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CONTENTS. 



[Vol. 37 



V. S. Department of Agriculture — Contd. 

 Scientific Contributions— Contd. Page. 



Matroclinic Inheritance in Mu- 

 tation C'-osses of CEnolhera 

 reynoldsii, C. D. La Rue and 

 H.H.Bartlett 724 



The Supposed Action of Po- 

 tassium Permanganate with 

 Plant Peroxidases, H. H. 

 Bunzel and H. Hasselbring. 726 



Spoilage of Cranberries After 

 Picking, C. L. Shear 745 



The Grouping of Ties for Treat- 

 ment, C. P. Winslow 748 



Additional Suggestions on 

 Treatment of Hazel Blight. 

 M. B. Waite 755 



Winterkilling, Sun Scald, or 

 Sour Sap of Pecans, S. M. 

 McMurran 755 



Notes on Pecan Diseases, S. M. 

 McMurran 756 



New Mammals from North and 

 Middle America, E. A. Gold- 

 man 757 



Description of a New Hace of 

 Say's Ground Sauirrel from 

 Wyoming, A. H. llowell .... 758 



Two New Pocket Mice from 



Wyoming, E. A. Goldman. . 758 



Mutanda ornithologica, I, II, 

 H. C. Oberholser 758 



A New Honey Eater from the 

 Marianne Islands, A. Wet- 

 more 758 



A New Shrew from Nova 

 Scotia, H. II. T.Jackson.... 758 



Description of a New Genus of 

 Anatidse. II. C. Oberholser.. 758 



Notes on Rearing Insects for 

 Experimental Purix)8es and 

 Life History Work, A. M. 

 Wilcox " 758 



U. S. Department of Agriculture — Contd. 

 Scientific Contributions — Contd. Page. 



The Growth of Insect Blood 

 Cells in Vitro, R. W. Glaser . 758 



The Mosquitoes of North and 

 Central America and the 

 West Indies, L. O. Howard, 

 H. G. Dyar, and F. Knab. . 762 



Notes on New England Tach- 

 inidse. with the Description 

 of One New Genus and Two 

 New Species, H. E. Smith. . 763 



New Genera and Species of 

 American Muscoid Diptera, 

 C. H. T. Townsend 764 



On Some North American Spe- 

 cies of Microdon, F. Knab. . 766 



New Chalcid Flies from Marj'- 

 land.II.A. A. Girault 766 



A New Aphis-feeding Aphel- 

 inus, L. O. Howard 766 



Serum Therapy for Trichino- 

 sis, B. Schwartz 784 



Home I*roject at an Agricul- 

 tural School, C. H. Lane 795 



The Work of the U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, C. 

 Vrooman 796 



The Extent and Possibilities 

 of Cooperative Marketing, 

 C. E. Ba^ssett 796 



The Relation of the Smith- 

 Lever Funds to Farmers' 

 Institutes, A. C. True 790 



The Present Relation of Farm- 

 ers' Institutes and Exten- 

 sion Schools, D. J. Crosby. . 796 



Statistics of Farmers' Insti- 

 tutes in the United States, 

 1915-16, J. M. Stedman 796 



