IV CONTENTS. [Vol.37 



HORTICULTURE. 



Page. 



Report of the horticultural division, Higgins 142 



[New fruit trees, ornamentals, and other plants], Hansen 142 



Notes on novelties and plants not well known. Buck 143 



Calendar for the treatment of plant diseases and insect pests, Green et al 14:i 



Winter sprays: Lime-sulphur spray and crude oil emulsions, Melander 143 



Cabbage and cauliflower culture, Sprague 143 



Celery culture, Allen 143 



Lettuce growing in California, Rogers 143 



Growing tomatoes on stakes. Green 143 



Forms of some Philippine fruits, De Leon y German J 43 



Irrigation of orchards, Adama 143 



The Maryland apple grading and packing law, Symons and Shaw 143 



Cooperative organization, Branch 143 



North American varieties of the strawberry, Fletcher. 143 



Viticultural and enological experiments at Paarl during 1915-16, Perold 144 



California's grape industry 144 



Culture of the olive on the southern shore of the Crimea, Wolf et al 144 



Maintenance of fertility of pineapple fields, Krauss 144 



Station work for the avocado, Webber 144 



Varieties of the avocado, Popenoe 144 



The avocado in Florida and other lands, Popenoe 144 



Citrus fruit improvement: How to secure and use performance records, Shamel. 144 



Records and accounts for citrus groves, Vaile 144 



[Coconuts, rubber, coffee, and cacao], Harrison 144 



Experiments in manuring of cacao, Bambcr and Corlett 144 



Culture of the pistachio tree on the southern shore of the Crimea, Kalalda 145 



The cultivation and drving of medicinal plants, Holmes 145 



One hundred flowers, Haverstick 145 



The book of the peony, Harding 145 



The American rose annual, edited by McFarlan<l 145 



A bud variation of Euon>-mu8, Shamel 145 



Aristocrats of the garden, Wilson 145 



Garden guide. — The amateur gardener's handbook, edited by Dick 145 



Back-yard gardening for business men. Best... 145 



Street and ])ark trees for Wisconsin communities. Castle 145 



Turf for golf courses. Piper and Oakley 146 



FORESTRY. 



Report of the superintendent of forestry, Judd 146 



Report of the forest nurseryman, Haugbs 146 



Report of forest department of Madras Presidency for 1916, Cowlev-Brown. ctal. 146 



Report on forest administration in Bihar and Orissa for 1915-16, llaines 146 



Report on forest administration in Ajmer-Merwara for 1915-16, Hukam Chand . 146 



Forest administration in Assam for 1915-16, Tottenham and Blunt 146 



Report of forest administration in the Punjab for the year 1915-16, Mcintosh. . 146 



Tree planting in eastern Washington, Morris 146 



Ornamental windbreaks, Bontr^er 147 



Investigation on the optimum limit of intensity of thinnings, Mer 147 



Toxic atrophy. Woodruff e- Peacock 147 



The forests of Quebec, Bedard 147 



Notes on some North American conifers based on leaf characters, Durrell 147 



The tulip poplar {Liriodendron tulipifera), Taylor. 147 



Mode of occurrence of latex vessels in Hevea brasilienr.ii, Bryce and Campbell . . 147 



Tapping experiments at Gunong An^si, Spring and Bunting 147 



"Tarwad " bark as a tanning agent, Limaye 147 



Production of lumber, lath, and shmgles in 1915 and lumber in 191 1, Nellis. . . 148 



Forest industries 1 ''** 



DISEASES OF PL.VNTS. 



Additional notes on Philippine plant diseases. Baker 148 



Some Phycomycetous diseases in the Philipi)ines, Mendiola and E.-^iino 148 



Plant diseases and other injuries. Brick 148 



The genus Meliola in Porto Rico, Stevens 149 



Specialization of parasitic fungi, particularly of cereal rusts, Montemartini 149 



