IV CONTENTS. 



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The frost resistance of apricot and peach pollen, Ewert 437 



Factors inflnencing the formation of fruit buds in apple trees, Pickett 437 



The fertilization of apple orchards, Stewart 437 



Cost of producing apples, Case 439 



Strawberries, Oskamp 439 



The function of gnape foliage in relation to the grapes, Marescalchi 439 



The Valencia raisin industry 439 



Statistics on the production of grapes and olives in 1912 439 



Selection among cultivated crops with special reference to coffee, Kuijper 439 



The cost of making copra 439 



Commercial ^udies with the date, Vinson and Catlin 439 



The rapid curing of lemons, Snodgrass 440 



The California lemon industry, Powell and Wallschlaeger 440 



Note on the tea box industry in Assam, Pearson 440 



Plant introduction and acclimatization, Thornber 440 



New Garden plants of the year 1912 441 



Dahlias, Gorclon 441 



Success in gardening, Frothingham 441 



FORESTRY. 



American forest trees, Gibson, edited by Maxwell 441 



The forests of Prince George's County, Besley 441 



The trees and shrubs of Oklahoma, Shannon 441 



Individual selection with forest trees. — I, Pinus sylvestris, Zederbauer 441 



Individual selection with forest trees. — II, Pinus austriaca, Zederbayer 442 



On the biology of Siberian pine (Pinus sibirica), Pole 442 



Periodic phenomena of pine reproduction on polar forest border, Renvall 442 



The strength of long-seasoned Douglas fir and redwood, Alvarez 442 



Voliune table for redwood, compiled by Elam 442 



The physiological atavism of our oaks and beeches, Magnus 442 



Note on gurohdr {Gmelina arborea), Rodger 443 



Note on bija sal or vengai (Pterocarpus marsupium), Rodger 443 



Note on sain or saj ( Terminalia tomentosa), Rodger 443 



Note on benteak or nana wood (Lagerstraemia lanceolata), Rodger 443 



Note on sandan (Ougeinia dalbergioides), Rodger 443 



Note on dhaura or bakU {Anogeissus laiifolia), Rodger 443 



The drought of 1907 and 1908 and the sal forests, Troup 443 



A note on the bluegum plantations of the Nilgiris, Troup 443 



A fence post test, Krauss 443 



Work with guayule, Thornber 443 



The aginw and conservation of wood. — Insulated wood, De Keghel 444 



National Forest tunber for the small operator, Greeley 444 



Seed collection on a large scale, Farquhar 444 



Experiments on the influence of fertilizers in the nursery, Cuif 444 



Forest statistics 444 



Forest administration in Western and Eastern Circles, 1911-12, Osmaston et al . . 444 



Report of forest circles in the Bombay Presidency, 1911-12 , 444 



Report on forest administration in Burma for the year 1911-12, Hauxwell et al. . 444 



DISEASES OP PLANTS. 



Studies on the Fusarium problem, WoUenweber 444 



Systematic position of Fusarium nivale as regards its fruit form, Schaffnit 445 



Concerning the sclerotia of Monilia, Voges 445 



Recent literature on fungus diseases of plants, Pammel 445 



Diseases of plants in Iowa for 1912, Pammel 445 



Report of the imperial mycologist, Butler 445 



Parasitic injury to winter grains, Stormer and Kleine 446 



Abnormal barley ears, Molz 446 



Injuries noted to clover and rye, Hiltner 446 



Appearance of clover canker, Stormer 447 



The rice crop failure in Madion in 1910, van der Elst 447 



Septoria pisi in relation to pea blight, Melhus 447 



Studies on bacterial disease of peanut, De Jong 448 



The nomenclature of the organism causing corky or powdery scab, Pethybridge . 448 



Powdery scab of potatoes, Spongospora subterranea, Gussow 448 



