IV CONTENTS. 



PaKC. 



KxperiiiuMits in tree planting on Sal)le Island, \V . Saunders 157 



Forest belts, W. T. IMacoun 157 



Notes on trees and shrul)s, S. A. Bedford 157 



Notes on trees and shrubs, A. Mackay 157 



Ex]ieri mental forestry 158 



A primer of forestry, G. Pinchot 158 



SEEDS — AVEEDS. 



Intluenoe of sterilized soil on seed germination, G. E. Stone and R. E. Smith. 158 



Experiments in the germination of corn, F>. D. Halsted and J. A. Kelsey 158 



C)n the behavior of nuitilated seedlings, B. J). Halsted and J. A. Kelsev 158 



Tests of the vitality of seeds, 1901-2, W. T. Ellis " 158 



Seed testing, J. S. Remington 158 



Seed testing of alfalfa and medic, D. Finlayson 159 



Impurities in farm seeds, (t. H. Clark 159 



Notes on weeds, J. W. Blankinship 159 



AVeed notes, B. I). Halsted and J. A. Kelsey 159 



The broom rapes, H. Garman 159 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



Report of the botanists, G. E. Stone and R. E. Smith 160 



Experiments in heating soils, G. E. Stone and R. E. Smith 160 



Notes on plant diseases and spraying, B. D. Halstt-d and J. A. Kelsey 161 



Report of the department of botany, H. L. BoUey 161 



Cooperative experiments in treating for oat smut in 1902, W. Lochhead 161 



The bacterial disease of the potato, E. Marre 162 



Potato blight ( Cercospora concors) , G. Lagerheim and G. Wagner 162 



Potato blight and rot, W. T. Macoun 162 



Internal action of copper sulphate in resisting potato rot, E. Laurent 162 



Spraying potatoes, W. T. Macoun 163 



The effect of black rot on turnips, E. S. Smith 163 



Fungus diseases and other injuries, W. T. IMacoun 163 



Report on fungus diseases on cultivated fruits, F. W. Faurot 163 



Fungus diseases of the apple, pear, and quince, F. L. Stevens 163 



On scab and mildew of fruit trees, J. Eriksson 163 



Crown gall, G. C. Butz 164 



Studies on the white rot of grapes, G. Istvanffi _ 164 



Phthiriosis, a disease of grapes, L. Mangin and P. Yiala 165 



A disease of chestnut, L. Mangin 165 



A disease of conifers 165 



A new Bordeaux powder, R. N. Bird 166 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



Report of the entomologist and botanist, J. Fletcher 166 



Report of the entomologists, C. H. and H. T. Fernald 167 



Entomological department, R. A. Cooley 167 



Report of the entomologist, J. B. Smith 167 



Report of the State entomologist, J. B. Smith 167 



Report of the State entomologist of New York, E. P. Felt 167 



Proceedings of the Entomological Societj- of Washington 168 



Government entomologist's report, E. E. (^reen 168 



Insect enemies of the apple, pear, and quince, F. Sherman, jr 168 



Remedial measures against San Jose scale, W. B. Alwood 168 



Insect pests of sugar cane, S. ]M. Hadi 168 



Observations on hvmenopterous parasites of certain Fulgoridse, O. H. Swezey. 169 



The potato moth, W. W. Froggatt 169 



Turnip and cabbage aphis, C. Fuller 169 



Larva and pupa of ai)ple-bud borer {Sieganoptycha pyricolana) ,Y,. D. Sanderson. 169 



Bryohia ribis, R. von Hanstem 169 



Torlrix plUerianu, J. Dufour 169 



Precocious development of pupal and imaginal organs, H. Kolbe 169 



Cicadas and their habits, W. \V. Froggatt 169 



Galls and insects producing them. III, IV, and V, M. T. Cook 169 



The more important insect remedies for the month of June, H. A. Surface — 169 



Bug Death as compared with Paris green on potatoes, R. Robertson 170 



