CONTENTS. V 



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Dewberry record covering five years at Puyallup 267 



( Iranberry production, A. J. Rider 2t>7 



Extraction of alcohol from pressed grape husks, A. .1. Perkins 267 



The fertilization of the vine. A. ( Jimatti 267 



I low the raisin is seeded, II. A. ( 'rafts 267 



Rubber cultivation 267 



( lutta-percha and rubber of Philippine Islands, P. I.. Sherman, jr 268 



( rutta-percha and rubber, 1'. L. Sherman, jr 268 



Trial with patent palm nut cracking machine 268 



Action of ether vapor in forcing plants, J. Lochot 268 



Fc >rcing plants by etherization, A. Maumene 269 



( irowing bulbs in Illinois, G. Klehm 269 



Begonia culture for amateurs, B. C. Ravenscroft 269 



Report on school gardens and children's herbariums, II. L. Clapp 269 



FORESTRY. 



Sylvieultural features of Larix americana, < rrace E. Cooley =. 269 



A farm woodlot, F. A. Waugh 269 



Forest belts and notes on the arboretum, W. T. Macoun 270 



Trees and shrubs, A. Mackay 270 



Exhibit of tree planting on a model prairie farm, G. Pinchot 270 



Practical assistance to users of forest products, G. Pinchot 270 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



A soft rot of the calla lily, C. O. Townsend 270 



1 >iseases of ginseng, J. M. Van Hook 271 



Investigations on the prevention of Botrytis cinerea, P. de la Bathie 272 



Investigations of the brunissure of grapes, L. Kavaz 272 



Grape anthraenose, P. Pacottet 272 



Oidium and Uncinula spiralis, J. M. Guillon and G. Gouirand 272 



Cultures of the black- rot fungus, P. Viala and P. Pacottet 272 



Simultaneous treatment for powdery and downy mildew, D. Donon 272 



Use of verdigris for control of downy mildew, E. Chuard and F. Porchet 273 



Simultaneous treatment for grape-fruit worm and downy mildew, < }. Martin. . 273 



Grape phthiriosis, L. Mangin and P. Viala 273 



Note on the gray rot of grapes in Algeria, L. Trabut 273 



Chlorosis of fruit trees and its treatment, J. Lochot 273 



Investigate »ns of rusts, M. A. Carleton 274 



Diseases of fruits, W. T. Macoun 274 



Spraying, W. T. Macoun 274 



The use of sulphur fungicides, E. T< >tal 274 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



Report of the entomologist, J. Fletcher 274 



Special report of assistant superintendent of entomology, R. C. L. Perkins 275 



Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 275 



Mutation and selection theories in relation to Lepidoptera, C. Schroder 275 



Ants which live in symbiosis with plants, A. Forel 275 



The biology of insects, C. Kopp 275 



Agricultural pests and diseases in Bologna, D. Cavazza and L. Zerbini 275 



Insects of economic importance from Hawaiian Islands, J. G. Kirkaldy 276 



Annual report of the inspector of cocoanut trees, 1902, L. C. Brown 276 



Report of the government entomologist, E. E. ( Jreen 276 



Notes on pests attacking c< itton in the West Indies, H. A. Ballou 276 



Sting in the apple. — Work of plum curculio in the apple, J. M. Stedman 276 



Observations on the habits of the asparagus fly, P. Lesne 27H 



The cal >1 >age-root fly -~ > 



Habits of the imported brown-tail moth, C. H. Fernald and A. II. Kirkland.. 277 



The true gall gnats of the pear, V. Ferraut 277 



A sugar-cane leaf hopper in Hawaii, D. L. Van Dine 277 



Preventing damage by weevils and moths to stored strain, P. < fennadius 277 



The Processionary moth of the pine tree, P. Gennadius 278 



