IV CONTENTS. 



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( 'atalopne of fruits 675 



Victorian fruit in Ixjndon, J. M. Sinclair 675 



(irowin^' fruit trees in pots, W. Turner 675 



Scif-sterility in fruits. . 675 



KciatioTi of moisture content to hardiness in apple twigs, F. T. Shutt 675 



(\)nip()sitiou of apple pomace from ConiouailU-s in 1903, J. Crochetelle 676 



< iraft hybrid between the pear and <iuince, 1.. Daniel 677 



Hybrid Oranges from Louisiana, J. L. Normaml 677 



( )m the budding of mangoes, T. J. Harris 677 



The (Tcorgia fig; its j)nssibilities and promisi', H. N. Starnes 678 



Irrigation in small fruit growing, C. Deckner 678 



( ; rowing fanc-y strawl)erries, F. E. Beatty 678 



Kinging tlie currant vine, T. Hardy 678 



Specific variations of gra})es, A. Jurie 679 



On the variations in grafted vines, L. Ravaz 679 



Morphological variations in grapes as a result of grafting, A. Jurie 679 



Direct producers and fi'uitfulness, J. M. Guillen 679 



Improvements in methods of bench grafting, E. H. Twight 679 



Influence of the soil on the composition of tlie tea leaf, A. W. Nanninga 679 



Plants cultivated for the preparation of aromatic drinks. Tea, F. A. von 



Sturler 680 



Coffee 680 



Cacao: Its culture and preparation, with special reference to Samoa, C. Ettling 680 



Cocoa in Trinidad and Grenada, P. Preuss 680 



The culture of cacao and its enemies, L. Kindt 680 



India rubber and gutta-percha, H. Falconnet, T. Seeligmann, and G. L. Torril- 



hon 680 



Rubber planting on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, H. C. Pearson 680 



Para rubber seed 681 



Para rubber extraction 681 



The English walnut in southern California, Elizabeth A. Ward 681 



Walnut culture and walnut blight 681 



Walnut and filbert growing, J. B. Pilkington 681 



Grafting chestnuts 682 



Relations of climate to horticulture, J. W. Smith 682 



Report of the first meeting of the Society for Horticultural Science 682 



Use of ether and chloroform for the forcing of shrubs, E. Lemoine 682 



Tried to force by ether and failed, J. Hutchinson 682 



SEEDS — WEEDS. 



The Georgia seed-growing industry, N. L. Willett 682 



Sainfoin, D. Finlayson 683 



Report of the Seed Control Station at Lund, Sweden, for 1902, B. Jonsson 683 



Report of the Wermland County Seed Control Station, 1902, J. A. Andersson. 683 



The weed problem: Some observations and experiments, E. Korsmo 683 



An injurious weed, C. French 684 



Some introduced species of dodder in Germany, W. Kinzel 684 



Concerning the germination of dodder seed, W. Kinzel 684 



DISEASES OP PLANTS. 



The Granville tobacco wilt, F. L. Stevens and W. G. Sackett 684 



The wilt disease of tobacco and its control, R. E. B. McKenney 685 



The mosaic disease of Sumatra tobacco, F. AV. T. Hunger ' 685 



Fungus diseases of cotton, L. Lewton-Brain 686 



A fruiting stage of Rhizodonia solani, F. M. Rolfs 686 



The formalin treatment for wheat and oat smut, R. K. Beattie 687 



"Takeall" and "whiteheads" in wheat crops. W. L. Summers 687 



Uredinous infection experiments in 1903, W. A. Kellerman 687 



The occurrence of Puccinia phragmitis in Nebraska, J. M. Bates 687 



Letters on the diseases of plants, N. A. Cobb 687 



Rendering cucumber and tomato plants immune against fungus parasites, G. 



Massee 687 



Tomato leaf si)ot, D. INIcAlpine 688 



An apricot blight, W. Paddock _ 688 



Collar rot of citrus trees 689 



