rV CONTENTS. 



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Late pruning, Ravaz 238 



Experience on reconstitution of vinej^ards with American stocks, Pantanelli. . 238 



The Muscadine grapes, Husmann and Bearing 238 



Coffee manuring on a scientific basis, Wilkins 239 



Flower gardening, Adams 239 



B ogues in sweet peas. Hurst 239 



FORESTRY. 



Second annual report of the state forester, Cox 239 



What Micliigan is now doing in regard to forest fire protection, Oates et al 239 



Report of the superintendent of forestiy, Hosmer 239 



Report of the forest nurseryman, Haughs 239 



Report of the consulting botanist, Rock 239 



Progress report of forest administration in Coorg for 1911-12, Tireman 239 



Forest administration of the Grand Duchy of Baden for the year 1911 239 



On the relation between forests and ground water, Trabucco 240 



The true selection system, Channer 240 



Anatomical investigations on Japanese and related coniferous seeds, Kondo . . . 240 



A contribution to the methods of regenerating pine stands, Schwappach 240 



Influence of early thinning on regular stands of spruce, Mer 240 



Norway spruce during the summer of 1911, Maire 240 



Wood-using industries of New Hampshire, Simmons 240 



The lumber estimator. Leaver 240 



Note on treatment of sleepers at Pjdnmana by the forest economist, Pearson. . . 240 



Preliminary notes on tapping experiments at Kuala Lumpur, Spring 240 



Tapping experiments with Hevca hrasiliensis, Simon 240 



Pteport of the superintendent of the rubber substation, Anderson 241 



[Analyses of Hawaiian rubber], McGeorge 241 



Wild lettuce rubber. Fox 241 



DISEASES OF PL.^NTS. 



Report of the Dominion botanist, Giissow 242 



Report of the plant pathologist, Stevens 242 



Report of assistant plant pathologist, Burger 242 



Report of division of vegetable pathology, May-December, 1911, Averna-Sacca. 243 



Parasitic wilt diseases of cultivated plants due to fungi, Wollenweber 243 



Causes which determine infertility of the soil and loss of crops, Jachevsld 243 



Infection studies with red fruited mistletoe ( Viscum cruciatum), von Tubeuf... 243 



Sterilization of seeds, Pinoy and Magrou. . ._ 243 



Infection of grain by Fusarium and its significance, Schaffnit 244 



Snow molds, Voges _. ,. 244 



A disease of cereals in Russia, Vassiliev 244 



Smut experiments at the state farm, Bungeworgorai, Soutter 244 



Combating .grain smuts, Mtiller 244 



A hybrid wheat resistant to rust, G^nin 244 



Cucumber wilt, Hanzawa 245 



Onion smut, Reddick 245 



Diseases of rice and of onions, Ramirez 245 



A new bacterial disease of Pisum sativum, Cayley 245 



Cystopus candidus on broad leaved pepperwort (Lepidium latifolium) , Noffray.. 245 



Field studies of a leaf-roll disease of potatoes. Fitch 246 



Noteworthy communications regarding sugar beet diseases in 1912, Stift 246 



Vegetable parasites of tomato, Finardi 246 



A rot of tomato caused by Phytobader lycoperdcum n. sp., Groenewege 246 



Natural resistance to disease in fruits, Hedrick 246 



Bitter pit in apples 246 



Apple scab situation, Reddick 247 



Trichoseptoria fructigena , a disease of quinces and apples, Pietsch 247 



A momentous discovery for fruit growers, Walker 247 



Report of former plant pathologist, Fawcett 247 



Report of plant physiologist, Floyd 248 



Experiments on the decay of Florida oranges, Grossenbacher 248 



Black rot of the navel orange, Amundsen 248 



Investigations of cacao canker, Rutgers 248 



