CONTENTS. Ill 



FIELD CROPS. 



Page. 



Report of the agriculturist, D. D. Johu6on 832 



Results obtained iu 1897 from trial plats of grain, fodder corn, and roots, W. 



Saunders 826 



Experiments with corn, J. F. Duggar 828 



Meadows and pasture formation and cultivation in the Middle-Eastern States, 



J. (i. Smith 828 



Farm crops at the experimental farm at Brandon, Manitoba, S. A. Bedford ... 829 



Field experiments with small grain and root crops, W. Saunders 830 



The profitable amount of seed per acre for corn, J. M. Bartlett 830 



The Irish potato, R. H. Price 830 



The composition of potatoes, J. A. Widtsoe 831 



The ripening of sugar beets, J. A. Widtsoe 831 



Sugar beet experiments in Arizona. R. H. Forbes 833 



Variety tests — wheat, oats, and potatoes, E. H. Hess 832 



HORTICULTURE. 



Notes on winter gardening, W. M. Munson 840 



Reference list of publications relating to edible and poisonous mushrooms, 



Josephine A. Clark 810 



Orchard notes, W. M. Munson 834 



The cherry in Delaware, G . H. Powell 834 



Winter protection of the peach, J. C. Whitten 835 



The cultivation and management of the peach, J. ('. Whitten 837 



Problems in plum pollination, F. A. Waugh 837 



Classification of plums, F. A. Waugh 839 



Report on fruits at Huntington, E. A. Bennett 811 



The preservation of fruits by vapor of alcohol, F. A. Waugh 839 



A new grafting machine, F. A. Waugh 811 



The Italian, or orchid-flowering, cannas, F. A. Waugh 842 



FORESTRY. 



The timber pines of the southern United States, C. Mohr 842 



Forest trees, A. Mackay 843 



Care of woodlands, W. H. Buckhout 844 



SEEDS — WEEDS. 



Preliminary report on the artificial use of enzyms in germination, F. A. Waugh . 844 



Weeds and seeds, F. L. Harvey 845 



Notes on plants, F. L. Harvey K16 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



Report of the botanist, L. R. Jones 846 



The cause of a brown rot in cruciferous plants, E. F. Smith 847 



The black rot of the cabbage, E. F. Smith 819 



A bacterial disease of celery, U. Brizi 850 



The core rot of apples and pears, J. Craig 850 



A dry rot of apples, J . Craig 850 



Apple and pear blight, J. Craig 851 



Diseases of the Irish potato, R. H. Price 851 



Spraying, A. B. Cordley 852 



Spraying, J. Craig 851 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



Some little-known insects affecting stored vegetable products, F. H. Chitten- 

 den 852 



Report of the entomologist and botanist, J. Fletcher 855 



