IV CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Tobacco seed distributed in 1905-6, A. D. Shamel and W. W. Cobey 860 



Comparative values of different grades of wheat, R. Harcourt 860 



Determination of the germinative power of grains, O. Qvam 860 



Report of Danish seed control [station] , 1903-4, K. Dorph-Petersen 861 



Rules and regulations governing the Colorado Patterson seed selection com- 

 petition, W. H. Olin and W. L. Carlyle 861 



HORTICULTURE. 



Report of the horticultural division. F. W. Card and M. A. Blake .'_. 861 



Report of the professor of h rticulture, H. L. Hutt 862 



Vegetable growing in Alaska. C. C. Georgeson 863 



Tomato culture, C. F. Austin and E. W. Halstead 863 



Tomato growing, R. Thomson 864 



Seed distribution of 1904 and for 1905, B. D. Halsted 864 



Fruits for home orchards and gardens, T. V. Munson. . 864 



Fruit and fruit utilization, H. Ruble 864 



Pruning fruit trees, W. Paddock 864 



Blooming periods of tree fruits. H. L. Price 864 



Freezing of fruit trees, F. H. Hall and H. J. Eustace 865 



Notes on varieties of apples. C. C. Newman 865 



Handling the apple crop. H. H. Hume 865 



Horticultural section. W. J. Palmer 865 



About new hardy oranges, H. E. Van Deman 865 



Timing of bananas 865 



Bananas and pineapples, Y. Henry 865 



Preserving fresh berry fruits, T. Zschokke 865 



Does acid content of berry fruits decrease when cooked with sugar? W. 



Kelhofer 866 



Changes in unripe gooseberries during after-ripening, W. Kelhofer 866 



R ^port of the viticulturist, R. Bragato 866 



Shallow culture of grapes. L. Degrully and L. R ivaz 866 



Affinity of French scions with Rupestis du Lot, E. Zacharewicz 866 



Tests of varieties of grapes, W. Kelhofer 866 



Relation of sugar to weight of must and to acid in grape juice, W. Kelhofer 866 



The Persian walnut, J. G. Rush 867 



Queensland nut. W. J. All n ' 867 



Coleus with edible tubers, A. Chevalier and E. Perrot 867 



Carnation breeding. H. F. Hall 867 



Heeleaka [Tea] Experimental Station. H. H. Mann and C. M. Hutchinson.. 867 



Society for Horticultural Science . 868 



FORESTRY. 



The forester, J. Nisbet 868 



Wood, J. Beauverie _ r 868 



The lumber industry 868 



Evergreens: how to grow them, C. S. Harrison 868 



Artificial fertilizers in forestry , Henze . 868 



Plan for the manuring of forests, Schwappach 868 



The water content of diluvial forest soils, E. Ramann 868 



Form and development of roots of the pine and other trees, A. Tolski 869 



Root pruning forest trees 869 



Root pruned trees 1 869 



Note on increment of spruce in West Virginia and fire losses. B. E. Fernow. 869 



Rate of growth of red cedar, red oak. and chestnut, H. S. Graves 869 



Rate of growth of birch in mountain regions of Jamtland. G. Andersson. . 870 



Instructions for making forest maps and surveys, G. Pinchot 870 



Report of the lecturer in forestry, E. J. Zavitz 870 



Forest belts of western Kansas and Nebraska. R. S. Kellogg 870 



Forest reserves in Idaho. G. Pinchot . . 871 



Forestry in Maryland. W. D. Sterrett 871 



Report of the superintendent of forests, W. F. Fox . . 871 



Belgian woodlands and their management. F. H. Osmond-Smith 871 



Forestry conditions and management of Bosnia and Herzegovina, L. Dimitz . 871 



Report of the conservator of forests, Natal, T. R. Sim. r „ _ , .. 871 



