IV CONTENTS. 



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TIr' sccdk'SH ;ii)i)l(' 1078 



('oiiiiiicrcial orchards of .soiitli MiisHOuri, V. Horsfall 1078 



The (late palm and its utilization in the Southwestern iStates, W. T. Swingle.. 1078 



IVrsian < iulf dates and their introduction into America, D. dr. Fairchild 1079 



Ripening jHTsiniiiions 1079 



French r. American prunes and cherries, A. W. Tourg^e 1079 



Tests of small fruits, J . Troop 1079 



Tlie development of the seedless currant l)erry, A. J. Perkins 1080 



The condition of the coffee industr)' in Porto Kico, J. W. Van Leenhoff 1080 



(irape growing and raisin making in southern Utah, T. Judd lOSO 



ExjK'riments with commercial fertilizers for grapes, E. Zacharewicz 1081 



( )n the duration and variations in grafted vines, L. Degrully 1081 



Notes on tlie reconstruction of French vineyards by grafting, L. Daniel 1081 



Report of the viticulturist, R. Bragato 1081 



Experiments on cok)ration of lilac flowers due to forced culture, E. Laurent.. 1081 



Pictorial practical chrysanthenuim culture, W. P. Wright 1081 



Alabama-grown bulbs for forcing, W. J. Stewart 1081 



Annual flowering plants, L. C. Corbett 1082 



FORESTRY. 



Forest fires in the Adirondacks in 1903, H. M. Suter 1082 



Reclamation of flood-damaged lands in the Kansas River Vallev bv forest 



planting, G. L. Clothier ...\ 1082 



Reforesting mountain slopes, T. P. Lukens 1082 



A study of California forests, W. C. Hodge, jr 1082 



I'laiited pine in Nebraska, C. A. Scott 1083 



The blue gum, J. B. Anderson 1083 



Practical forestry for lumbermen, O. W. Price 1083 



Wood pulp and wood-pulping machinery 1083 



SEEDS WEEDS. 



Alfalfa seed, E. Brown 1084 



Temperature in relation to seed germination, J. B. Reynolds 1084 



Res])iration experiments with dry and moist oats, Olaf Quam 1084 



Rejjort on work of Stockholm Seed Control Station, 1902-3, O. Stjernquist . . . 1085 



Notes on certain threatening weeds, L. R. Jones and W. J. Morse 1065 



The shrubby cintjuefoil as a weed, L. R. Jones and W. J. Morse 1085 



Spraying for wild mustard, J. L. Stone 1085 



Report of the biologist, W. Lochhead 1085 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



Preliminary treatment of seed grain as source of vegetative energy, J. L. Jen- 

 sen 1086 



Oat smut and its prevention, R. A. Moore 1087 



Occurrence of plant diseases in Vermont in 1903, L. R. Jones and W. J. 



Morse - - 1087 



Potato diseases and their remedies, L. R. Jones and W. J. Morse 1087 



Dry rot of potatoes due to Fnmriuin oxysjwrum, E. F. Smith and D. B. Swingle. 1088 



Spraying fruit trees, E. P. Sandsten 1088 



Spraying graj^es for black rot in Erie County, Pa., G. C. Butz 1088 



Dust or powder sprays, J. Craig 1089 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 1089 



Report of the entomologist, C. French 1089 



The cause and control of insect depredations, E. P. Felt 1089 



Insects injurious to plants, F. Corboz 1089 



Insects injurious to fruits in Michigan, R. H. Pettit 1089 



Injurious insects of 1903, F. L. Washburn 1089 



Orchard enemies, F. Horsfall 1090 



Injurious insects, W. Lochhead - 1090 



