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Cotyledon infection of cabbage seedlings by bacterial black rot, Drechsler 346 



A disease of clover caused by a new species of CoUetotrichum, O'Gara 346 



A disease of Irish potato caused by a new CoUetotricbum, O ' Gara. 346 



"Spindling sprout" of potatoes, Hall 346 



A contribution to the life history of Sj^ongosfora suhterranea, Kunkel 346 



Soil Btain and pox, two little known diseases of the sweet potato, Taubenhaue. 347 



Some important leaf diseases of nursery stock, Stewart 347 



A promising new fungicide, Scott 347 



Apple cankers and their control, Hesler 347 



Field studies of apple rust, Giddings and Berg 348 



Apple rots, Brooks, Fisher, and Cooley 348 



York spot and York skin-crack. Reed 348 



Orchard experiment with Jonathan sjiiot rot in 1914, Martin 348 



Jonathan spot, bitter pit, and sligmonose, Brooks and Fisher 348 



Stigmonose: A disease of fnuts, Waite. . . ._ 349 



Common diseases of apples, pears, and quinces, Cook 349 



Common diseases of the peach, plum, and cherry, Cook _ 349 



Twig and leaf infection of the peach by CIndosporium carpophilum, K( itt 349 



Fungus-host relationship in black knot, Gilbert 349 



The perfect stage of the fungus of raspberry anthracnose, Burkholder 350 



[Fungus diseases of cranberries], Franklin 350 



Rhizoetonia in America, Peltier 350 



An anthracnose of Asdepias spedosa caused by a new CoUetotrichum, O'Gara. . 350 



Some effects on chestnut trees of the injection of chemicals, Rumbold 350 



Notes on Cronartium comptonix and C. rihicola, Spaulding 351 



Observations on the pathology of the jack pine. Weir 351 



A new leaf and twig disease of Picea engdmanni, Weir 351 



ECONOMIC ZOOLOGY — ENTOMOLOGY. 



[Report on insect pests] 351 



Potato insects, Webster .♦ 352 



[Work with cranberry insects in 1914], Franklin 352 



The control of citrus insects, Quayle. 353 



Control of dried-fruit insects in California, Parker _ 353 



Some external parasites of poultry, especially Mallophaga, Herrick 353 



A new wheat thrips, Kelly 354 



Control of the citrus thrips in California and Arizona, Horton 354 



A new species of North American Tingitidee, Heidemann 355 



The eggplant lace-bug. Fink 355 



Leafhoppers of Maine, Osbom 356 



The sharp-headed grain leaf hopper, Gibson 356 



Influence of soil moistiu-e on increase in sugar-beet root louse, Parker 357 



The Hessian fly, Headlee - 357 



Fly baits, Buck 357 



Control of the onion fly, Sanders 357 



Insecticides for the control of the Colorado potato beetle. Smith 358 



Tlie southern corn-leaf beetle, Kelly ._ _. 358 



North American Cerambycidfe.' — Larvse of the Prioninee, Craighead 360 



The roundheaded apple-tree borer, Brooks 360 



Some sugar-cane r6ot-boring weevils of the AVest Indies, Pierce 360 



Descrijitions of new Hymenoptera, IX, Crawford 360 



FOODS— HUMAN NUTRITION. 



[Food and drug topics], Ladd and Johnson -* 360 



DigestibiUty of proteins of cereals, legumes, and potato flour, Rammstedt 361 



Influence of cnA-ironment on wheat in India, III, Howard ct al 361 



Banana meal a substitute for flour, Monaghan 361 



Digestive disturbances following the use of war bread, von Noorden 361 



Bread seasoning, Maurizio 361 



Proso and kaoliang as table foods 361 



The nutritive value of the avocado, Jaffa 362 



XJnfermented grape juice, McGill 363 



The preservation of meat, Copaux and Kling 362 



Bacterial content of desiccated egg, Ross 362 



