CONTENTS. Ill 



Field experiments, J. Atkinson 134 



Eesults obtained in 1899 from trial plats of grain, fodder corn, field roots, and 



potatoes, W. Saunders 134 



Woody beets 135 



Distance experiment with corn, C. D. Smith 143 



The comparative yield of corn from seed of the same variety grown in differ- 

 ent latitudes 1 36 



Fertilizer, culture, and \ariety experiments on cotton, R. J. Redding 137 



Some native forage plants for alkali soils, A. Nelson 138 



Effect of orchards in meadows, Burki 138 



The produce of old and new varieties of oats, J. Speir 138 



The Irish potato, R. H. Price and H. Ness 139 



Experiments with potatoes, C. D. Woods and J. ISI. Bartlett 140 



Fertilizer experiments with potatoes, B. Sjollema 141 



Soy beans — a new drought-resisting crop, H. M. Cottrell, D. H. Otis, and J. C. 



Haney 142 



Sugar beets in Sanpete and Sevier counties, L. Foster 144 



HORTICL'LTUKE. 



Rejiort of Beeville Station on cabbage and cauliflower, B. C. Pittuck and S. A. 



]\IcHenry 150 



Forcing tomatoes, A. T. Jordan 1 44 



The home fruit garden, F. A. Waugh 151 



Second report on Arkansas seedling apples, J. T. Stinson 151 



Pear growing in New Jersey, A. T. Jordan 146 



Check list of hybrid plums, F. A. Waugh 151 



Fruit list for Virginia, W. B. Alwood 151 



Observations and suggestions on the root killing of fruit trees, J. Craig 147 



Coffee grafting — some results heretofore obtained and its future importance, 



J. G. Kramers 147 



Strawl)erry notes for 1S99, A. L. Quaintance 148 



Strawberries, C. C. Newman 151 



The absorption of water by orchids, R. G. Leavitt and R. M. Gray 149 



FORESTRV. 



Tree planting in Utah, V. P. Hedrick 152 



The trees of Vermont, Anna M. Clark et al 153 



Fertilizers in the culture of osier willows, P. Wagner 153 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



A fruit-disease survey of the Hudson Valley in 1899, F. C. Stewart and F. G. 



Blodgett 154 



A sugar-cane pest in Madras, C. A. Benson 155 



Gummosis of Primus japonica, G. Massee 156 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



Beetles injurious to fruit-producing plants, O. Lugger 166 



The codhng moth, J. M. Aldrich 156 



The elms and their diseases, H. Garman 157 



The spiny elm caterpillar, C. M. AVeed 167 



Insect attacks in 1899, R. S. MacDougall 158 



Some miscellaneous results of the work of the Division of Entomology 160 



The choice < )f colors by insects, F. Plateau 163 



Spraying notes, L. H. Bailey et al 163 



