CONTENTS. Ill 



Pago. 



Summary of experiments with corn and wheat, 1898 945 



Experiments with roots and forage crops, F. W. Rane 945 



Forage crops, E. B. Voorhees and C. B. Lane 946 



The lodging of grain, Julien and Dupont 947 



The stooling of grains, B. C. Buffum 947 



Trials with orchard grass, F. and K. Hansen 948 



Intinence of permanent grass culture on the nitrogen content of the soil com- 

 pared with that of other crops, T. A. Tuxen 949 



Field experiments with fertilizers in 1897 ill!) 



Tliird report on potato culture, I. P. Roberts and L. A. Clinton 950 



Variety test of potatoes, C. O. Flagg, G. M. Tucker, and J. A. Tillinghast 951 



Cultural experiments with potatoes, C. O. Flagg, G. M. Tucker, and J. A. Til- 

 linghast 951 



Further tests of seed potatoes grown one or more years in Rhode Island from 



northern-grown seed tubers, C. O. Flagg and J. A. Tillinghast 952 



The potato crop in the rotations, C. O. Flagg, G. M. Tucker, and J. A. Tilling- 

 hast 953 



External indication of an increase of solauin in potatoes, Schnell 953 



Fertilizer experiments with potatoes, C. O. Flagg, G. M. Tucker, and J. A. Til- 

 linghast 953 



Trials with fish guano for sugar beets, P. Hansson 954 



Fish guano vs. nitrate of soda for sugar beets and for barley, C. O. Haunnargren . 954 



HORTicrr/rrnK. 



Report of the horticulturist, P. H. Rolfs 962 



Garden lettuce and its cultivation, L. F. Kinney 956 



Classification and description of the varieties of garden lettuce, L. F. Kinney. 956 



Some experiments in forcing head lettuce, S. A. Beach 957 



1 'ea canning in Delaware, G. H. Powell 958 



Ginseng — its nature and culture, H. Garinan 958 



Impressions of our fruit-growing industries, L H. Bailey 959 



Report of the Russian Apple Nomenclature Commission, August 30-31,1898, 



N. E. Hansen 960 



Chemical studies of Oregon fruits : Cherries, G. W. Shaw 961 



Variety tests of strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries, W. Paddock 961 



The European and Japanese chestnuts in the eastern United States, G. II. 



Powell 962 



Distribution of seeds and plants, E. J. Wicksou 963 



FORESTRY. 



Progress and effects of forest growing, R. W. Furnas 964 



Preserving timber for estate and other purposes, D. F. Mackenzie 965 



Cultivated shade and forest trees, B. C. Buffum 965 



Measuring the forest crop. A. K. Mlodziansky 966 



SEEDS — WEEDS. 



Experiments on red clover seed, A. N. Mc Alpine 966 



Studies in germination, V. Jodin 967 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



Report of the biologist, P. H.Rolfs 971 



On the use of sulphur and sulphate of ammonia as preventives of potato scab 



in contaminated soils, H. J. Wheeler and G. E. Adams . 967 



