CONTENTS. 



HEKnS WKKDS. 



Page. 



Germination in distilled ■water, P. P. Deherain and E. Deinoussy 143 



Experiniontri on increasing the germination of l)eet seed, Z. ZicklinHki 143 



Report of the seed-control station of Skara, 1899-1900, S. Haniinar 144 



Report of the seed-control station of Vienna, 1900, T. von Weinzierl 144 



Seed separators, L. Fontaine 144 



Intiticnce of soil on distribution of mistletoe and cuscuta, E. T^anrent 144 



Destruction of charlock 144 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



Notes on the life history of certain Uredineje, M. A. Carleton 145 



A tabular review of the Swedish cereal rusts, J. Eriksson 145 



Culture exjjeriments with a rust fungi, H. Klel)ahn . ^ 145 



Seed treatment for the prevention of bunt of wheat 146 



Potato scab and its pre\ention, I^. R. Jones and A. W. Eds(jn 146 



Potato blight and its treatment, I). A. Brodie 146 



Root disease of cane, Z. Kamerling and H. Suringar 146 



Observations on the niosaii- disease of tobacco, A. F. Wood 146 



Spraying for asparagus rust, F. A. Sirrine 147 



An investigation on damping off of seedlings, V. Peglion 147 



On the diseases of mushrooms and their prevention, G. Delacroix 148 



A fruit disease survey of western New York in 1900, F. C. Stewart et al 148 



A rhizomorphic root rot of fruit trees, E. M. Wilcox 150 



Preliminary report on bitter rot or ripe rot of apples, J. T. Stinson 150 



The cause and cure of canker in apple and pear trees, P. Passy 151 



The Monilia disease or twig l)light of apples and pears, H. Mi'iUer-Thurgau . . . 151 



Peach foliage and fungicides, W. C. Sturgis 151 



Notes on spraving peaches and plums in 1900, C. O. Townsend and 11. P. 



Gould ■ 152 



Experiments in the control of fumagine of the olive, D. Vidal 152 



The premature falling of fruit, J. Burvenich 152 



The Anaheim or California vine disease, C. 1*. Lounsbury 152 



The causes of gray rot of grapes, J. Dufour , 153 



Treatment of anthracnose, E. H. Rainford 153 



Tlie chrysanthemum rust, E. Jacky 153 



A disease of carnations caused by Fiisdrium <Iiaiithi, G. Delacrf)ix 153 



On the ])ara.«itism of Fnsarium roxenm and allied species, L. Mangin 154 



A disease of the locust tree, H. von Schrenk 154 



The bacterial diseases of plants, E. F. Smith 154 



The nematodes of coffee roots, A. Zimmermann 154 



Literature of plant diseases, W. C. Sturgis 154 



Condensed handbook of diseases of cultivated plants in Ohio, A. D. Selby 155 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



Sixteenth report of the State entomologist, New York, E. P. Felt 155 



Catalogue of injurious and beneficial insects of New York, E, P. Felt 155 



Report of the entomologist, C. P. Gillette 156 



In.sect notes, W. E. Britton 156 



The growth of economic entomology in Australia, etc., W. W. Froggatt 156 



Some of the internal changes which acciompany ecdysis in in.sects, \V. L. Tower. 156 



Locusts or grassho])pers, L. Bruner 157 



Preliminary report on the Mexican cotton-boll weevil, F. W. Mally 157 



The n lot louse of grain and means of ccjmbating it, G. del Guercio 158 



Caterpillar plagues, with account of ijotato i)ests at Windsor, W. AV. Froggatt.. 158 



The origin and distribution of Leplinot<irfi(i decem-UneaUi, etc., W. L. Tower 158 



The ])ea weevil and means of combating it, G. Staes 159 



The cane l)orer in Louisiana and Hawaii : 159 



A little-known asparagus pest { Atjroiiiyza simplex), F. A. Sirrine 159 



Natural enemies and artificial remedies for J'icri.f hr/n^sinf, (J. del Guercio 159 



Suggestions about combating the San Jose scale, H. P. Ciould 160 



A new species of scale injurious to citrus fruits in Italy, (.i. del Guercio 160 



Means of infestation by the olive fly, etc., (i. del Guercio UiO 



Two strawberry pests, J. B. Smith .- If'l 



Two new enemies of grapes, G. del Guercio 1*31 



