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Additions to the Library. 



[May, 



Insect Pests of Farm, Garden and Orchard.— (E. D wight 

 Sanderson. Second revised and enlarged edition by L. M. Peairs. London : 

 Chapman Hall, 1921. Price 26s. net.) As indicated in the title, this book 

 deals concisely with the insects east of the Rocky Mountains, except insects 

 attacking citrus fruits. Material relating to some pests occurring also in 

 Britain will be found in its pages, while some other American pests, familiar 

 to us by evil repute, are absent, probably owing to the geographical range of 

 consideration, the pests of the* Pacific Coast and the irrigated country of the 

 Far West not coining under review. The work goes further than its title, and 

 includes insects injurious in the household, to domestic animals and to man 

 directly, and should be distinctly useful to those whose interests lie also outside 

 the British Isles. 



The statistics as to damage, and the popular names with which many of 

 the insects are labelled combine to strike a strong and characteristic trans- 

 atlantic note, carrying inspiration by their vigour. The book is profusely 

 illustrated by half tone and line blocks ; these leave something to be 

 desired, not on account of their lack of soundness, but, more particularly as 

 regards many of the former, from poor production. 



For those who desire to explore literature additional to British works on 

 plant pests, this American book may be recommended. 



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ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 



Agriculture, General and Miscellaneous. 



Ernie, Lord. — English Farming Past and Present. (3rd Edition.) 

 (504 pp.) London : Longmans, Green & Co., 1922, 12s. 6d. net. 

 [63(09).] 



Geological Survey Memoirs. England and Wales. — The Water Supply of 



Cambridgeshire, Huntingdon and Eutland. (157 pp.) London : ELM. 



Stationery Office, 1922, Is. net, [628.7.] ■ 

 Woodhouse, T. — The Handicraft Art of Weaving. (162 pp.) (Oxford 



Technical Manuals.) London : Henry Frowde, Hodder & Stoughton, 



1921, 6s. net. [63.193.] 



Field Crops, 



Hayes, H. K. and Garber, R. J. — Breeding Crop Plants (328 pp.) New 

 York and London : McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1921, 21s. [575-4.] 



University of Leeds and Yorkshire Council for Agricultural Education. — 

 No. 121 : — Results of Experiments with Cereals, Swedes, Turnips and 

 Potatoes in Yorkshire, 1921. (8 pp.) Leeds, 1922. [63.31(04); 63.332; 

 63.512(04).] 



University College of North Wales, Department of Agriculture. — College 

 Farm : Varieties of Oats, 1920 and 1921. (li pp.) Bangor, 1922. 

 [63.314(04).] 



Horticulture. 



Royal Horticultural Society. — Report of the International Potato Confer- 

 ence, Nov., 1921. (182 pp.) London : Office of the Society, 1922, 3s. 

 [63.512(02).] 



National Institute of Agricultural Botany. — Report of the Potato Synonym 



Committee, 1921, and Resolutions of the Potato Industry Conference. 



(23 pp.) Cambridge, 1922, Is. 6d. [63.512(04); 63.512-194.] 

 U.S Department of Agriculture. — Bull. 1006 : — Accounting Records for 



Sampling Apples by Weight. (13 pp.) Washington, 1921. [63.41-198; 



63.41(a).] 



