IV CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Refrigerator cars - 663 



Forcing l)ranches of hardy shrubs 663 



Correlation between the color of roots of carnations and the flowers 663 



Raising gladiolus hybrids 663 



The book of orchids, W. H. White 663 



Greenhouse construction and management, S. T. Maynard 663 



FORESTRY. 



Economics of forestry, B. E. Fernow 663 



Among green trees, Julia E. Rogers 66 f 



Studies of trees in winter, Annie O. Huntington 664 



Timber resources of the United States 664 



History of the lund)er industry in the State of New York, W. F. Fox 664 



Manuring woodlands 664 



The use of nitrate of so<la in sylviculture, J. Huberty 665 



Tree growing in Ne])raska, C. E. Bessey 665 



Recent forest fires in Oregon and Washington, W. T. Cox 665 



A plantation of Euroitean larch, A. F. Hawes 665 



Contrilmtiou to the knowledge of the tindjer of the yew tree, G. Thorns 665 



The mes(iuite, S. J. Holsinger 665 



Difficulties and errors in stem analysis, A. S. Williams 666 



DISEASES OP PLANTS. 



Spore resistance of loose smut of wheat to formalin and hot water, W. Stuart. 666 



Experiments in the prevention of smut in oats, T. Johnson 666 



The specialization of Fri/iii})he graminis, E. ]\Iarchal ()H6, 667 



Cottt >u dist'use in Egy] )t, G. Delacroix 667 



Cucundjer and melon leaf blotch 667 



The finger-and-ti )e in turnips 667 



Notes on apple rusts, H. H. Whetzel 667 



Pink rot, an attendant of apjile scab, J. Craig and J. M. Van Hook 668 



The bitter rot of apples, H. von Schrenk and P. Spaulding 668 



Brown rot of stone fruits, F. T. Bioletti 668 



A new disease of bananas 669 



Brunissure of the grajie, J. Dufour 669 



A cause of brunissure, ]>. Ravaz 669 



Possilnlity of combating downy and powdery mildew of gravies by tlie same 



application of fungicides, J. M. ( luillon 669 



Experiments for the prevention of gray rot, L. Ravaz 669 



Resistance of Butrytis cinerea to metallic poisons, L. Degrully 670 



A form of Glceosporium nennsequmn on plane trees, J. Beauverie 670 



Concerning TubercuUna persicma, E. Marchal 670 



The rust of spruces, E. Marchal 670 



Two fungus diseases of the white cedar, J. W. Harsh lierger 670 



Studies of some tree-destroying fungi, G. F. Atkinson 671 



Suggestions for removal of epiphytes from cacao and lime trees, A. Howard. . 671 



The general treatment of fungoid pests, A; Howard 671 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



Some miscellaneous results of the work of the Division of Entomology 671 



Elementary studies in insect life, S. J. Hunter 673 



Report of the State entomologist, W. M. Schoyen 673 



Studies on insects, E. Fleutiaux 673 



Injurious insects, E. Fleutiaux 673 



Corn billl)ugs in Illinois, S. A. Forbes 673 



Extermination of the cane grub, A.J. Boyd 674 



Cleonus punctiventris and green muscardine, S. (t. Toporkov 674 



Cleonus punctiventris and green muscardine, S. G. Toporkov 674 



Cleonus punctiventris and muscardine, J. Danysz 674 



Field insecticide work against San Jose scaled 1899-1902, S. A. Forbes 675 



The use of hydrocyanic-acid gas in greenhouses, G. C. Butz 675 



The white fly or plant-house aleurodes, W. E. Britton 675 



' ' Termes taprobanes ' ' —white ants as a pest of trees 676 



Mites attacking beetles and moths, W. W. Smith 676 



