rv CONTENTS. 



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The mycoplasm theory and metachromatic corpuscles, Beauverie 228 



Variation of fungi due to environment, Stevens and Hall 228 



A quantitative study of variation in pure lines of Silene noctiflora, Humbert. . 229 



On ijiheritanco of a mutation in the common foxglove, Saunders 229 



Seeds and ])lanta imported from Jan. 1 to Mar. 31, 1910.— Inventory No. 22. . . 229 



Seeds and plants imported from Apr. 1 to June 30, 1910. — Inventory No. 23. . 229 



FIELD CROPS. 



Experimental work [wiih. field crops] _. ._ 230 



Summary of five years' results of cooperative tests, Wiancko and ('romer 230 



Report on the Partabgarh Agricultural Station for 1910, Hadi 231 



Progress of grain investigations, Willis and Champlin 231 



Lucern, O'Grady '. 232 



The history of the clover-seed traffic in Vermont, Carpenter 232 



Characters of the corn plant associated with yield, Williams and Etheridge. . . 232 



Corn production, Cahdn...'. 232 



Cotton, De Wildeman et al 233 



Report on the present position of cotton cultivation, Dunstan 233 



Cotton production, Calvin 233 



Effect of different fertilizing materials on the maturity of cotton, Williams 233 



Cultivation of broach cotton in Dharwar, Kulkarni 234 



Hindi cotton in Egypt, Cook 234 



Proceedings of the cotton culture commission of the colonial committee 234 



Cotton growing in Ceylon 234 



Fibers used in textile and allied industries, Mitchell and Prideaux 234 



Studies on microscopical examination of fibers for technical purposes, Korn. . . 235 



Report of field trials with varieties of oats, Milburn and Patten 235 



Experiments by the German Potato Culture Station in 1910, von Eckenbrecher. 235 



Experiments with potatoes in 1910 at Kloster, Hadmersleben Oetken 235 



Varieties of potatoes utilized for manufacturing starch, Parow. 235 



Analyses of potatoes grown in 1909 and 1910, Hoffman 235 



Some potato fertilizer tests, Hall 235 



Literature on the races of rice in India 236 



Chemical structure and its influence on sugar content of Beta vulgaris, Claassen. 236 



The influence of light on the composition of the sugar beet, Strohmer et al 236 



An experiment on manuring swedes, 1907 and 1908, Porter and Gaut 236 



Tobacco culture in Wisconsin, Johnson 237 



Conference of wheat growers, with special reference to dry farming, Perry 237 



Adulteration and misbranding of seeds, Taylor 237 



Orange hawkweed or paint brush, ^Vhite 237 



HORTICULTURE. 



Fertilizer experiments with small fruits, vegetables, and flowers, Heine 237 



[Report on fruits, vegetables, and ornamentals] 237 



The iron-containmg vegetables, Kochs 237 



Cauliflower, Hasbrouck 237 



Fruit culture along the middle and lower course of the Volga, Pashkevich 237 



Community fruit growing in Offenburg, Baden, Fritzsche 238 



[Resistance of peach buds and blossoms to frost], Garcia 238 



The management of a bearing orchard, Moore 238 



A practical treatise on banana culture, Garcia Salas 238 



Lemon gi'owing in Sicily, De Soto 238 



Conservation of fruits by cold, De Loisy 238 



Shade trees in towns and cities, Solotaroff 238 



Rock and alpine gardening, Hemsley 238 



The practical flower garden, Ely 239 



FORESTRY. 



Forest management, Martin • 239 



The extension of the regeneration area, Hauch 239 



The leafing-out and other behavior of beeches and other hard woods, Engler. . 239 



Purple basket willow, Mell 239 



An artificial method of forcing basket willows 239 



Eucalypts in Florida, Zon and Briscoe 239 



