CONTENTS. Ill 



Page. 



A soil study of sugar beets. W. P. Headden 743 



New Mexico sugar beets, 1897, A. Goss 745 



The importance of the right amount and the right distribution of water in 



crop production, F. H. Kiug 74(5 



HORTICULTURE. 



A comparison of the " Station" tomato with three standard varieties, E. S. Goff. 751 

 Ou the structure of the epidermal layer, and the cause of the varying keeping 



qualities of pomaceons fruits, A. Zschokke 751 



The application of artificial root pressure to recently transplanted trees, 



E. S.Goff 751 



Orchard cultivation, T. J. Burrill and J. C. Blair 752 



The green gage group of plums, F. A. Waugh 753 



The composition of fresh fruits, A. Girard 754 



The protection of orauge groves against frosts 754 



The degree of cold endurable by flower buds of the plum and cherry, E. S. Goff. 755 



Small fruits, E. S. Goff 757 



Is the ripening season of a pistillate strawberry affected by the blooming 



period of its pollenizer ! E. S. Goff 755 



Cold vs. warm water for greenhouse plants, F. Cranefieid 755 



Notes on watering, F. Cranefield 756 



SEEDS — WEEDS. 



The influence of varying amounts of water on the germination of beet seed, 



E. S. Goff 759 



Resistance of seed to immersion in water, H. Coupin 759 



The Russian thistle in Washington, C. V. Piper 760 



Twelve of Idaho's worst weeds, L. F. Henderson 760 



Report of botanist and entomologist, C. V. Piper 760 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



Diseases of plants, A. P. Anderson 763 



Potato diseases, E. Roze 761 



Diseased potatoes, G. Abbey 761 



The effect of various copper preparations on the potato, R. Thiele 762 



Report of the department of botany, L. H. Henderson 763 



A new copper fungicide for combating black rot, J. Perraud 762 



A trial of " Ceres pulver'' for the prevention of smut in oats, E. S. Goff 762 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



On the poison of honeybees, J. Langer 765 



Report of the department of entomology, J. M. Aldrich 705 



Some insects of the year 1897, W. P. Barrows and R. H. Pettit 766 



Colorado's worst insect pests and their remedies, C. P. Gillette 770 



On the biology and taxonomy of some species of mining Diptera, W. C. 



Brashuikov 766 



A new squash bug, F. H. Chittenden 767 



Scale insects, C. E. Chambliss 767 



A new danger to fruit growers, L. R. Taft 771 



Summer treatment for the San Jose scale, W. B. Alwood 771 



Legislation for the suppression of the San Jose scale, W. B. Alwood 771 



The life history of Scliizoneura lanigcra, W. B. Alwood 768 



The proposed attempt to introduce Blastophaya psenes into California, L. O. 



Howard 768 



