1908.] 



Additions to the Library. 



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SELECTED CONTENTS OF PERIODICALS. 



Journal of Agricultural Science. II. 4. 



Studies of soil moisture in the " Great Plains" region, F. J. Alway. The nitrogen 

 compounds of the fundamental rocks, A. D. Hall and N. H. J. Miller. 

 Mendelian studies of Egyptian cotton, W. Lawrence Balls. Note on the 

 absorption of atmospheric moisture by certain nitrogenous manures, George 

 Brownlee. The composition of green maize and of the silage produced therefrom, 

 H. E. Annett and E. J. Russell. The chemical changes taking place during the 

 ensilage of maize, Edward J. Russell. Studies on germination and plant-growth, 

 S. U. Pickering. 



Journal of the Land Agents' Society, vil. 7. 



Woodland industries : Bark stripping. Second Annual Report of the Honorary 

 Consulting Zoologist, W. E. Collinge. 



Transactions of the Royal Scottish Arboriailtural Society. XXI. 2. 

 A scheme of establishing a national industry of forestry. Root disease in Scots 

 Pine on farm lands, B. Ribbentrop. The cultivation of Hardwoods, J. Boyd. 

 Impressions of forestry in the Schwarzwald, J. F. Annand. Experiments on the 

 relative value of certain timber preservatives. 



Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, June, 1908. 



Electric cultivation in relation to horticulture, B. H. Thwaite. The commoner 

 birds of our gardens : their habits and food, C. H. Hooper. Apple-Leaf spot, 

 F. J. Chittenden. 



Journal of the Department of Agriculture for Lr eland. VIII. 4. 



The protection of woodlands, A. C. Forbes. An investigation, in County Wexford, 

 of a disease in young cattle, J. H. Horn's. Mutual live stock insurance in 

 France. Yellow blight in potatoes. The keeping of egg records. The import- 

 ance of milk records. 



Arbeiten aus der K. Biologischen Anstalt fur Land- und Forstxvirtschaft. VI. 3. 

 Untersuchungen uber die Fusskrankheit des Getreides, F. Kriiger. Unter- 

 suchungen uber die Krankheiten der Ruben, W. Busse. 



ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 



[Note. — The receipt of annual publications of foreign agricultural and other 

 departments, experiment stations and societies is not noted in the monthly 

 list of additions to the Library, but a list of all such publications, which are 

 regularly received, will be given from time to time.] 



Great Britain— 



Wright, Professor R. Patrick. — The Standard Cyclopedia of Modern Agriculture 

 and Rural Economy. Vol. I. A. -Aug. (240 pp.) London : Gresham 

 Publishing Company, 1908. Ss. net. 



Westell, W. P., and Cooper, C. S.— The Young Botanist. (199 pp. + 71 plates.) 

 London : Methuen, 1908. y. 6d. net. 



Ballet, Chas. — The Art of Grafting and Budding. (230 pp.) London: Crosby 

 Lock wood, 1903. 2s. 6d. 



The New Market Gardening. (58 pp.) London: The Cable Publishing Com- 

 pany, 1908. 6d. net. 



Australasia.— 



South Australia, Department of Agriculture and Intelligence. — Notes on Agri- 

 culture in South Australia. (61 pp.) Adelaide, 1908. 



