CONTENTS. V 



Page. 



Report of the fniit experiment stations in Ontario, L. Woolverton et al 42 



Questions of hygiene in the fruit garden, B. Nahniov 42 



On the manuring of orchard fruit trees, L. Grandeau 42 



Orchard management, cover crops, etc., S. T. Maynard and G. A. Drew 42 



Orchard notes, W. M. Munson 42 



Cross fertihzing of apples, W. Saunders 43 



AVhy apple trees fail, E. Walker. 4?> 



An inventory of apples grown in Grand Isle County, Vt., F. A. Waugh 43 



I'ropagation of plums — second report, F. A. Waugh 43 



Hybrid plums — third report, F. A. Waugh 44 



Peaclies and nectarines 45 



Fruit culture in Fgypt, G. Bonaparte 45 



Orange culture, picking and packing, Johnston 45 



Bananas under irrigation, II. J. Charles 45 



The cultivation of pineapples and other products of Florida, R. Thomson 45 



Seasons for planting pineapples 45 



Pine cultivation in Jamaica, II. H. Cousins 45 



The date-paim tree, G. Bonaparte 45 



The ' ' arctic ' ' berry fraud, J. W. Blankinship 45 



New classifications of fruits, G. Bellair 45 



Report of committee on new fruits, H. L. Ilutt, W. T. Macoun, and L. Wool- 

 verton 46 



Old world contributions to Western orchards, C. E. Bessey 46 



Spring frosts and fruit trees, H. Miiller-Thurgau 46 



Fruit shipments to Britain, J. W. Robertson 46 



Coffee culture, A . Hempel 46 



Cacao culture and preparation, H. J. Wigman 46 



The culture of rubber plants in Java, Yersin 46 



Notes on rubber strip for grafting, R. B. Rogers 46 



The caoutchouc tapper, H. C. Praasterink 47 



New method of propagating gutta-percha trees 47 



Possibilities of strawberry (culture in the State, J. W. Blankinship 47 



Culture of strawberries in the district of St. Geniez, E. Marre 47 



Salicylic acid in strawberries, L. Portes and A. Desmoulieres 47 



Notes on ringing and other like practices with table grapes, F. Charmeaux... 47 



Fruit forcing under glass, W. Turner 47 



Vine cultui-e as exemplified at the Paris Exposition, J. Blyth 48 



Experiments with commercial fertilizers on vines, E. Zacharewicz 48 



Grafting of vines, A. Ville 48 



The propagation and cultivation of the vine in South Africa, J. P. de Waal . . 48 



A native hedge plant, J. W. Blankinshi]) 48 



Some talk about wild gardens, H. S. Leonard 48 



Production of doul )le flowers, Douglas 48 



Carnation and dahlia scales, L. Barron 48 



Ringing chrysanthemums, U. P. Iledrick 48 



The origin and development of the cactus dahlia, C. G. Wyatt 49 



A new race of hybrid alpine irises, W. J. Caparne 49 



On the cultivation of Oncocyclus irises, H. Ewbank 49 



On some experiments in the cultivation of Oncocyclus irises, J. Hoog 49 



Forcing lilac flowers, F. van Driessche 49 



Official report of the Conference on Lilies 49 



Rose Balduin, or Helen Gould 50 



Perfume plants 50 



FORESTRY. 



Forest work in the States 50 



Forests, Arbor Days, and manuring forest trees, F. E. H. W. Krichauff 50 



Teaching forestry at Berea College, S. C. Mason 50 



The disabilities attaching to the planting of woods, G. Cadell 50 



Forest trees for calcareous soils, P. Mouillefert 50 



Exotic conifers, their timber and value as an investment, D. F. Mackenzie. . . 50 



English coppices and copsewoods, J. Nisbet 51 



The forests of Prussia, G. H. Murphy 51 



The State forest nursery at Gosford 51 



Algerian cork forests 51 



