CONTENTS. Ill 



FIELD t'KOPS. 



Page. 



Report of the Alaska Experiment Stations for 1902, C. C. Georgeson 132 



Report of the Hawaii Experiment Station for 1902, J. (i. Smith 133 



Report of the Porto Rico Experiment Station for 1902, F. D. Gardner 133 



Culture work at the substations, 1899-1901, C. H. Shinn . ._ 134 



Field exjieriments with farm crops, \V. Saunders, J. H. (irisdale, et al 135 



Cooperative experiments in agriculture, C. A. Zavitz 138 



Report of the agriculturists, W. P. Brooks and H. ]M. Thomson 139 



Report of the agriculturists, R. S. Shaw and F. B. Lintield 140 



Rei)ort (in field crops, J. H. Shepperd and A. M. Ten Evck 141 



Report of the work at the ^McNeill Branch Station for 1902, E. B. Ferris 142 



General fertilizer experiments, G . C. Watson 143 



A five-j'ear rotation of crops, H. J. Wheeler and G. E. Adams 144 



Broom corn, C. P. Hartley - 145 



The book of corn, H. JNIyrick 145 



Corn improvement for Missouri, G. ]\I. Tucker 145 



Cotton ginning, P. C. Roper 145 



(irasses and forage plants in Idaho, L. F. Henderson 145 



Summer forage crops, J. B. Lindsey 146 



Range improvement, J. W. Blankinshij) 146 



The soy bean, G. E. Adams 146 



Report of the sugar-beet experiments in Ontario, 1902, R. Harcourt 146 



Progress of the absorption of phosphoric acid by sugar beets, A. Gregoire 146 



Quality of sweated tobacco produced by different fertilizers, W. Frear 146 



Physical measurements of tobacco leaf, W. Frear and J. A. Fries 147 



Distribution of seed wheat, A. K. Risser 147 



Selection of wheat and corn, E. F. Ladd 147 



Analyses of grasses, flax, and wheat, F. W. Traphagen 147 



HORTICULTURE. 



Culture work at the substations, 1899-1901, C. H. Shinn. 148 



Fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamentals in Canada, W. T. ^lacoun et al.. 149 



Horticultural department, R. W. Fisher 149 



Report of the assistant in horticulture, A. T. Jordan 149 



Report of the horticultural division, F. W. Card and L. P. Sprague 151 



Manuring of market-garden crops, B. Dyer and F. W. E. Shrivell 152 



New experiences with beans, C. L. Allen 152 



Experiments in crossing plants, B. D. Halsted and J. A. Kelsey 152 



Report on crab apjjles, W. B. Alwood and H. L. Price 153 



Second report on the cherry orchard, W. B. Alwood and H. L. Price 153 



The changing of the sex in plants 153 



Small fruits in 1901, J. P. Pillsbury 153 



Report on cooperative experiments with small fruits, H. L. Hutt 153 



Cranberry culture, L. C. Cor1>ett 153 



Resistant vines and their hybrids, E. H. Twight 154 



Specific recijirocal influence of scion and stock in grapes, L. Ravaz 154 



"Headlight," a new early grape of the Delaware group, S. A. Beach 154 



Home manufacture and use of unfermented grape juice, G. C. Husmann 154 



The pests and blights of the tea plant, G. Watt and H. H. Mann 154 



Caoutchouc and gutta-percha in the Dutch East Indies, P. van Romburgh... 154 



The culture of walnuts in France, J. Arthaud-Berthet 154 



Shade trees and ornamental vines in Montana, J. W. Blankinship 154 



Budding the lilac, L. Daniel 154 



Flowers of the home garden, F. W. Card 155 



Children's gardens, Evelyn Cecil 155 



Experiments with lawn grasses, B. D. Halsted and J. A. Kelsey 155 



FORESTRY. 



Forestry at the California stations, C. H. Shinn 155 



Forest conditions in the Northern Sierra Nevada, California, J. B. Leiberg... 156 



The forests of Oregon, H. Gannett 156 



Conditions in the Cascade Forest Reserve, Oregon, H. D. Langilleetal 156 



Forest conditions in the Cascade Range, Washington, F. G. Plummer 156 



Forest conditions in the Olympic Forest Reserve, Washington, A. Dodwelletal. 157 



The forests of Washington, H. Gannett , 157 



