IV CONTENTS. 



Importance and value of the horticultural industries of Ohio, V. H. Davis 365 



Fertilization problems. A study of reciprocal crosses, M. H. Cummings 365 



Culture of asparagus in warm countries, 0. Labroy 366 



The chayote 366 



Facts about ginseng culture for fruit gn iwers, G. C. Butz 366 



The cultivation of mushrooms, B. M. Duggar 367 



Early garden peas, N. E. Hansen 367 



Recent cultural experiments with Pe-tsai, J. Cure 367 



Notes on varieties of tomatoes, V. H. Davis 368 



A new tomato - 368 



The composition of apples, W. B. Alwood and R. J. Davidson 368 



The apple in Oregon, E. R. Lake 368 



Planting the apple orchard, L. B. Judson 368 



Picking and handling winter apples, J. S. Woodward 368 



Keeping quality of apples, F. H. Hall 369 



A horticultural freak 369 



The western sand cherry, X. E. Hansen 369 



Breeding hardy fruits, N. E. Hansen 370 



How to prevent decay of our citrus fruits 370 



Propagation and marketing of oranges in Porto Rico, H. C. Henricksen 370 



Aeration and green manuring of the soil in fruit culture, G. Biesenbach 370 



Soil aeration with orchard fruits, Causemann 371 



Pruning, fertilizing, and thinning, J. H. Funk 371 



Reports of the pomologist, C. T. Fox 371 



Fruit growing statistics of Erie County, L. G. Youngs 371 



Plowing v. mulching 372 



Cooling peaches before shipping 372 



Cold storage for fruit 372 



Graft hybrids 272 



Coffee and coffee culture, C. B. Hay ward 372 



Coffee planting in Porto Rico, J. W. Van Leenhoff 372 



Comparative study of different methods of pruning, B. Chauzit and G. Barba. 372 



The growing of raspberries for profit, P. Harris 373 



Strawberry handboi >k 373 



Report on laticea and rubber from Rhodesia, W. R. Dunstan 373 



Rubber coagulating methods in Central Africa, G. van den Kerckhove 373 



A grand novelty 373 



FORESTRY. 



Forest resources of Texas, W. L. Brav - 373 



The forests of the Hawaiian Islands, W. L. Hall 374 



Exhibit of a forest nursery, G. Pinchot 374 



Exhibit of forest planting in wood lots, G. Pinchot 374 



San Francisco Mountains forest reserve, J. B. Leiberg et al 374 



The disappearance of the chestnut in France 374 



On the reestablishment of chestnut forests, A. Prunet 375 



The timber of the Edwards Plateau of Texas, W. L. Bray 375 



Progress report of forest administration in Coorg, C. D. McCarthy 375 



Forestry in Japan 375 



Forestry in the south of Ireland, R. H. Keane 376 



Review of forestry legislation for 1902, G. B. Sudworth 376 



Practical notes on forestry for New South Wales, J. H. Maiden 376 



Forest conditions of Black Mesa reserve, Arizona, F. G. Plummer et al 376 



Street trees and gas 376 



The hardy catalpa, W. Gill 377 



Planting red cedar 377 



White oak and other southern woods 377 



Cross-tie forms and rail fastenings, H. von Schrenk 377 



The preservative treatment of wood, S. P. Sadtler 378 



The timbers of commerce and their identification, H. Stone 378 



SEEDS — WEEDS. 



The duration of germination experiments, F. Nobbe . . .' 378 



Effect of bad weather on the vitality of seed oats 378 



Report of Swiss seed control station, F. G. Stebler et al 379 



