CONTENTS. V 



Page. 



Seed control in Cape Colony, E. A. Xobbs 60 



The methods of seed analysis, E. A. Nobbs 60 



Report of central seed-testing laboratory of Aynsome, J. S. Remington 60 



The new seed control station at Vienna, T. von Weinzierl 61 



Weeds and their suppression, J. Percival 61 



Equisetum palustre and its eradication, H. Juhlin-Dannfelt 61 



Weeds on Swedish moor plantations, R. Tolf 61 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



Report of the vegetable pathologist, I). McAlpine 61 



Annual report of the consulting botanist, W. Carruthers 61 



Diseases of plants cultivated in Connecticut, G. P. Clinton 62 



Plant diseases in 1901-2, Weiss 62 



Plant diseases in Denmark, 1902, E. Rostrup 62 



Letters on the diseases of plants, X. A. Cobb.. 62 



Some unusual fungus diseases in Iowa during 1903, L. H. Panunel 62 



Chlorosis of plants: Cause and prevention, A. Dementyev 62 



Heteroecious rust fungi, H. Klebahn 63 



The grain smuts, L. A. Merrill and B. F. Eliason 63 



Treatment of seed grain for the prevention of smut 63 



The treatment of seed oats for the prevention of smut 64 



The relation between Pleospora and Helminthosporium, H. Diedicke 64 



Clover sickness and its cause, H. T. Giissow 64 



Potato diseases of India, E. J. Butler 64 



Relation of date of digging potatoes to development of rot, L. R. Jones and 



W. J. Morse 65 



The brown rot of the Swedish turnip, M. C. Potter 65 



Two plant diseases in Hawaii, J. G. Smith 65 



A bacterial disease of sesame, K. Malkoff 65 



Report on asparagus rust investigation, R. E. Smith 66 



Bordeaux spraying f< >r melon blight, E. R. Bennett 66 



Muskmelon blight, W. M. Morgan 66 



Studies of the scab disease of carrots (Rhizoctonia violacea), J. Eriksson 67 



Black rot of cabbage 67 



Fungus diseases of fruits in Michigan, B. 0. Longyear 67 



Pear blight, \V. X. Hutt 67 



Injury to peach foliage from spraying, F. W. Card and A. E. Stene <i7 



A root disease in tea, J. B. Carruthers 67 



Experiments on treatment of downy mildew, L. Ravaz and A. Bonnet 68 



The wintering of (Kdium tuch ri, <>. Appel 68 



Powdery mildew and grape hybrids, E. Goutay 68 



Treatment of gray rot of grapes and composition of wines, L. Degrully 68 



Treatment of gray rot of grapes, E. Combemale 68 



Action of silver chlorid on gray rot of grapes, G. Bouchardat 69 



The canker fungus in rubber, J. B. Carruthers 69 



Investigations in Helicomycelium fuliginosum, E. Dubourg 69 



Xotes on recent experiences with dry rot, J. Hunter 70 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



Sixteenth annual meeting of the Association of Economic Entomologists 70 



Some miscellaneous results of the work of the Division of Entomology, VII. . 71 



Report of government entomologist [Cape Good Hope], 1902, C. P. Lounsbury . 72 



Report of government entomologist [Cape Good Hope], 1903, C. P. Lounsburv. 72 



Insect record for 1902, C. M. Weed 72 



[Monthly bulletin of the division of zoology], H. A. Surface 72 



Some fern and orchard pests, W. W. Froggatt 72 



Report of nursery inspection for the State of Wisconsin, E. P. Sandsten 72 



Economic entomologv at Louisiana Purchase Exposition, E. S. G. Titus and 



F. C. Pratt 73 



Reading course in economic entomology, C. W. Woodworth 73 



The attraction of colors and odors for insects, J. Perez 73 



Monograph of the genus Saperda, E P. Felt and L. H. Joutel 73 



The Mexican cotton-boll weevil, W. D. Hunter and W. E. Hinds 73 



San Jose scale, E. R. Bennett 74 



