CONTENTS. V 



Page. 



Departmental Reports — ........ . _ ......__. 1 



Report of the Assistant Secretary upon the purchase and distribution 



of seeds _. ._..- — 3 



Report of the chief of the Weather Bureau 7 



Report of the Chemist 17 



Report of the Entomologist - 27 



Report of the acting chief of the Division of Biological Survey. . 35 



Report of the chief of the Division of Vegetable Physiology and 



Pathology 49 



Report of the acting pomologist 59 



Report of the chief of the Division of Soils 65 



Report of the Agrostologist . 83 



Report of the Botanist 91 



Report of the Forester -,... 103 



Report of the Librarian . 111 



Report of the Editor, Division of Publications. ^ . 113 



Report of the Director of the Office of Experiment Stations _ . . , . ... 165 



Report of the chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry ._. . 311 



Report of the chief of the Division of Accounts and Disbursements.. 233 



Report of the chief of the Section of Foi'eign Markets . ... 265 



Report of the Superintendent of Experimental Gardens and Grounds . 273 



Report of the Director of the Office of Public Road Inquiries 279 



Report of the Statistician 293 



