CONTENTS. Ill 



Page. 

 Some results of the experiments with tobacco fertilizers for the live years 



1892-'96, E. H. Jenkins 543 



Report of the experiments in themanuring of oats, hay, turnips, and potatoes, 



K. P. Wright 550 



Amount of nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash in peas and beans, E. H. 



Jenkins 552 



Improvements in wheat culture, M. A. Carleton 552 



HORTICULTURE. 



New forcing house, W. E. Britton 560 



Lath shading tor glass houses, E. S. Goff and F. Cranetield 560 



On the use of commercial fertilizers for forcing house crops, E. II. Jenkins and 



W. E. Britton 553 



Experiments in subwatering, E. S. Goff and F. Cranetield 557 



Subirri.ua t ion for lar.n'e foliage beds, F. Cianetield. 561 



Improvement of our native fruits, L. H. Bailey 558 



Notes on fruits, E. S. Goff 559 



Olive culture in the United States, N. B. Pierce 561 



Methods of propagating the orange and other citrus fruits, H. J. Webber 561 



Pruning and training of grapes, E. G. Lodeman 561 



Miscellaneous horticultural work, E. S. Goff 559 



FORESTRY. 



Willows at the Chi en Forestry Station, C. II. Shinn Mil' 



Tree planting in waste places on the farm, C. A. Keffer 563 



SEEDS — WEEDS. 



The superior value of large, keavj seed, G. H. Hicks and J.C.Dabney 563 



Seed production and saving, A. J. Pieters 564 



Migration of weeds, L. H. Dewey 564 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



Notes on the so-called shelling of grapes, W. C. Sturgis 568 



On a leaf blight of melons, W. C. Sturgis 568 



Rust of asparagus, W. C. Sturgis 568 



On the probable winter condition of the fungus of peach scab, W. C. Sturgis.. 565 

 On the susceptibility of various root crops to potato scab and the possibility 



of preventive treatment, W. C. Sturgis 565 



Diseases of shade and ornamental trees, B. T. Galloway and A. F. Woods 568 



Blight, burn, or scald of tomato plants, W. E. Britton 566 



A destructive fungus disease of tobacco in South Carolina, W. C. Sturgis 566 



Experiments on the prevention of potato scab, W. C. Sturgis 566 



Treatment for leaf curl of plum, W. C. Sturgis 569 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



Ambrosia beetles, H. G. Hubbard 575 



The asparagus beetles, F. H. Chittenden 569 



The buffalo tree hopper, C. L. Marlatt 574 



The Colorado potato beetle in Mississippi, H. E. Weed 575 



The spread of the San Jos6 scale in Connecticut, W. C. Sturgis 575 



Insect notes, W. E. Britton 574 



Insect control in California, C. L. Marlatt 570 



The use of steam apparatus for spraying, L. O. Howard 572 



