IV CONTENTS. 



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[Report on] genetics, Babcock 234 



Precooling and handling investigations with oranges and lettuce, Ramsey 234 



Stocks for fruit trees, H edrick 234 



Practical orchard pruning, Crider 234 



Bridge grafting 234 



[Report of investigations with grapes and olives], Bioletti 234 



Cacao, Henry 235 



The development of female sexual organs in Theobroma cacao, Kuijper 235 



First report on cacao selection. Van Hall 235 



Second report on cacao selection at Djati Roenggo, MacGillavry and Van Hall . . 235 



Second report on cacao selection at Getas, Meyer and Van Hall 236 



A study of the factors influencing seed formation in citrus fruits, Colt 236 



The present condition of citrus growing in Spain, Priego 236 



The coconut, Collet 236 



Manurial experiments on coconuts, 1913-14, De Verteuil 236 



Second report on selection tests of Robusta coffee, Voiite and Van Hall 236 



Some aspects of modern tea pruning, Hope and Carpenter 236 



Report on the botanic gardens and their work, Waby 236 



FORESTRY. 



The place of forestry among natural sciences. Graves 237 



Forests and floods, Andrews 237 



Tree growth and meteorological factors, Kapteyn 237 



Current annual increment in girth of a Douglas fir plantation, Nisbet 237 



Germination and reproduction of longleaf pine in Mississippi, Buttrick 237 



Distribution of mountain pine {Pinus montana) in the Alps, Vierhapper 237 



Average returns from the afforestation of waste lands. Maw 237 



Sixth annual report of the state forester in Vermont, Hawes 237 



Report of state forester, Elliott 237 



Results of the Saxony state forest administration for 1913 237 



Notes on forestry in Russia 237 



Statistics relating to forest administration in British India, 1912-13 237 



[Report of the] forestry section, Rutter 238 



Annual report of subdepartment of forests. Wood 238 



Forest products of Canada, 1913. — Poles and crossties, Lewis and Boyce 238 



Report of fifteenth convention of Canadian Forestry Association, 1913 238 



DISEASES OP PLANTS. 



Plant pathology, Smith -^ 238 



[Investigations of plant diseases], Webber 238 



Diseases of cultivated plants in Westphalia and their control, Spieckermann . . . 238 



Report on diseases observed at Rio Janeiro, Maublanc 238 



The spread of celery leaf spot disease by use of affected seed, Pethybridge .... 239 



Investigations on potato diseases (fifth report), Pethybridge 239 



Potato diseases — the danger of importation, Brittlebank 239 



Blotch and streak in potatoes. Home 239 



The effect of potato scab treatments on seed \dtality, Maney 240 



Sorghiim smut 240 



Black rust of Deli tobacco. Honing 240 



Diseased tomatoes -. 240 



The oak fungus disease of fruit trees. Home 241 



Peach cankers and their treatment, Jehle 241 



Peach leaf curl fungus, Quinn 241 



Violent outbreak of currant rust, Noffray 241 



Citrus canker, Edgertou 241 



Pecan rosette, Orton and Rand 241 



A beech disease 242 



Hevea canker, I, II, Rutgers 242 



Bordeaux mixture. — I, Physico-chemical studies, Butler 242 



Notes on the preparation of Bordeaux mixture, Butler 243 



The action of Bordeaux mixture on plants. Barker and Gimingham 243 



Spreading and adherent sprays, Vermorel and Dantony 243. 



The compatibility of insecticides and fvmgicides, Gray 243 



