. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 110 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. July 19, 77/A" OF AMEKICAX JIORTI CULTURE. Edited L. H. Railey, Macmillan c(- Co., London and New Yorl:. J/ vols. The fourtli and concluding volnnie of this important work lia.'ijlist i)een issued, tlie first vohinie having aii[ieared in 1900. Its aim is to make a coni[iIetL* record of the condition of horticulture in North America at the liegin- ning of the twentieth centurj-. The work discusses the cultivation of fruits, flowers and garden vegetables, describ
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 110 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. July 19, 77/A" OF AMEKICAX JIORTI CULTURE. Edited L. H. Railey, Macmillan c(- Co., London and New Yorl:. J/ vols. The fourtli and concluding volnnie of this important work lia.'ijlist i)een issued, tlie first vohinie having aii[ieared in 1900. Its aim is to make a coni[iIetL* record of the condition of horticulture in North America at the liegin- ning of the twentieth centurj-. The work discusses the cultivation of fruits, flowers and garden vegetables, describes all the species which are known to be in the horti- cultural trade, outlines the horticultural possibilities of the various states, territories and provinces including Porto Rico and the Phillipines, and indicates the leading monographic works relating to the various subjects. In carrying out this scheme the editor has availed himself of the assistance of some four hundred an<l fifty cimtributors —specialists in the subjects on which they have written,— among whom are many of the leading American liotanists and iigricultural ex|)crts. Particular attention has lieen devoted to tro[iical and sub-tropical economic, , a fact which greatly enhances the value of the work from a West Indian ])oint of view. Among the ^Messrs. Fawcett and Harris of Jamaica, and Mr. J. H. Hart of Trinidad. The classification adojited is that of Hentham and Hooker in their (lencra I'Uuitarinn, and the standard of nomenclature that of the IndtJ' Kciin'nsis—facts which render these volumes more useful to English workers tlian if the system of Engler and I'rantl haecial mention may be made of those on pruning, seedage (the proiiagation of plants from seeds and sjiores), ciittage (growth from cuttings), pine-ajiples, citrus plants, spraying, transplanting, insects, and horticulture. A valuable feature of the work consists in the references to the standard works in each subj
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