IV CONTENTS. 



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Jute and jute substitutes from West Africa 637 



Report on field trials on varieties of mangel 637 



Origin of the cultivated potato and bud variations of wild solanums, Meckel. . 637 



The dry matter and starch content of potatoes, Hals 637 



Barnyard manure and commercial fertilizers for potatoes, 1904-1907, Christie. 638 



[Trials with sugar beets and potatoes] 638 



Experiments on the defoliation of sugar beets, Strohmer, Briem, and Fallada. 638 



Beet sugar, Elkin 639 



Experiments with canes in the Leeward Islands in 1906-7, Watts et al 639 



Manurial experiments with cane in Leeward Islands in 1906-7, Watts et al. . . 639 



Report on field trials on varieties of swedes 640 



Report on field trials on manuring of swedes 640 



Propagation of tobacco in Cuba, Baker 640 



Tobacco 640 



The perennial sow thistle and some other weed pests of 1908, Howitt 640 



HORTICULTURE. 



Forcing plants by wann baths, Molisch 640 



Distribution of seeds and plants, Wickson and Mansell, 641 



Ginseng and other medicinal plants, Harding 641 



Orchard fruits in the Piedmont and Blue Ridge regions, Gould 641 



Orchard report of Baton Rouge Station 642 



[Reports of the fruit experiment stations], Hutt et al 642 



Fruit culture. Gomes do Carmo 642 



Influence of peat mull on root development of young fruit trees, Yunge 642 



May weather and fruit harvests. Hall 642 



Investigations on the life activities of stored fruits, Schneider-Orelli 642 



Seedless grapes and orchard fruit, Miiller-Thurgau 642 



Fertilizer experiments with grapes, Zacharewicz 642 



Viticulture in the department of Constantine, Perruchot 642 



Coffee, Rangel 643 



Cacao, Monteiro 643 



In defense of chestnut groves, Giglioli 643 



Pecans and other nuts in Texas, Milner 643 



Budding new tops on pecan trees, Hume 643 



Shade trees, Start, Stone, and Fernald 643 



Shade trees for North Carolina, Ashe 643 



Gardens old and new, edited by Tipping 644 



Gardening for women, Wolseley 644 



Window gardening, Dorner 644 



Water lilies and how to grow them, Conard and Hus 644 



FORESTRY. 



Douglas fir: Pacific Coast and Rocky Mountain forms, Frothingham 644 



The pine: Economic and statical investigations, Schwappach 644 



Production and consumption of basket willows in the United States, Mell 645 



Forest economics — silviculture, Grandeau 645 



On the preservation of seeds of deciduous trees, Vanderbisse 645 



On the combating of hardpan by cultural methods, von Lorenz 645 



The principles of spacial arrangement in forests, Wagner 645 



Report of director of forestry of Philippine Islands for 1907, Ahern et al 646 



Report of the conservator of forests, Legat 646 



The Bavarian forestry administration and its historical development, Keiper. . 646 



Report on the history of the woodlands of the town of Ettlingen, Seeger 646 



Scientific forestry, forest zoology, and forest botany for 1907, Weber 646 



DISEASES OF PLANTS 



Observations on the biology of Botrytis cinerea, Brooks 646 



The physiology and development of some anthracnoses, Edgerton 647 



On the specialization of a form of Sphierotheca humuli, Steiner 647 



The bud I'ot of carnations and silver top of June grass, Stewart and Hodgkiss . . 647 



The smuts of cereals, their distribution and control, Falck 648 



Rust in wheat, Biffen 648 



Bean diseases in 1908, Querner. . , . , 648 



