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THE “Hortiqultural Education Association Year Book”, vol. 2, 1933 has just appeared under the able editorship of Mr. R, T. Pearl (Wye, Kent. H. E. A., South-Eastern Agricultural College, 3s, 6d.). “Commercial Horticulture in Lincolnshire” is described, by Messrs. J. G. Murray> F. Wakerley and J. C. Wallace, whilst Mr. D. V. Ho wells writes on the same topic for Scotland. Various aspects of fruitgrowing are dealt with by Messrs. N., B, Bagenal, W. G. Kent, F, Kidd and C. West, B. S. Furneaux, R. Hart and A. J. Wooldridge. Dr. R. N. Salaman contributes a paper on potato virus diseases, Mr. C. A. Cameron Brown reviews early progress in electric soil heating, Dr. R. M. Woodman writes on weed killers, Mr. K. K. MacDowall on spraying with sulphuric acid, Mr. W. E. H. Hodson on chrysanthemum eelworm, and Mr. F. A. Secrett on “Early Market Garden Produce”. Direct problems of teaching are discussed by Messrs. W. H. Christian and;R. T. Pearl, whilst the presidential address by Mr. N. B. Bagenal is a biography of Thomas Andrew Knight. A valuable series of book reviews is added. The whole volume is a pleasing blend of science with practice.
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Scientific Horticulture. Nature 133, 135 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133135c0
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