CONTENTS. V 



Page. 



The distribution and cultivation of babul {Acada arabica) in Berar, Nayadu. . 741 



Note on the pines of Lang-Bian 741 



Commercial production of balsam, Frazier 741 



The oil palm, Soskin 741 



The culture and exploitation of rubl)er-producing species in the Belgian Kongo. 741 



The lat,ex of Palo Amarillo {Enf<)r}>ia elastica) , Sanders 741 



A comparison of the various processes of preserving timber, Shipley 742 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



Report of the botanist for 1908, Clinton 742 



Some plant diseases of 1908, Paminel and King 743 



Report of the department of botany. Brooks 744 



Annual report of the consulting botanist for 1908, Carruthers _ 744 



Report of the section for plant protection, Brick 744 



The predisposition of plants to parasitic diseases, Giissow 745 



The development of farm crops resistant to disease, Orton 745 



Studies in diseases of cereals and grasses, Selby and Manns 745 



Some studies on CoUelotrichum gofisiipii, De Loach 746 



A new disease of potatoes, Ducloux and Hediard 746 



The prevalence of potato blight in Ireland in 1909 746 



The potato rot ( PhiitopldJiura infedans), Gdndara 747 



The use of lime with reference to finger-and-toe disease in turnips, Collinge.. 747 



Notes on a nematode in wheat, Johnson 747 



The characteristics of apple-tree anthracnose, Cordley ' 747 



The perfect stage of leaf spot of pear and quince, Atkinson 748 



A new disease of pears, INIarchal 748 



The American gooseberry mildew and proposed legislative measures, Salmon. 748 



European currant rust on the white pine in America, Spaulding 748 



The present status of the chestnut-bark disease, Metcalf and Collins 748 



The diseases and parasites of cacao, von Faber 749 



A coffee disease in Dominica 749 



Root diseases of Hevea brasiliensis, Gallagher 749 



Note on a branch and stem disease of Hevea brasiliensis, Gallagher 749 



Parasitic and semiparasitic nematodes occurring on plants, Marcinowski 749 



Experiments with insecticides and fungicides 750 



Copper as a fungicide, Barlow 750 



ECONOMIC ZOOLOGY ENTOMOLOGY. 



\. biological investigation of the Athabaska-Mackenzie region, Preble 750 



Regulation for the protection of deer in Alaska 750 



Fur farming, Harding 750 



The mammals of Indiana, Hahn 750 



Use of poisons for destroying noxious animals 751 



Methods of killing coyotes, Cunningham 751 



How to destroy rats, Lantz 751 



Mouse plagues, their control and prevention. Piper 751 



Susceptibility of gophers, mice, and ground squirrels to plague, McCoy 751 



Campaign against grouncl squirrels in Contra Costa County, California, Blue. . 751 



The economic value of predaceous birds and mammals, Fisher 751 



Several aspects of the protection of our native birds, Froggatt 751 



The relation between birds and insects, Beal 752 



The importance of local ecological studies to entomology, Johnson 752 



Some phenomena associated with parasitism. Potts 752 



Detection of eggs of parasites in feces, Telemann 752 



Report of standing committee, on insects and diseases, Home 752 



Report of superintendent of entomology, Kotinsky 752 



[Notes on insect pests] 753 



[Notes on insect pests] 753 



Insects of the year 1907 [in Scotland], Macdougall 753 



Injuries to cultivated plants by insects 753 



Some new galls and gall formers from Chile, Kieffer and Herbst 753 



Influence of different kinds of fallow on some injurious insects, Kurdumov. . . 753 



Methods of protecting plants from injurious insects, Pachoskil 753 



Plant pest treatment, Surface 754 



