IV ■ CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Acetylene light for forcing ])]ants, lorns 38 



Forcing plants by means of ether, liowitt 3!i 



The book of rarer vegetal)le(s, Wythes and Roberts 39 



Development of the Rockyford cantaloupe industry, Blinn 39 



Onion growing, Fisher 39 



Notes on the truttle, Boulanger 40 



The best fruits for all sections, Fletcher et al 40 



Effects of stocks upon varieties, Gulley - 40 



Influence of bagging on the quality of fruit, Gamier 40 



Fertilizer experiments with grapes, Zacharewicz. 40 



GiJrz prune industry, witli sjiecial reference to sulphuring fruit, Devarda 40 



Home preservation of fruits, Galvin 41 



Preventing the decay of ripe fruit, Sim 41 



Utilizing waste apples, Powell 41 



Small fruits in 1905, Pillsbury ----- • 41 



Varieties of rasi)berries and blackberries, with cultural directions, Taylor 41 



Raspberries and blackberries, Taylor 41 



Teas and tea-growing districts of the world 41 



The fei'mentation of tea, Mann 42 



The renovation of deteriorated tea, ]\Iann 43 



Packing cocoa seeds 43 



A neglected nut, Kerr 43 



The seasons in a flower garden, Shelton 43 



The amateur gardener's rose book, Hoffuiann 43 



Handbook on pi-uning roses 43 



A manual on the phlo.x, Harrison 43 



The ]ireservation of cut flowers, Fourton and Uucomet 44 



Effect of chemical substances on the llowers of plants, Hogenson 44 



Forcing liulbs by means of ether, l^ewis 44 



Wild flowers worth cultivating, Miller - - 44 



FORESTRY. 



Exotic forest and park trees for Europe, Mayr ; 45 



Principles involved in determining forest tyjies, Zon 45 



The role of light in forests, Giesler - - 45 



Practical suggestions for the Massachusetts tree planter, Hawley 45 



The forestry problem in Canada, Stewart 46 



Forestry in the P<ast Africa Protectorate, Battiscombe . . 46 



Notes on the commercial timbers of New South Wales,' Maiden 46 



Chaparral as a watershed cover in southern California, Miller 46 



Transverse test of Caialpa spedusa 46 



How spurious seed is disseminateil 46 



Grafting chestnuts on oak for reconstruction of chestnut orchards, Binon 47 



On the increment and form of growth of larch trees, Schotte 47 



Litter experiments in large pine forests, Bijhmerle 47 



Drying of pine forests in northern Sweden in the spring of 1903, Anderson — 47 



Size of seed as related to vigor of germination and seedlings, Eisenmenger 47 



Rubber culture in the Philippine Islands, Hutchinson 47 



History of a rubber creeper {Lcmdolplrut dawei) in tropical Africa, Chevalier.. 48 



Coagulation of Castilloa rubber, Sinclair 48 



Exportation and packing of Hevea seeds, Bernard 48 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



Report of the botanist, Clinton 



Plaut diseases of the year. Paddock 



Report of the horticulturist, Rolfs 



Fungi as related to weather, Halsted, Owen, and Shaw 



Channels of entrance and types of movement in bacterial diseases. Smith 



Cultures of Uredinete in 1905, Arthur 



Experiments with Puccinia sorghl in 1905, Kellerman 



The curly top or western blight of the sugar beet, Townsend 



Some diseases of beans, Whetzel 



Irish potato diseases, Norton 



Spraying notes, 1904-5, Bennett. 



Potato sjiraying e.xperiments in 1905, Stewart, Eustace, and Sirrine... 



