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A new adulterant of commercial fertilizers, A. Bruttini 462 



Analysis of commercial fertilizers sold in ^laryland, H. B. ]\IcDonnell et al... 463 



Report on commercial fertilizers for 1902, J. H. Stewart and B. H. Hite 463 



Licensed commercial fertilizers, F. W . Woll 463 



FIELD CROPS. 



Report on work at the Ploti Experiment Field in 1901-2 463 



Repijrt of Burdwan Experimental Farm for 1901-2, D. N. Mookerji 463 



Field experiments with fertilizers, C. ¥.. Thorne 464 



Infected alfalfa soil, C. G. Hopkins 465 



Experiments with buckwheat, J. H. Stewart and H. Atwood 465 



Continuous growth of mangels for 27 years at Rothamsted, A. D. Hall 465 



A variety test of oats, J. H . Stewart and H . Atwood 466 



On the viability of shelled oats, J. A. Andersson 466 



The rajie plant; its culture, use, and value, J. H. Grisdale 466 



Distance experiments with sugar beets, J. J. Vaiiha 466 



Distribution of sugar in the beet, I. Zlobinski 466 



Effect of removing or injuring the leaves of sugar beets, H. Claassen 466 



Investigations with sugar cane 467 



Experiments in growing tobacco of Sumatra type under shade, E. H. Jenkins 467 



Preliminary report on fertilizer experiments with tobacco, D. J. Hissink 467 



Composition and milling of winter wheat, A. M. Soule and P. O.Vanatter 467 



Soil treatment for wheat in rotations, C. G. Hopkins 469 



Structure and color of wheat kernels, W. von Gromann and F. Schindler 470 



Investigation of Russian wheat, I. D. Kolesnikov, A. I. Kovenko, and P. B. 



Budrin 470 



HORTICULTURE. 



Relation between hybrid characters and those of their i^arents, H. De Yries.. 471 



The forward movement in plant breeding, L. H. Bailey 471 



Forcing rhubarb in the dark, V. H. Davis 471 



Storing and forcing of chicory, H. W. Ward 472 



Results of variety tests of vegetables during the last 5 years, E. Junge 472 



The white truffle mycelium, E. Boulanger 472 



Systematic pomology, F. A. Waugh 472 



Fruit census of Connecticut, E. H. Jenkins, W. E. Britton, and B. H. Walden 472 



Report of fruit experiment stations of Ontario, L. Woolverton et al 473 



Special methods of cultivation for special conditions, W. T. Macoun 473 



An experiment in planting fruit trees too deep 473 



Apples and apple growing in Minnesota, S. B. Green 473 



Thinning apples, S. A. Beach 474 



Should apples be thinned? F. H. Hall and S. A. Beach 474 



Effect of grass on [apple] trees, Duke of Bedford and S. U. Pickering 474 



Cold storage of apples, H. C. Price - 475 



Observations on the fertilization of peach orchards, E. H. Jenkins 475 



Peach-bud dropping, G. Abbey, jr 476 



Reports of experimental shipments of pears and peaches 476 



Plum cuhure and lists of i)lunissuital)le forOntarioand Quebec, "W. T. Macoun. 476 



The truth about the strawberry-raspberry ( Riibiis illecebrosus), A. Rehder 476 



Cranberries in West Virginia, L. C. Corbett 477 



Report of the experimental vineyard at the Ploti Experiment Station 477 



Fertilizing grapes with nitrate of soda 477 



Storing grape cuttings in winter, Goethe and Zeissig 477 



Ripening of one-year-old grape wood,' Zeissig _. 477 



Specific gravity of grape shoots in relation to ripeness of the wood, Zeissig 478 



Sportiveness of grapevines, J. C. Tallack 478 



Cross-fertilizing experiment with grapes - 478 



Concentrated must from frozen grapes 478 



Tea cultivation and curing in India, E. E. Osgood 478 



Cultivation of rubber, cocoa, and other products in Ceylon, W. H. Johnson . . 478 



Rubber-tapping experiments at the Botanic Gardens, Singapore 479 



Greenhouses, L. C. Corbett . . - - 480 



