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FIELD CROPS. 



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Effect of soil moisture, plant food, and age on ratio of tops to roots, Harris 628 



Fertilization and cultivation of corn, cotton, and tobacco, Williams 628 



Annual report, 1913-14, Blouin and Rosenfeld 628 



Physiological correlations and climatic reactions in alfalfa breeding, Freeman. . 629 



The cultural value of Turkestan alfalfa, Bohutinsky 629 



A new method of growing corn, Cunningham 629 



Variety tests of corn for 1913, Garren 629 



Fertilizer experiments with cotton on sandy loam soils, Kilgore et al 629 



Varieties, culture, and fertilization of cotton, Williams et al 630 



Results of variety tests of cotton in Mecklenburg County, Williams 631 



Testing cotton seed for germination, Lassetter 631 



Spinning tests of upland long-staple cottons, Taylor and Sherman 631 



A new cover crop, Craib 631 



Notes on a creeping bean, Hose 631 



Mireken nuts [candle nut] (Aleuriles moluccana) 631 



Oats, Nelson and Ruzek 631 



On the assimilation of soil constituents by oats, Paterson and Scott 632 



Paddy cultivation in Ceylon during the nineteenth century, Elliott 632 



New varieties of rice imported from Japan in 1913, Poli 632 



Preparation of seeds of the sugar beet, von Wilkonski 632 



Cultural experiments with artificially dried beet seeds in 1912, von Jancs6 632 



The character of beets derived from the same seed ball, Munerati et al 633 



Weight and sugar content of beets in relation to the area, Munerati et al 633 



Fluctuation of nitrogen in sugar beets of the same parentage, Strohmer et al. . . 633 



The wild cotton plant ( Thurberia thespesioides) in Arizona, Bailey 633 



The state grain laboratory and the Montana seed laws, Atkinson and "^Tiitlock . . 633 



On germination tests in natural mediums, Oetken 633 



Minnesota weeds, II, Oswald and Boss 633 



Eradication of mid mustard, Rech 633 



Vitality of weed seeds in lower strata of soils, Munerati and Zapi^aroU 634 



Effect on germinative ability of seeds passing through cattle, Morettini 634 



HORTICULTURE. 



Large seed a factor in plant production, Cummings 634 



Report of the horticulturist, Kinman 634 



Cultural directions for vegetables and flowers, Wester 635 



The fresh vegetable trade in Germany, Michaelis 635 



Suggestions for the control of injurious insects and plant diseases, Bentley. . . . 635 



Fungicides and insecticides for Montana, Morris and Parker 635 



The Arkansas dilution table for lime-sulphur compound, Hewitt 636 



The manuring of orchards, Allen 636 



Observations on the hybridizing of fruits, Patten 636 



The orchard census 636 



Fruit growing in New South Wales.— What to grow and where to start, Allen. . 636 



A study of variation in apples, Shaw 636 



How sod affected an apple orchard, II, Hall 636 



Breeding Rotundifolia grapes, Reimer and Detjen 636 



The hybrid direct bearers in Rhone Valley in 1913, Desmoulins and Villard.. . 637 



Report of strawberry shipments, season, 1913 637 



Report of the assistant horticulturist, McClelland 637 



Manurial experiments with cacao at the botanic station, Dominica, Tempany . 638 



Robusta coffee .' 638 



Coffeein Java, Chalot and Thillard 639 



A kaki classification, Hume 639 



Lime culture in Santo Domingo, Chalot and Deslandes 639 



A report on a study of the tea industry, Sumatra, Bernard 639 



The production of vanilla in the French colonies 639 



The coconut in the Seychelles, Dupont 639 



FORESTRY. 



Forest types: Symposium 639 



The technique of seed testing, Bates 639 



Growth studies, reconnaissance, and regulation of yield. Chapman 639 



The use of frustum form factors in constructing volume tables, Bruce 640 



