CONTENTS. Ill 



Page. 

 Field experiments with fertilizers, C. E. Thorne, J. F. Hickman, and W. J. 



Green 747 



Methods of curing tobacco, M. Whitney 748 



Tests of fertilizers on wheat, D. O. Nourse 747 



HORTICULTURE. 



Asparagus culture, R. B. Handy 749 



Analyses of sweet potatoes, W. B. Hardin 754 



Department of horticulture and forestry, C. B. Waldron 749 



Report of the horticulturist, J. F. C. Du Pre 754 



Report upon fruit trees, plants, etc., W. W. Brown 755 



Grafting the apple, S. C. Mason and I. Jones 750 



Is there permanent prosperity for the Oregon prune industry ? H. B. Miller. . 755 



Prune growing in Oregon, U. P. Hedrick 753 



The composition of Oregon prunes, G. W. Shaw 753 



FORESTRY. 



Influence of spring frosts on the growth of oaks and beeches, E. Griifon 756 



SEEDS — WEEDS. 



Experiments on the germination of seeds from different sized fruits and from 

 cells coutaining different numbers of seeds, Duke of Bedford and S. U. 



Pickering 757 



Investigations of clover and grass seed daring 1894, G. Grotenfelt 757 



Weeds, J. Fletcher 758 



Kansas weeds, A. S. Hitchcock and G. L. Clotbier 759 



The effect of soaking beet seeds, M. E. Phippchenko 758 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



Now investigations concerning the specialization, propagation, and origin of 



the black rust, J. Eriksson 759 



Investigations on the speciaMzation of the grain rusts, J. Eriksson 760 



Eighth annual report of the station, M. Hollrung 760 



Concerning attacks of black rot, A. Prunet 761 



Observations on canker in plum trees, Duke of Bedford and S. U. Pickering .. 761 



Some diseases of orchard and garden fruits, A. D. Selby 762 



Anthracnose of the black raspberry, W. Paddock 762 



Field experiments to determine the dependence of bacterial gummosis of 



sugar beets on conditions of weather and soils, P. Sorauer 763 



Notes on the diseases of bulbs of Crocus salivus, E. Roze 763 



Experiments in the treatment of fungus diseases of fruits and potatoes, H. H. 



Lamson 763 



Effect of spraying potatoes and of planting at different dates, Duke of Bed- 

 ford and S. U. Pickering 764 



Spraying potatoes on Long Island in the season of 1896, F. C. Stewart 765 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



Report of the entomologist, A. D. Hopkins 774 



The California vine hopper, E. W. Hilgard 765 



Insects of the prune, A. B. Cordley 766 



Report upon insect pests found in the Northern District, W. W. Froggatt 768 



How flowers attract insects : Experimental researches, F. Plateau 768 



The activity of worker bees in the collection of honey, L. Defour 769 



Bee keeping, F. Benton 770 



