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Storing vegetables for winter, Merrill 345 



The propagation of fruit trees, Howard 345 



Cross-pollination experiments in 1916 and 1917, van Oijen 345 



Some observations on the growth of apple trees, Gourley 345 



[Orchard cover crops], Morgan 346 



Everbearing strawberries, Darrow ._ :•■--. '^'^^ 



Currant growing an important, promising industry for California, Husmann 346 



Raspberry cvilture, Darrow 347 



Indian tea: Its culture and manufacture, Bald 347 



Notes on the production and commerce of cacao, Calmon du Pin e Almeida. . . 347 



The date palm in Egypt, Brown _ 347 



South American markets for dried fruita, Fischer 347 



FORESTRY, 



A study of Douglas fir seed in the Pacific Northwest, Willis 347 



Methods of hastening germination. Show 348 



Osmotic pressure as an index of habitat, Moore 348 



The farmer's wood lot, Crumley ._ 348 



Advice to forest planters in the plains region. Smith 348 



Planting experiments on the sand dunes of the Oregon coast, Munger 348 



Axtou plantations, Fernow 348 



Report of the director of forestry for the year 1916, Campbell et al 349 



[Report on] forestry 349 



State ownership of forest lands, Coolidge 349 



Instructions for making timber surveys in the National Forests 349 



Alnus oregona as a forest type on the Siuslaw National Forest, Johnson 349 



Rubber cultivation in Trinidad and Tobago, Lament et al 349 



Rubber culture in the Philippines, Wester 349 



DISEASES OP PLANTS. 



Problems of plant pathology, Stevens : - ■ ■ : 349 



The dissemination of parasitic fungi and international legislation. Butler 349 



Report of the botanist. Bain 350 



g'lant diseases in Barbados], Dash 350 



lant protection in Switzerland, Stebler, Voikart, and Grisch 350 



[Plant diseases in India], Mackenna 350 



Cryptogamic review for 1914 and report on leaf diseases of conifers, Briosi 351 



Cryptogamic review for 1915 with report on grain diseases, Briosi 351 



Physoderma disease caused by P. zex maydis 351 



The internal disease of cotton bolls, Nowell 351 



The internal disease of cotton bolls, Nowell 351 



The fungi of internal boll disease, Nowell 352 



Blight disease of potatoes, Lutman 352 



Sugar-cane diseases, Averna Sacca 352 



The cause and control of bitter pit, McAlpine 352 



Bitter pit: Its cause and control, McAlpine 353 



Jonathan spot and scald of apples in storage, Brooks and Cooley 353 



Fire blight infection, Gossard and Walton 353 



Citrus blast, a new bacterial disease, Hodgson 354 



[Diseases of coconut in the Dutch East Indies], Keuchenius 354 



Fungus bUghts of tea in northeast India diu-ing the season 1915, Tunstall 354 



Black rot disease of tea, Petch 354 



Brown blight of tea, McRae and Anstead 354 



[Mycological notes], Tunstall 355 



Basic problems in forest pathology, Meinecke 355 



Polyporus schweinitzii, Murray 355 



White-pine blister rust disease, Hawes 355 



Diagnosing white-pine blister rust from its mycelium, Colley 355 



The leaf disease of rubber. Conditions in Surinam, Bancroft 356 



ECONOMIC ZOOLOGY — ENTOMOLOGY. 



Rodent destruction on ships, Creel 356 



House rats and mice, Lantz 356 



The game birds of West Virginia, Brooks 356 



