IV CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Tomato culture, Tracy 439 



A method of propagating the olive, Dubouloz 439 



The cherry in the valley of the Rhone, Cadoret 439 



New hybrid plum, Ragland 1 — 439 



Coffee culture in Hawaii, Ukers 439 



Home grown tea, Mitchell 440 



Breeding hardy strawberries, Hansen and Haralson 440 



Raspberries, blackberries, and dewberries. Hansen and Haralson 440 



Roselle: Its culture and uses. Wester ^- 441 



Fruit growers' associations, Paddock 441 



FORESTRY. 



Comparative value of substances for preservation of wood, Henry _ 441 



The strength of wood as influenced by moisture, Tiemann _ 442 



The influence of frost on the diameter of living trees, Friedrich 442 



The distribution of native woody plants in the canton of Geneva, Lendner_ 443 



A new tree juniper for New Mexico {Junipenis mcgalocarpa) , Sudworth_ 443 



Forest planting in the North Platte and South Platte valleys. Miller 443 



Silvical leaflets 1 443 



How and when to collect white pine seed, Rane 443 



Report on the forest administration in Ajmer-Merwara for 1905-6, Mai — 444 



Progress report of the forest surveys in India for 1905-6, Gordon___,_^__ 444 



National arboretum of Barres [France], Parde 444 



Experiments on rubber tapping. Peel 444 



Camphor production in Formosa and Cliina, Arnold and Gracey 444 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



Report of assistant mycologist, Jackson 445 



Report of the section of seed control, Hohenheim, 1906, Kirchner 445 



Sprout infection by smuts, Hecke 446 



New species of fungi. Shear »- 446 



New and additional species of fungi, Massee ' 446 



Celery root rot. Van Hook 446 



Potato spraying experiments in 1906, Stewart et al 447 



Five years of potato spraying. Hall et al 447 



The nature and control of blackleg of potatoes, Kleberger 447 



A disease of peas and beans, Massei'on 447 



A disease of peanuts, Zimmermann 448 



A new disease of the cultivated vetch. Atkinson and Edgerton 448 



The parasitism of Neocosmospora, Smith 448 



Api)le mildew, Salmon 448 



Relation of twig cankers to Phyllosticta apple blotch, Scott and Rorer___ 448 



The gummosis of the Amygdalacete, Rant 449 



Concerning the origin of the gum on cherry trees, Mikosch 449 



A peach disease 449" 



Diseases of strawberries 449 



(J]a(>sit>)num lihis and methods of combating it, Ewert 449 



Bordeaux mixture, Pickeruig 450 



ECONOMIC ZOOLOGY ENTOMOLOGY. 



Game commissions and wardens, Williams, jr 450 



Game laws for 1907. Palmer. Oldys, and Brewster ■ 450 



Our feathered immigrants. Drummond 450 



The introduction of top minnows into the Hawaiian Islands, V^n Dine — 451 



Report of the entomologist. Van Dine 451 



Report of the entomologist, Houghton 451 



Insects and other jinimals observed in Ireland during 1906, Carpenter 451 



Work of the zoological and entomological laboratory, Vosseler 452 



Greenhouse pests of Maryland. Gahan 452 



The periodical cicada, Marlatt 452 



Locust destruction 452 



The spring grain-aphis or so-called "green bug," Webster 452 



The chinch bug, Webster 452 



