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Tlie luinlKT industi'v in tho inouiiliuns of P.ri1isli Colninhin, Jonos 1135 



TiiiiluM-s dl' Western Austr.-iliii suitMl)le for coiisti-uelieiial purposes, Moore^ llo5 



(Juiiiitil.v and character of creosote in well-iireserved timbers, Allenian — 1135 



Woods used for pacUiu;: boxes in Xew Kn,i,'Iaud, Wentling 1K50 



Control of forest tires at McCloud, ('oo|ier and Kelletor . 1136 



DISKASKS OK PLANTS. 



Tlie adliosivouess of some (•oi>iier fuiifiieides. Kelliofer 1137 



Kei)ort of the botanist for IIXIC, Clinton 1138 



Alfalfa root rot, 'Pliornber 1139 



Potato scab, Morse 1140 



Effects of some fun.Lcicides on Kf^'inination of wheat, Sutton and Pridhani 1140 



Ifililut/o niai/ilis on the adventitious roots of corn, (niifllot 1141 



Raising of strains of plants resistant to funj^us diseases, Salmon 1141 



Ascoj^enous forms of (Jlo>osi)orluni and Colletotrichuni, Shear and Wood 1141 



An account of the fienus Pythium and some Chytridiacea', Butler 1142 



Diseases of fruit and fruit-beariui,' plants 1142 



Tlie scab of ai)ples and pears. \'(>,u(»s 1142 



The iH'rennial mycelium of pear rust, von Tubeuf 1142 



Oi'dium or powdery nuldew of the vine, Bloletti 1142 



Rose canker, Sorauer 1143 



ECONOMIC ZOOLOGY — ENTOMOLOGY. 



Recent progress in study of variation, heredity, and evolution. Lock 1143 



Mammals of Jlexican boundary of United States, Mearns 1143 



Useful liirds and their protection, Forbush 1143 



An ornilh()loj,'ical cross section of Illinois in autumn, Forbes 1143 



History of the counnission of agricultural parasitology, Meraz 1144 



Entomological notes. Froggatt 1144 



Re)K)rt ui)on the work of the State ci'op pest commission, Newell 1144 



Insects and diseases lial)Je to lie introduced into Mississippi, Herrick 1144 



A natural history of the British Lepidoptera, Tutt 1144 



'Pile principal animal enemies of wheat, Vivarelli 1144 



Thrijis, de P.ussy 1144 



Economic notes on aphids and coccinellids, Johnson 1144 



The api)le woolly aphis, green apple leaf ajihis, and remedies. Smith 1145 



Results obtained by Berlese and Silvestri in combating the olive fly. Cuboni 114^ 



Fruit tly. .Jefferson _" 1145 



The fruit-tree leaf-roller. Stedman 1145 



The gipsy moth in Maine. IIitchings___ 1145 



Sjiiders and the nun moth. Loos 1145 



Phylloxera in Vatellina. Molon 1145 



Tln-ee enemies of the cacao in Saint Thomas, Montet 1145 



Insects in coniferous forests of Vosges in 1006, de Gail 1146 



A homemade and effective insect trap, Evans 1146 



New method of prejiaring arsenate of lead, Degrully 1146 



Animal re])ort of Bee-Keepers' Association of Province of Ontario, ll)0(i-_ 1146 



Classification, biology, and distribution of the honeybee, von Buttelreepen_ 1146 



Rearing <pieens, (iiraud 1146 



Amount of water nec(>ssary for bees, Gendot 1146 



Disinfection of silkworm nurseries by means of a new method, Gasperini_ 1147 



EOOUS — HUMAN NUTIUTION. 



Rejmrt of Ohio dairy and food commissioner. Ankeney 1147 



The pure food and drug laws of the State of Indiana 1148 



Report on adulterations of foods and other iiroducts, Packard et al 1148 



Pmteids in the peanut seed, Soave 1148 



Oil-iiearing seeds 1148 



Conceniiiig a little-known edible niusbroom. Chiaiiitella 1140 



Identification of sclii fruit and illiiie fruit, Scliaffnit 1140 



Concerning the ash content of jiaprika, Windisch 1149 



Concerning edilile earths. Balland 1149 



Lead and arsenic in tartaric acid and cream of tartar, MacFaddeu 1149 



