IV CONTENTS. 



SEEDS —WEEDS. 



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Developmenl of single-germ beet seed, C. O. Townsend and E. C. Rittue 983 



The seed characters of Pimm sativum, R. J'. Gregory 983 



Effect of carbon bisulphid on the germination of peas, <<. Staes 983 



Influence of temperature on the germination of seed, F. Todaro 983 



Wild hemp or sesbania, W. H. Forbes 984 



Influence of chlorin water on germination, R. Spatschil 984 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



Specialization of parasitism in the Erysiphacese, E. S. Salmon 984 



The parasitism of some species of Basidiomycetes, Galzin 985 



The resistance of certain fungi to drying, Mme. Z. Gatin-Gruzewska 985 



Diseases of economic tropical plants, F. Noack 985 



Vapor treatments for stinking smut of wheat, W. A. Wheeler 985 



Inoculation experiments with ergots, R. Stager 985 



Some nematode diseases of cereals, II. Nilsson-Fhle 985 



The secidium of maize rust, J. C. Arthur 986 



The water relation of Puccinia asparagi, R. F. Smith 986 



A study of Cystopus candidus, A. Eberhardt ,. 986 



The downy mildew of cucurbits in Hungary, <i. Linhart !'S7 



Monilia diseases of fruit trees, J. Ritzema Bos 987 



Investigate >ns concerning olive bacteriosis, R. Schiff 987 



A disease of the olive tree, U. Brizi 987 



Two new diseases of figs, R. Farneti 987 



A gum disease of grapes, L. Mangin and P. Viala 987 



The red rust of tea, H. H. Mann and C. M. Hutchinson 988 



Some fungus parasites of coffee, G. Delacroix 988 



A new and destructive disease of oaks, W. Ruhland . 988 



An important disease of lindens, R. Laubert 988 



Lenzites abietina on fir, Galzin - "88 



Notes on species of fungi cultivated from rhododendron leaves, P. Hennings. . 989 



A new parasite of orchids, L. Montemartini 989 



Determining the presence of copper in dilute solutions, Ewert 989 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



Fourth report of the State entomologist, W. E. Britton 989 



Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 990 



The entomological section, C. B. Simpson 990 



Entomological memoirs, J. H. Fabre 990 



Economic entomology, E. R. Sawer 990 



New Zealand Neuroptera, < x. V. Hudson 990 



The lepidopterous fauna of the Balkan countries, 1 1. Rebel . . 990 



Breeding experiments on Catopsilia pyranthe and notes on migration of butter- 

 flies in Ceylon, N. Manders 990 



The control of the boll weevil, W. D. Hunter 99] 



The cotton boll weevil, W. W. Froggatt 991 



Method of rearing the natural enemy of the cotton boll weevil, A. L. Herrera. . 991 



The Hessian flv - !,!, 1 



The fruit flv {Ceratitis capitata), C. W. Mally 991 



The greenhouse white fly, A. W. Morrill 991 



Monograph of Aphis ribis, J. H. L. Tlogel 992 



Destruction of eggs of phylloxera in winter by means of lysol, G. Cantin 9!»2 



A life history of Cimbexfagi, A. J. Van Rossum 992 



Monograph of the white ants of Africa, Y. Sjostedt 992 



Insects injurious to pecans, <i. W. Ilerrick 992 



Preservation of bamboos from attacks of bamboo beetle, E. P. Stebbing 993 



Note on the Casuarina insect pests of Madras, E. P. Stebbing 983 



Nc ile on the sandalwood-boring insects of Madras, E. P. Stebbing 993 



The banded pine weevil and the brown pine weevil 993 



Acquisition of alar appendages of Chermes abietis picex, E. P. Stebbing 993 



A first note on the life history of Chermes abietis picese, E. P. Stebbing 993 



The new K-L mixtures and San Jose scale, C. P. Close 993 



Sulphur washes for orchard treatment, II, P. J . Parrott et al 994 



