IV CONTENTS. 



HORTICULTURE. 



Page. 



Report of the horticultural department, J. Troupe 772 



Horticultural department, R. W. Fisher 773 



Report of the horticulturist, G. C. Butz and J. P. Pillshury 773 



Some experiments of Luther Burbank, I». S. .Ionian 773 



Heredity, L. Burbank 774 



Free distribution of experiment station seeds, B. D. Halsted 775 



Forcing beans, C. A. Vallejo 775 



Forcing tomatoes, W. J. Green and C. W. Waid 775 



Culture of fruit trees in pots, J. Brace 776 



Evaporation of water from apple trees during winter, E. P. Sandsten 776 



Nomenclature of the apple, W. H. Ragan 777 



Grass mulch for apple orchards, F. P. Verg jn 777 



Cover crops, E. P. Sandsten 777 



A side light on cover crops, U. P. Hedrick 778 



Preliminary report on cranberry investigations, A. R. Whitson et al 778 



Varieties of strawberries, W. J. Green and F. H. Ballou 779 



Studies in fruit drying, A. L. Knisely 779 



Canning and evaporating fruit, etc., H. W. Lawrence and B. C. Aston 780 



Report of the vitieultural expert, M. Blunno 780 



The nitrate content of different parts of the grape, M. Metelka 780 



History of government tea culture in .lava, J. A. van der Chijs 780 



Native methods of cacao and kola culture, Gruner 781 



Walnuts as grown and handled in France, A. G. Freeman 7S1 



A model walnut orchard 781 



A concise handbook of garden flowers, H. M. Batson 781 



Lilies for English gardens, Gertrude Jekyll 781 



FORESTRY. 



Effect of forests on water supply, T. P. Lukens 7S1 



Control of the Kansas River Hoods 782 



Forestry as applied to the development of Kansas, G. W. Tichner 782 



Report on forestry work, A. W. Crooke 782 



The cultivation of the Australian wattle, D. G. Fairchild 782 



AVoods of the Philippines, E. C. Smith 783 



Condition of treated timbers laid in Texas, February, 1902, H. von Sehrenk.. 783 



Progress report on the strength of structural timber, W. K. Hatt 78S 



SEEDS — WEEDS. 



Seed selection according to specific gravity, V. A. Clark 784 



Seed testing and instructions for sampling, R. S. Seton 7K4 



Adulteration of alfalfa seed, J. Wilson ? 784 



Tests of grass and forage crop seeds collected in 1903 785 



Influence of carbon bisulphid on the germination of seeds, J. Bolle 785 



Report of the seed-control station of Vienna for 1903, T. von Weinzierl 785 



Report of the seed-control station of Troppau, 1902-3, Kambersky 785 



Report of the seed-control station at Hohenheim, J. Michalowski 786 



Report of the Warsaw Seed-Control Station for the year 1902-3, Z. A. Zelinski. 786 



Legal and customary weights per bushel of seeds, E. Brown 786 



DISEASES OE PLANTS. 



The vegetative life of the rust fungi of cereals, C. B. Plowright 786 



Three-spored rusts, M. C. Cooke \ 7S7 



Uredineous infection experiments in 1904, W. A. Kellerman 787 



Oat and barley smut investigations, R. A. Moore 787 



Treating seed wheat to prevent smut, E. F. Pernot 787 



Earcockle in wheat, R, Helms 788 



Potato diseases, H. H. Hume 788 



Potato failures, F. M. Rolfs 788 



Large potato vines and no potatoes, W. Paddock 789 



Some diseases of cane, R. C. L. Perkins 789 



Observations on the Botrytis rot and drop of lettuce, LI. J. Ramsey 789 



Apple scab, A. B. Cordley 790 



Discovery of afruiting stage of the apple mildew in England, G. Massee 790 



Black spot canker, W. L. Lawrence 790 



