IV CONTENTS. 



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Potato growing in central Illinois, J. H. Brown 6-11 



Correlation and transmission of form of head and color of grain in rye 641 



Ramie, P. A. Ilelguero 641 



The cnlture of ramie and other liber plants in Japan, M. Schanz 641 



Sisal, Trabut 641 



Sugar beets, R. H. Forbes and W. W. Skinner 641 



Sugar beets in alkali soil, H. C. Myers 641 



Results of comparative variety tests with sugar beets, etc., F. Sitensky ■... 642 



Breeding of sugar beets, von Riimker 642 



The cultivation of the sugar lieet in Egypt, G. P. Foaden 642 



Recent progress in sugar-beet culture, Herzfeld 642 



Tobacco culture in Ireland, M. Lecornet 642 



Tobacco 642 



Manure experiments with wheat, F. B. Guthrie and R. Ilelmo 642 



Manuring wheat crops 643 



Thick and thin seeding of wheat, F. Coleman 643 



The culture of glutenous wheats, p]d!er 643 



Wheats suitable for Queensland, W. Soutter 643 



Notes on wheats at Wagga Farm, W. Farrer 643 



Storing seed wheat, Vibrans 643 



nORTICULTURE. 



The book of asparagus, C. Ilott : 643 



Garden beans cultivated as esculents, II. C. Irish 643 



Horticultural monograph on garden peas, Denaiffe 643 



Celery growing 643 



An extremely early corn 643 



The forced culture ot cucumbers in the greenhouse, N. Schneider 644 



Znaim cucumbers, J. Zawodny 644 



Winter nmskmelons, S. L. Watkins 644 



Two methods of growing onions, B. C. Pittuck and S. A. McHenry 644 



Alternation in the varietal characters of the tomato, C. A. White 645 



Tomatoes on trellis 645 



Nitrate of soda for market garden crops, W. L. Summers 645 



Report of the floriculturist and gardener, G. Coote 645 



Horticulture, E. R. Lake 645 



Quality of nourishment determines flower-bud production, J. M. W. Kitchen. 646 



The teaching of orchard fruit culture in the nineteenth century, Guillochon. . 646 



Propagating new varieties of tree fruits from seed, C. G. Patten 646 



Experimental fruit culture at Wye College 646 



Commercial value of cider fruits in England, A. Truelle 647 



The date-palm orchard, R. H. Forbes 647 



Date culture, A. J. McClatchie 647 



Preparation and conservation of dried figs, Trabut 647 



A new fig for drying, Tral)ut 647 



Stoneless i)runes, L. H. Bailey 647 



Self-sterility of Compass cherry, R. S. Mackintosh 648 



Cultivation of oranges 648 



Citrus trees; working over worthless old orange and peach trees, W. J. Allen. 648 



Pineapple growing, jf. Rose 648 



Clove planting, R. N. Lyne 648 



Foxy coffee 648 



Coffee culture in Queensland, H. Newport 648 



Artificial drying of cacao, G. W. Smith 648 



The horticultural status of the genus Vaccinium, W. M. Munson 648 



Strawberrv growing at the South, O. W. Blacknall 649 



Strawberries in Ohio for 1901 , M. Crawford 649 



The adaptation, affinity, and pruning of vines, L. Rougier 649 



On the adaptation and affinity of Riparia, L. Rougier 650 



Success in grafting green vines in Roumania, A. Sauget 650 



Study on shield grafting, C. Clarac 651 



Thinning out grape l)unches, P. Pacottet - 651 



The culture of nuts in the United States, L. Wittmack - 651 



On soils suited to the chestnut tree, L. Piccioli 651 



The composition of the horse chestnut {Msculus hippocastanum) , E. Laves 651 



Caoutchouc in Soudan, H. Hamet 651 



