IV CONTENTS. 



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New cover crop, Spring 233 



The Italian millet (Setaria italica) in Bengal, Woodhouse and Ghosh 233 



Philippine kapok: A promising new industry, Saleeby 233 



Potato breeding, Fruwirth 233 



Notes on the propagation of Rhodes grass for hay, Hungerf ord 233 



Selection of seed rice based on transparency, Crevost 233 



Data concerning varieties of rice, Conner 233 



Salt water rice, Conner 234 



Samar iCyperus alopecuroides) as a reclamation crop, Shepherd 234 



Magnesia fertilizer for sugar beets, Strohmer and Fallada _ 234 



Conditions of seed ball produced by stock beets of different sizes, Remy 234 



The influence of light on sugar formation of beets, Strohmer 234 



Variety tests of sugar cane, Rosenfeld and Hall 234 



Tests in selection of sugar cane before planting, Rosenfeld 234 



Sugar-cane experiments in Antigua and St. Kitts, 1910-11, Tempany 234 



Crops on the experimental sugar-cane fields, 1911, Harrison and Stockdale 234 



Experiments in the cultivation of sugar cane in 1912 and 1013, Blouin 234 



A new earth nut, Barrett 235 



Xenia in wheat, Blaringhem 235 



Notes on wheat, Cascon 235 



Observations on stooling in cereals at Poltava Experiment Station, Leshchenko. 235 



Determination of germinative ability and germinati ve strength of seeds, Oetken . 235 



Report of the superintendent of the seed and weed branch, McKenney 236 



Agrostemma githago and Polygonum convolvulus, Skalosubow 236 



HORTICULTURE. 



Propagation and pruning of hardy trees, shrubs, miscellaneous plants, Newsham . 236 



Practical tree repair, Peets. 236 



The use of arsemcals for plant protection, Fulmek 236 



Effect of bastard trenching on soil and plant growth, Pickering and Russell 236 



An economic study of beans, Ledyard 237 



Differential mortality with respect to seed weight in garden beans, Harris 237 



The pollination of fruit trees and its bearing on planting. Hooper 237 



On the pruning and spacing of grapevines, Vidal 237 



On the behavior of various grape stock on heavy calcareous soil, Faes 237 



Hybrid direct bearers in valley of the Rhone in 1912, Desmoulins and Villard . 238 



Date growing in the Old WorlcL and the New, Popenoe 238 



Tea, Browne 238 



Fertilizers and the freezing of nut trees 238 



Indoor gardening in room and greenhouse, Thomas 238 



The hardy flower book, Jenkins, edited by Harvey 238 



The florest's bibliography: Supplement and index, Pa>Tie 238 



FORESTRY. 



Pi ogress in forestry, hunting, and fishing for 1912, Weber 238 



The present situation of forestry. Graves 238 



Forest map of Brazil, De Campos 238 



Reconnaissance in the Cotteswolds and Forest of Dean, Tansley and Adamson. 239 



The forests and forestry of Germany, Lazenby 239 



Botanical and colonial economic studies of the bamboos, Hosseus 239 



The culture of Manihot glaziovii in East Africa, Janssens 239 



On the economic value of sal (Shorca rohusta), Pearson 239 



The wild plants of the South Kamerun forests used by the natives, Mildbraed. 239 



The present status of the forest seed origin question, Engler 239 



Coast sand dunes, sand spits, and sand wastes. Case 239 



Forest fires in North Carolina during 1912 and fire control. Holmes 239 



Practical experiences in the use of iluorids for wood preservation, Nowotny 239 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



The fungus diseases of agricultural plants, Eriksson, trans, by Grevillius 240 



Annual report on plant diseases, 1911, Hollrung '. 240 



A preliminary host index of the fun^i of Michigan, Coons 240 



Report of the phytopathologist at Wageningen for 1911, Ritzema Bo3 240 



Report of the laboratory for plant diseases, Linsbauer et al 240 



