CONTENTS. in 



Pace. 



Forage crops, J. F. Hickman 587 



Forage plants ' 587 



Small grains, L. Foster 588 



Legnnunous and other plants grown without and with different quantities of 



nitrogen 588 



Experiments on permanent grass in Gloucestershire, 1896 588 



The residual value of manures applied to the hay crop, as shown in the effect 



ou a second hay crop, R. P. Wright 589 



Exjierimeuts on the manuring of oats in 1895, R. P. Wright 590 



Report ou experiments on the manuring of turnips in 1895, R. P. Wright 591 



Report on the composition of turnips, J. Hendrick 592 



Residual value of manures applied to the turnip crop in 1893, as shown in the 



etiect on an oat crop in 1891, R. P. Wright 593 



Experiiuents with wheat, C. C. Georgesou, F. C. Burtis, and D. H. Otis 594 



Wheat experiments, 1895-'96, G. E. Morrow 594 



Farm crops, C. O. Flagg 595 



Exi^eriraeuts in planting at difterent distances, J. Raulin 595 



HORTICULTURE, 



Trial of 4-inch cast iron and lA-inch wrought iron pipes for the circulation of 



hot water in forcing-house heating, L. F. Kinney and G. E. Adams 597 



Analyses of mushrooms 600 



Composition of melons, W. Berscli 597 



Fertilizer experiments with pot plants, H. Miiller-Thurgau 598 



Variety test of apples, S. A. Beach and W. Paddock 600 



Variety test of pears, S. A. Beach and W. Paddock 601 



Pollination of j)lums, F. A. Waugh 598 



Strawberries, R. L. Watts 600 



The fertilization of flowers in orchards and vineyards, especially in its relation 



to the production of fruit 601 



Fruit growing in Oklahoma, H. E. Glazier ^ 601 



Report of horticultural work, S. A. Beach and W. Paddock 602 



FORESTRY. 



Timber pines of the Southern United States, C. Mohr 602 



Notes ou the structure of the wood of the Southern jjines, F. Roth 604 



Tree culture, C. B. Waldron 604 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



Experiments for the prevention of potato rot, J. Hendrick 606 



Bordeaux mixture, its use in the potato field, L. F. Kinney 605 



On the prevention of smuts, L. Foster 606 



Club-root experiments, J. R. Campbell 606 



Poach rosette, E. E. Bogue 607 



Pea( h yellows and l)lack knot, A. D. Selby 607 



Report of horticultural work, S. A. Beach and W. Paddock 608 



Legal enactments for the restriction of plant diseases, E. F. Smith 607 



KN'TOMOLOIIV. 



The laying of a queen 608 



The army worm in New Hampshire, C. M. Weed 608 



Notes on the recent invasion of the army worm, V. H. Lowe 609 



Tile tent caterpillar, C. M. Weed 613 



Iklelon louse, E. E. Bogue 613 



