IV CONTENTS. 



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The service of soils, F. A. Huntley 849 



Some muskmelon experiments, E. Walker 850 



Indoor tomato culture with chemical fertilizers, W. Stuart 851 



Forcing dwarf tomatoes under glass, F. W. Rane 852 



Variety tests of cabbage, O. M. Morris 853 



Some points on fruit culture, C. B. Waldron 853 



Apple growing in Addison County, Vt., F. A. Waugh and M. B. Cummings.. 853 



Apple growing on grassy hillsides 854 



Plum culture, F. A. Waugh 854 



Prunes and prune culture in Western Europe, etc., E. R. Lake 854 



The fig : Its history, culture, curing, etc. , G. Eisen 855 



The fig in Australia 856 



Notes on fig drying, C. H. Gorman. 856 



Grafting with summer shoots, K. Fetisch 856 



Second report on grapes, A. L. Quaintance 857 



Rul)ber planting in the West Indies, J. II. Hart 858 



Rubber culture in Nicaragua, G. Waldron 858 



Artificial cultivation of the rubl)er tree for industrial purposes, E. Brown 859 



A Mexican rubber plant, F. de Francois 859 



Ornamentals for South Dakota, N. E. Hansen 859 



The replanting of bulbs that have once flowered, W. T^ Thiselton-Dyer 859 



A new tender Nymphtt'a, H. S. C'onrad 859 



Directions for the culture of Saffron {Crocun i^atwas) 859 



Report on the culture of roses in the Balkan Mountains, J. Gravereaux 859 



Different methods of making rose cuttings, Viviand-Morel 860 



The sweet pea and its failings 860 



Intensive horticulture in California, C. H. Shinn 860 



FORESTRY. 



A planter's notes on trees and shrnl )s, E. A. Popenoe 860 



The use of nitrate (jf soda in sylviculture 860 



The succession of cuttings for deciduous high forests, Pil/ 860 



The reconstitution of forests in Ardennes, J . Pollet 861 



The disappearance of l)eech in the forest of Cambre, C. Bommer 861 



The Picardy poplar, N. I. Crahay 861 



Fire lines ami their use in pini' forests of Germany and Gascony, P. Buffault. 861 



On the use of white pine, du I'n'- de St. Maur 861 



Suggestions for increasing the value of nonagricultural lands, J. Huberty 861 



Experiments in wood preservation, W. von Knieriem 861 



The wood-pulp industry of Canada 862 



SHEUS — WEEDS. 



A report on cooperative seed testing, F. Nobbe 862 



Report of Gctteborg and Bohus Seed Control Station, 1901, J. E. Alen 862 



Studies in weeds, W. Carruthers 862 



The horse nettle and 1 )uffalo bur, J. C. Arthur 862 



Destruction of prickly pear 863 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



An attempt to secure immunity of plants to fungus diseases, J. Beauverie 863 



Cultures and attenuated forms of fungi which cause diseases of plants, J. Ray. 863 



A bacterial disease of the tomato, F. W. T. Hunger 863 



A bacterial disease of potatoes, G. Delacroix 864 



The finger-and-toe disease of tui'uips 864 



Observations on root rot (Dongkellanziekte), J. D. Kobus 864 



Apple scab, G. P. Clinton 865 



The power of some peach trees to resist the yellows, E. W. Morse 865 



Silver-leaf in peaches .' - 865 



The injury of fungicides to peach foliage, S. M. Bain 866 



Investigations on the mulberry dwarf troubles, U. Suzuki 866 



The apfjearance of w^hite rot of grapes in Algeria, J. D. Catta and A. Maige. . 867 



Black rot and mildew, G. Cazeaux-Cazalet 867 



Treatment of vineyards for prevention of mildew, N. Passerini and P. Fantct-hi . 867 



Table grapes and fungicides, E. Chuard 867 



