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Wheat and barley raising iu Denmark, C. Sonne 941 



Preliminary report upon the selection of potatoes for planting, H. L. Bolley. .. 942 

 Further tests of northern and home-grown seed potatoes, C. <>. Flagg and 



G. M.Tucker 943 



The sugar beet, H. J. Waters 944 



Distribution of seeds and plants, E. J. Wickson 944 



HORTICULTURE. 



Outlines of agricultural and horticultural work, L. C. Corbett 950 



Latitude and plant growth, L. C. Corbett !U4 



Mixed graftage, L. Daniel 945 



Cuttage, L. C. Corbett 951 



Celery, W. M. Munson 950 



Vegetables, L. C. Corbett 946 



Apples, L. C. Corbett 948 



Green crops in orchards, L. F. Kinney 950 



Raspberries, L. C. Corbett 950 



Strawberries, J. T. Stinsou 948 



Vine pruning, F. T. Bioletti 949 



FORESTRY. 



Afforestation of abandoned fields on the Biltmore estate. <'. A. Schenck 952 



Trees from South Asia, acclimated in Southern California, I. F. Francheschi . . 953 



Fire wounds, L. C. Corbett 953 



SEEDS — weeds. 



Investigations concerning the methods of seed testing, especially of grass seed, 



R. Bartleb and A. Stutzer 953 



Concerning the effect of formic aldehyde on germination, R. Windisch 955 



Germination tests in soil and in bare earthen cups, L. F. Kinney and G. E. 



Adams 955 



Report of the Hamburg seed control station, (>. liurchard 955 



Analysis of grass and clover seeds, W. ( ai tu tilers 956 



Determination of weeds, W. Cat ruthers 956 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



Diseases of plants, W. Carruthers 957 



Rust and leopard spot of asparagus, W. G. Johnson 957 



Recent investigations concerning the leaf spot disease of beets, Frank 958 



Fairy ring disease of carnations, L. F. Kinney 958 



Carnation rust, L. F. Kinney 958 



The plum rot and its effect on plum culture in Rhode Island, L. F. Kinney . .. 959 



The root rot of tobacco caused by ThirJaria basicola, V. Peglion 959 



The periods favorable for treatment against black rot, A. Prunet 959 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



Brood XY of Cicada septendecem in Ohio, F. M. Webster 961 



A report of the entomological department, A. D. Hopkins 962 



The immature stages of Didbrotica soror, R. W. Doaue 963 



The number of molts in insects of different orders, A. S. Packard 963 



The army worm in Rhode Island, C. O. Flagg and G. W. Field 964 



Monograph of the genus Aspidiotus, G. Leonardi 963 



FOODS — ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



A study of alfalfa and some other hays, W. P. Headden 968 



Analyses of potatoes, B. H. Hite 981 



