CONTENTS. Hi 



Yields obtained on light sandy soil w ithout the use of barnyard manure 459 



Staple crops, E. B. Ferris 459 



Variation in mineral matter during the ripening of seeds 459 



Composition of Jerusalem artichoke, P. Behrend 460 



Variety tests with barley, W . Edler 460 



Experiments with malting barley and wheat, 1893-1902, C. Sonne 460 



Hoot crops adapted to culture on moor soils, H. von Feilitzen 461 



Experiments with buckwheat, S. Tretyakov 461 



A study of correlative characters in Szekler maize, C. Fruwirth 461 



Manuring of cotton, G. P. Foaden 461 



Flax and linseed industry, J. Knight 462 



Gram 462 



Job's tears seeds, H. H. Cousins 462 



Jute culture, L. Hautefeuille . . 462 



Variation in oat hybrids, J. H. Wilson 462 



Drying tobacco leaves either primed or on the stalk, E. C. J. Mohr 462 



Vetch sown with oats on fallow, F. Gubine 463 



Observations on winter wheat in the Kherson Government, P. N. Kozlovski. . 4i>:i 



Macaroni wheat in foreign markets 463 



HORTICULTURE. 



Report of the horticulturist, A. T. Jordan 463 



Experiments in crossing plants, B. D. Halsted and J. A. Kelsey 464 



Proceedings International Conference on Plant Breeding and Hybridization.. 464 



Proceedings of the fruit culture conference at Cork 4B4 



Fruits and vegetables, E. B. Ferris 464 



Cantaloupe culture, W. F. Allen 4B4 



Blanching of wild chicory, V. Enfer 465 



The chocho, A. F. T. Somerville 465 



Concerning the chemistry of fruits, K. Windisch and K. Boehm 465 



Further notes on fruit growing in Tasmania, G. Quinn 465 



Pruning, W. J. Allen 466 



The stub-root system of tree planting 466 



Experimental studies in arboriculture, L. Daniel 466 



Thinning of orchard fruits, C. F. Austin 466 



The apple industry in Tasmania, W. J. Allen 466 



The winterkilling of Baldwins, U. P. Hedrick 466 



The orange in northern and central California, E. J. Wickson 467 



The story of the papaw, F. B. Kilmer 467 



Peach trees in winter, W. F. Fletcher 467 



Japanese persimmons, H. H. Hume and F. C. Reimer 467 



Pineapple culture, II. Varieties, H. H. Hume and H. K. Miller 468 



Cacao manurial experiments at Grenada 469 



Facts as to date culture, A. V. Stubenrauch 4(i'.i 



Making a cranberry bog, F. A. Makepeace 4ti'.i 



Trial shipment of grapes to England 469 



Keeping late grapes on the vine : 470 



Development and composition of grapes, G. Barberon and F. Changeant 470 



Phosphorus compounds in grape seeds and wine, J. "Weirich and G. Ortlieh . . 470 



The presence of lecithin in wine, A. Rosenstiehl 470 



Notes on rubber plants 470 



A valuable new almond 470 



Chestnut culture, J. W. Kerr 470 



Trees and shrubs tested in Manitoba, W. Saunders 471 



Native ornamental plants of New Mexico, E. O. Wooton .- 471 



Third annual convention of the Chrysanthemum Society of America 471 



The book of the iris, R. I. Lynch 471 



Injurious effects of manure, U. P. Hedrick 471 



Experiments with lawn grasses, B. D. Halsted ami J. A. Kelsey 472 



FORESTRY. 



Report of the committee on forestry, 1903, J. T. Rothrock 472 



Forest thinning and its results, W. F. Hubbard 472 



Street forestry, F. Shonnard 472 



Forestry and close settlement, P. MacMahon 473 



