IV CONTENTS. 



HORTICULTUHK. 



Paga 



Fruits, vegetables, etc., at experimental farms? in Canada, W. T. Macnun et al. . 243 



Treatment of winter muskmelons, A. Griffin 244 



Melons in pots, C. Edwards 244 



The "Fikongo " {Brachjatelma bingeri), A. Chevalier 244 



Testing commercial varieties of vegetables, W. W. Tracy, jr 244 



The development of the trucking interests, F. S. Earle 245 



Growth of the North Carolina trucking industry 245 



Report of the horticulturist, Delaware, G. H. Powell 245 



Commercial pear culture, M. B. "\\ aite 246 



Some notes on pears for export, G. Quinn 246 



Native plums, E. S. Goff 246 



Notes on the prune, principally from a California point of view, S. C Lamb. . 248 



The date palm and its culture, W. T. Swingle 248 



Fig drying, C. H. Gorman *. 248 



Grape fruit classified , 248 



Pineapple culture in southwest Florida, F. G. Tise 248 



Propagating the mango, J. B. Beach 248 



Frost and fruits, A. C. Fuller 248 



Orchard cover crops, J. Craig 248 



Mistakes in orcliard management and how they may be avoided, J. Ettle 248 



Common mistakes in fruit culture, G. Bun yard 248 



Shade in coffee culture, O. F. Cook 248 



Strawberries, E. W. Wooster 249 



Experiments on the manuring of vines in the department of Aude, M. G. Barbut . 249 



The vine in New South Wales 249 



Raisin drving 249 



Cold storage, L. C. Corbett 249 



The influence of refrigeration on the fruit industry, W. A. Taylor 250 



Cold or cool storage of fruit, W. Crump, G. Bunyard, et al 250 



■Memorandum respecting cold storage and the utility of collecting stations 250 



Canning and pulping fruit 250 



Nomenclature, S. A. Beach 251 



Carnations, C. H. Herbert 251 



The tulip, J. Douglas 251 



Native California bulbs, C. H. Shinn 251 



FORESTRY. 



Forest extension in the middle West, W. L. Hall 251 



Practical forestry in the Scnithern Appalachians, O. W. Price 251 



Our forest reservations, J. W. Toumey - 251 



Forestry in the British Colonies, W. Brown 251 



The forest of Fontainebleau, France, E. M. Moir 251 



Forest trees and shrubs, S. A. Bedford 252 



SEEDS — WEEDS. 



The quality of clover seed offered in the French market, E. Schribaux 252 



The seed industry in Germany 252 



Dodder in alfalfa, J. Whiteley - 252 



A new treatment for the destruction of cuscuta, Chefdebien 252 



The water hyacinth 253 



Eradication of charlock by spraying, W. Somerville ^ 253 



Spraying for the destruction of mustard, J. Fletcher 253 



Effect of various salt solutions upon weeds and cultivated plants, B. Steglich. . 253 



Weed killmg comjiounds, F. T. Shutt 253 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



Report of the mycologist, Delaware, F. D. Chester 253 



Investigations on a parasite of flax, E. Laurent 254 



Treatment of oats for smut, A. D. Shamel 254 



Formalin as a preventive of oat smut, W. Stuart 254 



The prevention of oat smut, E. S. Goff 255 



Formalin and IMassel powder as preventives of smut in oats and barley, 



W. Saunders 255 



