IV CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Report on gutta-percha from the Straits Settlements, W. R. Dunstan 160 



Para rubber in Selangor, S. Arden 160 



Manuring Para rubber, II. N. Kid Icy 100 



"Para rubber seed, F. J. Holloway 160 



Transplanting trees at night 160 



Crossing rhododendrons, 0. Schulz 161 



New hybrid orchid 161 



Manures for passion vines, J. Taylor 161 



FORESTRY. 



The basket willow, W. F. Hubbard 161 



The American forester at work, R. V. R. Reynolds 162 



Some practical notes on forestry, .1. II. Maiden 162 



The raising of young trees from seed, T. R. Sim 162 



The planting of trees, T. R. Sim 162 



Planting white pine 162 



Propagation of trees by means of cuttings, T. R. Sim 162 



On the latest experiences as to heather plantations, C. Dalgas 162 



Reforesting the valley of the Rhone, II. Badoux 168 



The big trees and forest tires, G. F. Schwarz 168 



The hardy catalpa as a farm crop, \V . J. ( ireen 16:5 



Forest thinning and its results, W. F. Hubbard 163 



The relation of forests to stream flow, J. W. Tourney 163 



The reserve policy in operation, PL A. Braniff . 163 



Forest problems of Michigan, J. H. Bissell 164 



Forest fires in Minnesota in 1903 164 



State forestry in Minnesota, C. C. Andrews 164 



Forest legislation in New York 164 



The forest interests of Ohio, W. R. Lazenby 1 64 



Some features of the Swiss forest service, A. Cary 1 64 



The forests of the Hawaiian Islands, W. L. Hall 165 



Report of the chief of the forestry bureau, G. P. Ahem 165 



Recommendations on policy, organization, and procedure for the Bureau of 



Forestry of the Philippine Islands, G. Pinchot 1 66 



Report on investigations made in Java, 1902, E. D. Merrill 166 



A new hypsometer, H. D. Tieman 166 



A method of timber estimating, C. Leavitt 166 



The preservative treatment of wood, S. P. Sadtler 166 



Recent progress in timber preservation, H. von Schrenk 166 



s E E 1 )S — WEEDS. 



The vitality and germination of seeds, J. W. T. Duvel 166 



Seed testing for farmers, }'>. 0. Longyear 168 



THfolium incamatum, D. Finlayson 168 



Rice weeds in L< misiana, W. R. Dodson 168 



Charlock spraying 168 



The destruction of wild mustard, H. Hitier 168 



A new method for the destruction of mustard, L. Cazaux 168 



DISEASES OP PLANTS. 



The origin of parasitism in fungi 169 



Recent observations on the loose smut of cereals, E. Schribaux 169 



Treating seed grain to prevent smut, H. 0. Jacobson et al 169 



Black scah of potatoes 169 



Some diseases of cane, R. C. L. Perkins 170 



( hiion blight, H. H. Whetzel 1 70 



A new eggplant fungus, C. 0. Smith 170 



Vitality of Pseudomonas carnpestris, H. A. Harding and F. C. Stewart 170 



Peach diseases, III, A. P. Selby 171 



Crown gall, J. B. S. Norton . . .' 171 



A note on the collar rot of the orange, R. A. Davis 171 



The sooty mold of the olive, Zacharewicz 171 



The sooty mold of the olive, Chapelle 172 



A new species of fungus producing canker on cacao trees, A. Hempel 172 



