IV 



CONTENTS. 



I'aKe. 



Grafting .-. '''*^ 



An idt-al Jiictliod of pruning fruit trees, E. S. (luff 50 



Wlu're to cut ill pruning, V. A. Keffer 51 



A liylirid of tlie Liberian and Araljiaii coffee tree, E. Bordage 51 



Lil)erian coffee; its culture and manipulation, V. Boutilly 51 



The cultivated guavas and their l)otanical differences, J. B. Davy 51 



A tendency to l)isexuality in straw lierries, U. P. Hedrick 51 



Second report on experiments in pinching raspl)erry shoots, E. S. (ioff 51 



Making a cranberry bog, F. A. Makepeace 51 



OJrapes, F. S. Earle and C. F. Austin 51 



Grapes, C. C Newman 52 



Ringing 52 



The Kniffen method of grape pruning, C. A. Keffer 52 



Waxed pai)er bands for grafting grapes 52 



First steps in anijielography, M. Mazade 52 



Introductior to Roumanian ampelography, G. N. Nii'oleano 52 



Chestnut cultivation in France, J. C. Covert 52 



A practit-al guide to garden plants, J. Weathers 52 



The experiment stations and the florist trade 5;! 



The question of colf)r relative to flowers, F. S. Mathews 5.'! 



Pvther treatment of plants 5:^ 



Hybridization in Amaryllefe 53 



Notes on cannas, F. K. Luke 53 



Carnations, preparation for field planting, A. M. Herr 53 



New chrysanthemums of 1900, H. Dauthenay 53 



Shasta daisies 53 



IIi/dniiKjea hortensla, Jeanne d' Arc 53 



])ISEASES OF PLANTS. 



Plant diseases in 1900, Georgia, A. L. Quaintance 53 



Notes on injurious fungi 54 



Report of the vegetalile pathologist, Queensland Dept. Agr., H. Tryon 55 



The sterile fungus Rhiz(jctonia, B. M. Duggar and'F. C. Stewart 55 



Plant diseases in U. S. due to Rhizoctonia, B. M. Duggar and F. C. Stewart. . 55 



The wilt disease of cotton and its control, W. A. Orton 55 



Formalin and hot water for loose smut of wheat, J. C. Arthur 5(i 



Formalin as a ])reventive of millet smut, W. Stuart 5(i 



Inoculation experiments with grass-infesting ergots, R. Stager . 5(i 



Damping off of lieets in the field, J. C. Arthur 5(i 



The diseases of sugar beets, A. Stiff 57 



The scab of sugar beets 57 



The asparagus rust, J. C. Arthur 57 



Diseases of tomatoes, 11. Tryon 57 



A bacterial disease of tomatoes, W. Stuart 57 



A new method of combating club root of cruciferous plants, J. Burvenich .... 58 



Disease of turnips caused by bacteria, W. Carruthers and A. L. Smith. .-. 58 



Sulphur-lime treatment for onion smut, F. A. Sirrine and F. C. Stewart 58 



Crown gall of apple, W. (t. Vincenheller 59 



The New York apple-tree canker, W. Paddock 59 



The canker ( Rostrella disease) of Coffcu. arablca, A. Zimmermann GO 



INIuiberry-dwarf troul)les, V. Suzuki (il 



Black rot and mildew of grapes and their treatment, Schloesing (il 



(iiiignardia reiiifortiiiif in the Caucasus, A. Lebedeff 61 



Some diseases of New England conifers, H. von Schrenk 82 



A disease of Td.rodiinn disticlnim, etc., H. von Schrenk 62 



A new species of Trimmatostroma, INI. W. Doherty 63 



The rust of white pine, C. von Tubeuf \ '63 



Concerning a fungus disease of the Norway spruce, R. Beck 63 



Copper-soda mixture for the prevention of pine-leaf cast, F. Grundner 63 



Stutlies on the hexenbesens of barberry, J. Eriksson 63 



Wakker's hyacinth germ ( Pseudomonas hyacinthi), E. F. Smith 63 



On the coloring and spotting of rose leaves, C. Wehmer 64 



A nematode disease of clematis, J. Chiftlot 64 



Concerning a bacteria-like fungus which destroys nematodes, G. Lagerheim. . 64 



Fungicides, South Carolina Station 64 



Copjjer and sulphur in plant i:)rotection, J. E. Weiss 64 



