CONTENTS. V 



DISEASES OP PLANTS. 



Page. 



The development of plant patholojiy durinp; the past ten years, Solla 945 



Report on plant protection 946 



Botanical investif^ations, Stewart , 946 



Disea.ses of field crops in Delaware in 1907, Jackson 946 



Report of the actinp; botanist and plant pathologist, Evans 946 



Report of vegetable pathologist, Tryon 947 



Annual report of the government mycologist, 1907, Gallagher 947 



The wood-destroying fungi , Schorstein 947 



The destruction of fungi by grain-drying apparatus, Lang 947 



A successful experiment in combating the smut of barley, Kiihle 947 



Potato diseases in San Joaquin C\)unty, California, Orton 948 



Spraying potatoes against blight and the potato beetle, Sandsten and Milward. . 948 



Potato spraying experiments in 1907, Stewart, French, and Sirrine 948 



Diseased potato seed 949 



The ttranville tobacco wilt. Smith ; 949 



The black rot of grapes, Ravaz 949 



The control of the gray rot of grapes, Istvanffi 949 



The white rot of grapes, Istvanffi 950 



Lathrxa sr/namarin as a parasite of the grape, Faes 950 



Apple scab or bhick spot, Salmon 950 



Review of information relating to olive diseases, ('uboni 950 



(Spraying peaches and plums], Morris 950 



Peach rot 951 



Studies in cacao disease, Hart 951 



Inoculation experiments with Peridermium strobi from Pinus monticola, Neger. 951 



The use of copper fungicides, von Tubeuf 951 



Sulphur as a pest remedy, Juritz 951 



ECONOMIC ZOOLOGY — ENTOMOLOGY. 



Index -catalogue of medical and veterinary zoology. Stiles and Ilassall 952 



The otter in Massachusetts, Gordon 952 



Invest igations of the department of entomology, Parrott 952 



Re])()rt of th(! dci)artment of botany and entomology, Nicholson 952 



Notes from Connecticut, Britton 953 



The common red spider, Chittenden 953 



The introduction of Jridnmi/nnex humilis into New Orleans, Foster 953 



(Injurious beetles], Mayet 953 



Notes on some Cecropia cocoona and parasites, Smith 953 



The semitropical army worm, Chittenden and Russell 953 



Notes on the lesser clover-leaf beetle, Houghton 954 



Factors controlling parasitism with special reference to boll weevil. Pierce 954 



A flea beetle attacking hops in British Columbia, Quayle 954 



The leafho[)pers of the sugar beet and their relation to '"curly-leaf," Ball 954 



The sugar-cane borers of Behar, Mackenzie and Lefroy 955 



The grape-leaf skeletonizer, Jones 955 



Sawfly larvie in apples, Webster 955 



The peach-tree bark-beetle, Wilson 955 



The orange thrips, Moulton 956 



Thecilruswhiteflyof Florida consists of two species, Berger 956 



The catalpa midge, Gossard 957 



Th(i imi)ur1at ion of Telraslirhus xanthomelaenx, Howard 957 



Notes on maple mites, Parrott 957 



A mosquito which breeds in salt and fresh water. Banks 957 



Mosquito comment, Ludlow 957 



The house mosquito, a city, town, and village problem, Smith 957 



Remedies for the San Jose scale, Taylor 958 



Homemade soluble oils for use against the San Jos^ scale, Phillips 958 



Cooperative fspraying[ experiments, Taft !)5H 



Si)ray calendar, Sanborn 958 



Simiying calendar, Taft and Shaw 958 



Homcniade oil emulsion, Taylor 958 



Analysis of Paris green and other insecticides, Van Slyke 958 



Tlie danger in the use of arsenicals as insecticides, Mestrezat 959 



A brief survey of Hawaiian bee keeping, Phillij)s 959 



The status of apiculture in the United States, Phillips. 959 



