IV CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Some new or little-known oil seeds and oils 234 



On the variations in weight of stored seeds, Morettini 235 



Oxalis on tea estates 235 



A cover crop as a factor in restricting certain weed seeds, Zade 235 



HORTICULTURE 



Colonial plants, Jumelle 235 



Names of the crops and trees of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh 235 



The value of carbon dioxid in organic fertilizers, Reinau and Klein 235 



The home vegetable garden, Kruhm 236 



A radish-cabbage hybrid, Gravatt 236 



Strain tests of tomatoes, Myers 236 



Garden notes on new trees and shrubs, Bean 236 



The improvement of tree fruits, Babcock 236 



Apple growing in Delaware 236 



Origin of the banana, Popenoe 237 



Bacterial transformations of soil nitrogen for citrus, Kellerman and Wright 237 



Eremocitrus, a new genus of citrus fruits from AustraUa, Swingle 237 



Babylonian dates for California, Popenoe 238 



Statistics on the production of grapes and oUves in 1913 238 



Influence of various grape stocks on the harvest, Faes and Porchet 238 



The direct bearers, Verge 238 



Forcing strawbenies with ether and with warm water, Bultel. . ._ 238 



Some of the more important varieties of almonds grown at Andria, VivarelU. . . 238 



All about coconuts, Belfort and Hoyer 239 



Native and exotic plants of Dade County, Florida, Simpson 239 



History of gardening, Gothein 239 



The horticultural record, Cory 239 



International Congress of Horticulture at Ghent 239 



FORESTRY. 



The Bradley bibliography.— IV, Forestry, Rehder 239 



Report of the forest branch for 1913, MacMillau 239 



Report of forest administration in United Provinces, 1912-13, Billson et al 240 



Report of forest administration in Ajmer-Merwara, 1911-12, Hukam Chand 240 



Report on forest administration in Assam, 1912-13, Williaroson and Perree 240 



Progress report of forest administration in Coorg for 1912-13, Tiremau 240 



Conservation of the forest 240 



Afforestation and planting fruit trees in the dry lands of Chile, Izquierdo 240 



Forest fires, Howard 240 



Some Irish larch plantations, Waddingham 240 



Increase in latex from Manihot glaziovii as a result of peeling, Zimmermann . . . 241 



The rubber industry in Ceylon, the Straits Settlements, and Deli, Arens 241 



Creosoted piling in Galveston Bay bridge, Ridgway 241 



A fence post test progress report, Krauss 241 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



The diseases of tropical plants, Cook 241 



Controlling insects and fungi injurious to agricultural plants in Japan 241 



Report of the mycological section. Van Hall 242 



The ^enus Atichia, Cotton 242 



Studies on Nectriaceee, I, Weese _. 242 



Remarks concerning Weese 's studies on Nectriacese. Osterwalder 242 



A reply to Osterwalder 's remarks concerning studies on Nectriaceae, Weese. . . 242 



A review of the genus Ph}i:ophthora, Wilson ._ 242 



Corrosive sublimate and sublimoform for rust and Fusarium on grains 242 



Causes of mycelium formation in Ustilago jensenii, Hils 242 



" Grey leaf " or " dry leaf ' ' on oats 243 



Leaf cut, or tomosis, a disorder of cotton seedlings 243 



Tikka disease and the introduction of exotic groundnuts in Bombay, Butler. . 243 



Potato scab and potato canker, KQck 243 



Powdery scab of potatoes, Morse 243 



[Orders regarding plant diseases] 243 



