelo groves in south- 

 ern California. The one consideration of 

 vital importance among growers of citrus 

 fruits seems to be to propagate stock true 

 to variety, and the possibilities of bud va- 

 riation were not seriouslv considered. 



Nevertheless some recognized these varia- 

 tions, one grower stating that but 60 per 

 cent of his orange trees produced his 

 crops and that the remaining 40 per cent, 

 though true to the parent tree, yet, because 

 of bud variation, were Hght producers, or 

 barren and practically worthless. Selec- 

 tion of buds should be based on crop per- 

 formance whenever possible, and where 

 this is done there will be a grove which 

 will produce imiformly a large yield of 

 fruits of desirable size and shape. 



Farmers' Bulletin No. 451 of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture contains 

 articles on sterilizing tobacco plant-beds, 

 the velvet bean and the care of mares and 

 foals. 



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