CONTENTS. Ill 



HORTICULTURE. 



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Report of the horticulturist, S. T. Maynar'd 639 



Fertilizers for garden crops, W. P. Brooks '.. 636 



Garden crops in the James River Valley, J. II. Shepard and E. C. Cliilcott 639 



The reciprocal effect of stock and scion, L. Daniel 637 



The apple in North Carolina, W. F. Massey : 639 



Methods of tree, planting, F. W. Card 637 



( >rnamental planting, F. W. Card 638 



Notes on cold storage, F. W. Rane 639 



FORESTRY. 



Internal temperatures of tree trunks, R. A. Emerson 641 



An observation on annual rings, F. W. Card 642 



Osier culture, J. M. Simpson 642 



Experimental tree planting in the plains, C. A. Keffer 643 



List of publications relating to forestry in the Department Library 643 



Check list of the forest trees of the United States, G. B. Sudworth 643 



SEEDS — WEEDS. 



Test of beet seed, E. Walker 644 



The effect of fertilizers on the germination of seeds, G. H. Hicks 645 



On the influence of humus acids on germination, R. Tolf 645 



The Russian thistle, L. H. Pammel 646 



Sixth report on Kansas weeds, A S. Hitchcock and G. L. Clothier 646 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



Report of the botanists, G. E. Stone and R. E. Smith 647 



A bacterial disease of beets, Prillieux and Delacroix 649 



Concerning a root disease of wheat, L. Mangin 650 



The asparagus rust: Its treatment and natural enemies, B. D. Halsted 650 



Experiments in combating the rose rust in 1898, K. Mohr 651 



Concerning the adherence of copper compounds which are used in combating 



diseases of the grape, G. M. Guillon and G. Gouirand 651 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



House flies, L. O. Howard 654 



House ants, C. L. Marlatt 654 



The true clothes moths, C. L. Marlatt 655 



The larger apple-tree borers, F. H. Chittenden 655 



The peach borer — experiments with hydraulic cement, J. B. Smith 656 



The black peach aphis, W. G. Johnson 660 



The striped cucumber beetle, F. H. Chittenden 658 



Cutworms in young tobacco, W. G. .Johnson 660 



Three injurious insects, A. L. Quaintance 658 



Remedial work against the Mexican cotton-boll weevil, L. O. Howard 659 



On the effect of soil treatment for prevention of insect injuries, J. Kitzenia- 



Bos 660 



Report of the entomologist, C. H. Fernald 661 



Orchard pests, U. P. Hedrick 661 



The new law providing for the suppression and control of insect pests and 



plant diseases in Maryland, W. G. .Johnson 662 



