IV CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Report of the chief, horticultural division, Scott 944 



New creations in plant life, Harwood 944 



Plant culture by electricity, Shepstone 944 



Studies with asparagus, Vercier 944 



Cantaloupe breeding, Blinn 944 



The tree doctor, Davey 945 



The water evaporation of fruit trees at the blooming period, Osterwalder 945 



The fruit industry in England, Skalweit 945 



Fruit varieties most popular on the Pacific slope, Wickson 946 



The renovation of worn-out orchards, Hedrick 946 



Utilization of the surplus banana crop, D'Herelle 946 



Peach culture, Waiigh 946 



Cranberry culture, Fosdick 946 



Chemical experiments with grapevines, Zacharewicz 946 



Cocos nucifera. Practical treatise on cocoanut culture, Bolten 947 



Report of the inspector of cocoanut plantations for 1906, Brown 947 



At last a hybrid chinquapin 947 



Ether and the forcing of bulbs, Taubenhaus 947 



All the cattleyas worth growing, Barron 947 



Our country home, Hutchinson 947 



FORESTRY. 



Report of the Secretary of Agricultui'e on the Appalachian watersheds 948 



The forests of Arkansas, Record 948 



What forestry has done, Cleveland, jr 948 



German forest revenue, Teichman 948 



Reports on forest administration in Burma for 1905-6, Bryant et al 949 



Suggestions to woodlot owners in the Ohio Valley region, Record 949 



Forest planting in Vermont, Jones and Pettis 949 



"Average log" cruise. Ward 949 



North American g^^mnosperms, Penhallow 949 



The principal timbers of New South Wales and their uses. Hay 950 



The red mahogany {Eucalyptus resinifera), Albert 950 



Forest soil, Gregoire 950 



Consumption of poles in 1906 950 



Tests of vehicle and implement woods, Holroyd and Betts 950 



Turpentine and rosin 951 



Wood paving in the United States, Hill 951 



Influence of fresh and salt waters on wood, Janka and von Liburnau 951 



The seasoning and preservative treatment of arbor- vitse poles. Smith 952 



The creosoting of home-grown timber, Havelock 952 



A primer of wood preservation, Sherfesee 952 



Notes on rubber cultivation, Willie and Ferreira 953 



DISEASES OF PL.\NTS. 



Some diseases of Rocky Mountain plants, Pammel 953 



A northwest tuckahoe, Fletcher 953 



Investigations on some imperfect fungi and their ascomycetous forms, Klebahn. 953 



Fungus diseases and spraying, Macoun 953 



Diseases of pepper and beans, Fulton 954 



Occurrence of Phytophthora infestans and Plasmopara citbensis in Ohio, Selby.. 954 



Plans for procuring disease resistant crops, BoUey 955 



A disease of chicory, Blin 955 



Potato diseases in 1907, Morse 955 



The brusone disease of rice, Farneti 956 



The root disease of sugar cane, Fulton 956 



Some parasites of citrus, rubber, tea, royal palm trees, etc., Bernard 957 



The Hemileia disease of coffee, Buis 957 



A disease of coffee, Delacroix 957 



A disease of birch catkins, Neger 957 



Two diseases of poplar trees, Raignault 957 



ECONOMIC ZOOLOGY — ENTOMOLOGY. 



A preliminary order of birds in Missouri, Widmann 958 



The food of birds, Passerini and Cecconi 958 



