IV CONTENTS. 



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Varieties of oats, Malpeaux 2:d:i 



The effects of ])laiiting sprouted seed on the yield of the potato crop, Wright. . 233 



Report of the cuUivation of potatoes with chemieal fertilizers, ("avaleanti 233 



Annual of the rice culture exi)eriment station 233 



Tobacco districts and types, Killebrew 233 



Bright tobaccos, Charlrn 234 



Tobacco, Charlan 234 



Investigations concerning seed wheat, Burkett 234 



The fertilization of wheat, I.avallee 234 



Zapupe: A new tvi)e of liber plant, De Santisteban 234 



[Wyethia viollis], lleller ■ 234 



Certain Californian Thalictra, Greene 234 



Notes on some introduced plants of southern California, II, Parish 235 



Dodder v. alfalfa, Wilcox 235 



[The effects of chemicals on vegetation and weeds), Stone. 235 



Garden and field seeds sold in Connecticut in 1908-9, Jenkins and Jagger 235 



[Seeds, screenings, and weeds in Massachusetts], Smith, Chapman, and Stone. 235 



Seed work. Stone : 236 



The seed control act, Bolley 236 



The Wisconsin seed inspection law, Stone 236 



HORTICULTURE. 



Report of the horticulturist. Torus 236 



Report of the horticulturist, Dickens 237 



[Horticultural work at the Fort Hays Substation], McClelland 238 



The South African ])ipe calabash, Fairchild and Collins 238 



The cardoon in Chieri, Chiej-Gamacchio 238 



The influence of environment on sweet corn, 1905-1908, Straughn and Church. 238 



Manganese in some of its relations to the growth of pineapples, Kelley 240 



Cliniatology and soil and their influence on fruits, McHatton 240 



[Experiments in orchard heating], Hamilton et al 240 



The history and relationship of the citron ( Citrus medico), Ferrari 240 



Fig culture. Van Velzer 240 



Report of the government viticultural expert for the year 1903, Dubois 240 



Report for the half-year ended June 30, 1904, Dubois et al 241 



The outlook for apple growing in the Ozarks, Walker 241 



The influence of stock on scion in the graftage of plums, Waugh 241 



The treatment of trees which are barren as a result of too deep planting, John. . 241 



How to preserve ripe fruits for exhibition purposes 241 



Report of the coffee expert. Van Leenhoff 241 



A new large W'alnut 242 



Lavender plantations, Lamothe 242 



FORESTRY. 



How to grow and plant conifers in the Northeastern States, Pettis 242 



Report of state forester, Hawes 242 



Forest laws of California and rules for the prevention of forest fires 242 



Report on rubber-yielding plants of French Guinea, Chevalier 243 



Rubber production on the Ivory Coast 243 



Rubber and gutta-percha in New Guinea, Warburg 243 



Wood preservation in the United States, Sherfesee 243 



Forest products of the United States, 1908 243 



Foreign trade of the United States in forest products, 1851-1908 243 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



Report of superintendent of southern California stations, 1906-1909, Smith. . . . 244 



[Notes on plant diseases]. Stone ' 244 



Report of the botanist. Stone 245 



Report of the plant pathologist, Fawcett 245 



Relation between the weather and the occurrence of plant diseases, Stormer.. . 245 



The immunity of agricultural crops toward parasitic fungi, Henning 245 



The hot- water treatment for seed grain at creameries, Ravn and Elberg 245 



On smut of wheat, barley, and oats, Eriksson 246 



On barley smut and methods for its eradication, Tedin 246 



