IV CONTENTS. 



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Cotton breeding experiments and valuation of individual plants, Wunder 337 



The inheritance of measurable characters in cotton hybrids, Balls 337 



Propagation of cotton by cuttings, Castet 337 



Variety tests with cotton, 1912, Tarbox, jr 338 



Cotton industry in Southern India, Baker 338 



The fertility constituents in flax, Ince 338 



On the origin of cultivated oats, Trabut 338 



Studies in potato breeding, Salaman 338 



The improvement of rice in Java by seed selection, Van Breda de Haan 338 



The principles of paddy manuring, Harrison 339 



A study of the colors of the grain in rye, Von Ruemker 339 



Soy beans, Jenkins 339 



[Field experiments with sugar cane], Crawley 340 



Sugar-cane culture in Cuba, Cunliffe 340 



Seedling canes and manurial experiments, d 'Albuquerque et al 340 



Report for the season between 1909-1911, d' Albuquerque and Bovell 341 



Sweet clover, Cunningham 341 



Soy beans and cotton as preparatory crops for tobacco, De Fremery 341 



On hybrids of Triticum with ^gilops made in the year 1856, De Vilmoria .... 341 



A fertile hybrid of wheat and rye, Jesenko 341 



The fixity of races of wheat, De Vilmorin 341 



Tests of varieties of wheat, Noll 342 



The seed control act, BoUey 342 



A ready reckoner for grain buyers 342 



HORTICULTURE. 



[Report of botanical investigations], Halsted et al 342 



Report of progress, Groth 343 



A study of inheritance in garden plants, Owen 343 



American-grown paprika pepper, Young and True 343 



Report of the horticulturist, Blake and Farley 344 



Orchard spraying. Alderman, Giddings, and Rumsey 344 



Rational methods of pruning grapes, De Ziiniga 344 



Successful storage of California table grapes, Stubenrauch and Mann 345 



The banana, Uribe 345 



The banana, De Castro _ 345 



Spraying walnut trees for blight and aphis control. Smith et al 345 



Rules and regulations for the transportation of nursery stock 346 



Rules and regulations for the transportation of bulbs, tubers, and roots 346 



Rules and regulations for the transportation of seeds other than cotton 346 



FORESTRY. 



Silviculture 346 



The distribution of forests in the natural regions of Switzerland, Decoppet 346 



Extension of the Mexican forest flora to South Africa, Hutchins 346 



The Chinese arbor vitse ( Thuya orientalis), Scott 346 



Cottonwood in the Mississippi Valley, Williamson 346 



Osier culture, Latiare : • - • : .\ ^^'^ 



The rosewood of Guiana and its essential oil, Bassieres 347 



Rubber and rubber planting, Lock 347 



Statistics relating to forest administration in British India, 1911-12 347 



Annual report of the director of forests. Jolly 347 



The estimation of accretion in forest management systems, Baader 347 



A new dendrometer or timber scale, Clark 347 



The air-seasoning of timber, Kempfer 347 



The development and status of the wood-preserving industry. Sterling 347 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



The fungi which cause plant disease, Stevens 347 



Report on economic mycology, Salmon 348 



Report of the plant pathologist. Cook 349 



Report on the work of the division for plant protection, Brick 349 



Review of vegetable pathology 349 



A bibliography of mycological literature, Lindau and Sydow 349 



