CONTENTS. V 



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The more important diseases of cabbage ill Holland, t^naiijer 648 



Corky scab oi potatoes 649 



Black scab in potatoes 649 



An important new potato tiisea.se in Germany, Sclmeider 649 



The occurrence of I'lirijsophli/ctis emlol/ioticn in Westphalia, Spieckermann 649 



Investiirations of diseases of potatoes and root crops during storage, Ravn 649 



Fire l)light in fruit trees, :SIack ._ 649 



The leaf browning of sweet cherries in ( Jermany, von Tubeuf 649 



Effect of copper preparations and other fungicides on the grape, Molz 649 



Uum disease of citrus trees in California, Smith and Rutler 650 



I'homa ahiet'ina, a jiarasitic disease of tlie fir, Mer 650 



The leaf cast (jf white pine, von Tubeuf 651 



A note on the n)ildew of oaks, Griffonand Naublanc 651 



Mildew of oaks, Boudier 651 



ECONOMIC ZOOLOCJV — ENI(mOI,0( lY. 



Report on economic zoology for the year emling April 1, 1907, Theobald 651 



The faunal atHnities of the prairie region of Central Nortli America, Ruth ven . . 651 



Tiie commoner binls of our gardens; their habits and foods, Hooper 652 



The birds of Maine, Knight 652 



Bibliography of Canadian zoology for 1906, Whiteaves 652 



Bibliograjthy of Canadian entomology for the year 1906, Bethune 652 



Uniform common names for insects, Burgess 652 



American insects, Kellogg 652 



Forest entomology, (iillanilers 652 



Proceedings of tw -ntieth meeting of Association of Economic Entomologists. . 652 



Report of sixth meeting of American Association of Horticultural Inspectors. 653 



Twenty-third report of State entomologist of New York, 1907, Felt 653 



Injurious insects, Garcia 653 



iOntomological notes, Ciurney 654 



Imported insect pests, Lefroy 654 



Report of the entomologist, Simpson 654 



Effects of spraying with arsenical solutions for locust destruction, Ingle 654 



The codling moth, Howard 654 



Woolly aphis and tobacco extract, Lounsbury 654 



The apple sawHy (Ifoplocn)n])a ( Tentltredo) (estudinen) 654 



The fruit fly parasite, Newman 655 



The San Jose scale in Arkansas, Adams 655 



Report of the viticultural station and phylloxera service during 1907 655 



The European elm scale ( d'ossi/parid spuria), Doten 655 



( )bservations on the genus Contarinia, Felt 655 



-N'oteson preparatory stages of some Canadian lepidoptera, Fletcher and Gibson. 655 



Upon tiie life cycle of Plvilloxera quercus, Bonfigli 656 



Notes on Troijoilernm (arsdle, Houghton 656 



Saxon forest pest. Hurst 656 



Is it wise to dip nursery stock? Hall 656 



Insecticide materials and their application. Smith 656 



Analyses of Paris green and lead arsenate, Cathcart 656 



On six new s|>ecies of Ixodida-, Cooper et al 656 



The habits, life cycle, and breeding places of the common house fly, Newstead. 656 



Flies as carrit-rs of contagion in yaws, Robertson 657 



Bee pirates, Mally 657 



Some information on silkworm culture iu the Philippine Islands, Schultze 657 



FOODS — HUMAN NUTRITION. 



R<'pfirt of the State food commissioner of Illinois, ltt07, Jones 657 



Milk and Tiiilk products, water, foods, anrl condiments, Ainnann »)57 



F»'«'<1 laws in the United States, Neufeld 657 



< >hio general food and drug law, Dunlap 657 



Ijilielsaml rulings, Ladd 657 



Progress in the chemistry of food and condiments in 1907, Kutten-Keuler 658 



The effect of certain preservatives on chopped meat, Mezger an<l Euchs 658 



I>ard from oily hogs, Richardson and Farey 658 



Examination ui sausages and their hygienic preparation, Savage ()58 



