IV CONTENTS. 



Page. 



The beginning' of the development of perennial and annual plants, Andre 32 



Electrical stimulation of i)lant growth, Plowman 32 



The ])hyisiologv of electrocultures, Gast^ner 32 



Relation between i)lant respiration and alcoholic fermentation, Kostytscheff. 32 



The chemical nature of root excretions, Stoklasa and Ernst 32 



Variation of fungi due to environment, Stevens and tiall 33 



The culture of fungi, Brefeld _. 33 



Macteria in relation to c< )untry life, Lipman - 33 



A bibliography of mycological literature, Lindau and Sydow 33 



FIELD CROPS. 



[Report of the botanist], Thornber 33 



[The relation of] composition of soil to composition of plants, Knight et al.. 34 



Wyoming forage plants and their chemical composition. Knight et al 35 



Tests of corn, wheat, oats, sny beans, and cowpeas, Wiancko and Cromer 35 



[ Varietv tests with barley, oats, and wheat] , McWethy 35 



Results "in 1908 from graiii, roots, and potatoes, W. and C. E. Saunders 36 



Results of competitions in standing field crops, Wilson 37 



[Experimental work with tield crops in Trinidad], Hart 37 



[Exi)eriments with oats and barley], Greig 37 



Alfalfa in Oklahoma, Moorhouse and Burlison ._ - . . 38 



Inoculation and lime as factors in growing alfalfa, Harding and Wilson 38 



Two factors favoring success with alfalfa, Hall 38 



Questions of Wyoming crops, Nowell 38 



Corn and cotton experiments for 1908, Welborn 39 



Local fertilizer experiments with cotton in 1905, 1906, 1907, and 1908, Duggar. 39 



Varieties of cotton, 1908, Perkins - 40 



Cotton culture in Mississipi)i, Hutchinson 40 



[Work in agriculture]. Clothier 40 



Suppressed and intensified characters in cotton hybrids. Cook 40 



Report of progress in variety tests of oats, Willis 41 



The rice industry in Hawaii, Krauss 41 



Sisal in Hawaii, Weinrich, jr 41 



Phosphoric acid consumption of beet during first year, Andrli'k and Urljan. . . 42 



Third report on intluenee of manures on timothy hay, Bizzell and Morgan. . . 42 



Experimental field work in 1906-7, Drake 43 



Report of fourth annual meeting of Canadian Seed Growers' Association 43 



HORTICULTURE. 



American varieties of beans, Jarvis 43 



Notes on mushrooms 44 



Dewberry growing, Whipple 44 



Breeding apples for Indiana, Burton 44 



Bud variation in Corinth currant vine, INIcAlpine and De Castella 44 



Citrus culture in the arid Southwest, Coit 44 



[Report on horticulture] , Coit 45 



Pineapple growing in Porto Rico, Henricksen and lorns 45 



Pineapple shipping experiments in 1908, Higgins 45 



JNew precooling apparatus -. -15 



Notes on nut culture, Lewis 45 



Report of the committee on breeding carnations. Ward 45 



Stocks, Saunders and Killby .'. 45 



Sweet peas, Bateson and Punnett 46 



The American flower garden, Blanchan 46 



The gardens of England in the midland and eastern counties, edited by Holme. 46 



A practical guide to school, cottage, and allotment gardening, Weathers 46 



The florist's bibliography, Payne...- 46 



FORESTRY. 



Forest trees of Maine and how to know them. Ring 46 



Intolerant and tolerant species. Light tolerance and soil moisture, Ceisler. . . 47 



The origin and early development of chestnut sprouts, Mattoon 47 



Report of the committee on breeding forest and nut trees 47 



Forest measurements, Lyford 47 



