IV CONTENTS. 



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Experiments on the culture and selection of some marsh crops in 1908-9, Geze . . 531 



Grazing investigations, Pearson 531 



Measuring hay m ricks or stacks, McClure , SpUlman, and Froley 532 



The improvement of small grains at Macdonald College, Klinck 532 



Methods of selection and choice of varieties in Russia, Stebut 532 



Crossbreeding experiments with oats and wheat, Nilsson-Ehle 532 



Collection and sowing of alfilaria seed, Sampson 533 



Seed color in red clover, Gemert 533 



A study of red clover seed with relation to its color, Eastman 533 



The immediate effect on yield of crossing strains of com, Carrier 533 



Influence of width of rows on com, Weiser and Zaitschek 533 



Experiments in the selection of maize in Russia. Talanoff 534 



How to manage a com crop in Kentucky and West Vu-ginia, Arnold 534 



A brief history of com improvement in Nebraska, Montgomery 534 



Second annual report of Nebraska Com Improvers' Association, Montgomery. . . 534 



Cotton problems in Louisiana, Cook 534 



Annual report of the imperial cotton specialist, Gammie 534 



Selection of fla.x in Russia, Althausen 534 



Hop investigations, Tartar and Pilkington 534 



The effect of selection in pure-line oat work, Spragg 535 



Experiments with Phacelia tanacetifolia, Hazelhoff 535 



Cultivation of the potato, Gauthier 535 



Potato growing in New Jersey, Duryee, jr 535 



On the classification of cultivated rice, Kikkawa _ 535 



Selection and improvement of a wild Solanum, Deneumostier 535 



Varieties of sorghum for seed and forage, Talanoff 535 



The soy bean in New Jersey, Voorhees 536 



The variability of the nitrogen content of sugar beets, Andrlik and Urban 536 



Selection of sugar cane to regenerate and improve varieties. Maxwell 536 



Sweet potato culture, Kille _. 536 



Tobacco breeding in Connecticut, Hayes, East, and Beinhart 536 



Wheat investigations, Howard 538 



Tillering as a factor in the desirable qualities of winter wheats, Grantham 538 



Determination of germination energy of seeds from the time required, D'Ippolito 538 



Studies of the wild oat, Atwood 538 



Controlling Canada thistles. Cox 538 



HORTICUIiTURE . 



Respiration of fruits and growing plant tissues in certain gases, Hill, jr 538 



The application of nitrogen in relation to fruit bud formation, Remy 539 



The work of the Umatilla Experiment Farm in 1912. Allen 540 



The selective improvement of the Lima bean. Shaw 540 



Culture of tomatoes in California with special reference to diseases, Rogers .... 540 



Tomato culture in Idaho, Wicks 540 



Pollination of the pomaceous fmits. — I, Gross morphology of the apple, Kraus. . 541 



Thinning apples, Batchelor 541 



The peach, Salvadores 541 



Oriental pears and their hybrids, Cox '...... 541 



Fibre- vascular system of quince fmit compared with apple and pear, Mc Alpine. 542 



Sites, soils, and varieties for citrus groves in the Gxilf States, Rolfs 542 



Propagation of citrus trees in the Gulf States, Rolfs 542 



Culture, fertilization, and frost protection of citrus groves, Rolfs 542 



Pmning frosted citms trees, Coit 542 



The present status of date culture in the Southwestern States, Swingle 542 



Pecan culture in Florida _ 542 



The organization of a fruit distributing system, Reid 543 



The home preparations of lime and sulphur mixtures, Farley 543 



British violets, Gregory 543 



FORESTRY. 



Review of Forest Service investigations 543 



Sixth report of the state forester of Connecticut for 1912, Filley 546 



Growing forest trees in western Nebraska. — Shrubs and ornamentals, Snyder. . 546 



An extraordinary phenomenon in a mahogany seedling, Rama Rao 546 



So-called "osage orange rubber " — a product of Kansas, Fox 546 



