CONTENTS. Ill 



Quality in potatoes, J. W. Gilmore 



1 rrigal ion experiments i »f L905, ( '. 1'. Eckarl 



Fertilizer experiments, 1397 L905, C. F. Eckarl 360 



W I !••: it growing, F. ( ". Burtis and I.. A. Moorhouse 361 



s.»il treatment for \\ heat, C. ( >. Hopkins.. i 



iioiri hi i.i i RE. 



Reporl of the horticulturist, B. D. Halsted 363 



Report of the botanist, B. I>. Halsted, E. J. Owen, and J. K.Shaw 364 



Production and marketing of vegetables, I>. N. Barrow and E.J. Watson.... 366 



Where king watermelon reigns supreme 



Fall and winter culture of P6-tsai, J. < hire" 367 



Water-cress supplies 367 



An apple-orchard survey of Orleans County, < ;. F. Warren 367 



The avocado, a salad fruit from the Tropics, G. N. Collins 368 



( looperative experiments with small fruits, II. L. Mutt 368 



[nfluence of American stocks on the quality of wine, E. Hotter 368 



Chinese fruits, <;. E. Anderson ' 368 



The preparation of fruit pulp 368 



Cold storage for food and horticultural products. Valvassori 369 



A new coffee from central Africa, A. ( l<e\ alier 369 



How walnuts grow, J. L. Bowers and F. Gillet 369 



Bome-grown bulbs, A. J. Pieters 369 



I ORESTRY. 



Report of Bureau of Forestry of Philippine Islands, G. P. Ahern :;7i» 



Examination of a forest tract in western North Carolina, F. W. Reed 



I [istory of Austrian forestry, Laspeyres 370 



[nfluence of kiln-drying on germination of pine seed, I [aack 



Natural grafting, L. S. I [opkins :'«7I 



Thinning spruce, Schwappach '. 371 



Regulation of spacing in planting and thinning spruce forest-, Martin .".71 



Effect of forest cover upon stream flow, W. B. Greeley 371 



Fire protection in the teak forests of Burma, R. S. Troup 372 



Discovery of manicoba-rubber forests in Brazil, II. W. Furniss 372 



Rubber topping in the botanic gardens, Singapore 372 



Terms used in forestry and logging ''>7'.'< 



Forestry terms in French, English, and German, J. ( rerschel 373 



Disi: \sks OF PLANTS. 



Minnesota plant diseases, E. M. Freeman 373 



A report on plant diseases of .the State. J. L. Sheldon 373 



Annual report of literature of plant diseases for L903, M. Hollrung 373 



Notes on the Erysiphacew of Washington, W. II. Lawrence .".7:: 



The Ustilagineae, or smuts, of Connecticut, ( J. P. Clinton 374 



Cultures of [Jredinese in 1904, J. C. Arthur 374 



The cedar apple fungi and apple rust in Iowa, L. II. I 'annuel ;; 7 1 



Report of the mycologist, J. B. Carruthers 374 



Occurrence of /'< ronospora parasitica on cauliflower, H. von Schrenk 374 



Intumescences as a resull of chemical stimulation, 1 1, von Schrenk 375 



Disease of cauliflower and cabbage caused by Sclerotinia, G. G. Hedgcock.... 375 



A disease of cultivated agaves, G. < <. Hedgcock ;; 7"> 



Fungus «_ r alls, II. v< »n < ruttenberg ;; 7."> 



Ripe rot, or anthracnose, of banana 376 



Thripsand black blight, 11. A. Ballou 376 



Pod diseases of cacao 376 



Witch-broom disease of cacao 376 



Disease in immortelles 376 



Disease of black oaks caused by Polyporus obtums, P. Spaulding 376 



Willow canker, T. Johnson 377 



Glassy fir, 1 1, von Schrenk ;; 7^ 



Corticium chrifsanfhemi r G. B. Plowright '■'•~~_ 



Concerning the root rot of cotton :; "'~ 



