CONTENTS. Ill 



Pago. 



Eesults of manuring, C. E. Mead 539 



Sugar-beet investigations, J. I). Towar 540 



Sugar beets in 1898, R. H. McDowell and N. E. Wilson 541 



Sugar beets in 1899, N. E. Wilson and R. H. McDowell 542 



Analyses of sugar cane and sugar beets, A. M. Peter 547 



On the effects on tobacco of shading and the application of lime, W. C^. 



Sturgis 542 



Experiments in curing and in fermenting wrapper leaf tobacco, season of 1899, 



E. H. Jenkins 544 



The area of leaf surface on the topped tobacco plant, E. H. Jenkins 547 



Physiological studies on Connecticut leaf tobacco, O. Loew 545 



HORTICULTURE. 



The report of the horticulturist, L. C. Corbett 558 



Fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental shrubs at the Ex})erimen!al Farms 



in Canada, W. T. ]\Iacoun, W. S. Blair, S. A. Bedford, A. Mackay, and T. 



A. Sharpe 548 



On the use of commercial fertilizers for forcing-house crops, E. H. Jenkins 



and AV. E. Britton 549 



Tomatoes, F. S. Earle 551 



Watermelons and muskmelons in South Dakota, N. E. Hansen and W. S. 



Thornber 552 



The apple orchard, J. C. Whitten 553 



A chemical study of the apple and its products, C. A. Browne, jr 554 



Observations on the fertilization of peach orchards, E. H. Jenkins 558 



Plums — a comparison of varieties, W. J. Green 557 



An observation of the effects of nitrogenous fertilizers on California privet, 



W. E. Britton 557 



Note regarding the effect of the winter upon chestnut grafts and scions, W. 



E. Britton 558 



FORESTRY. 



Forest trees and shrubs, A. Mackay .559 



Importance of forest tree growing, D. C. Burson 559 



The forestal conditions and silvicultural prospects of the coastal plain of New 



Jersey, J. Gifford 560 



Forest planting in Norway, Deinboll 560 



Conifers at Murthly Castle, Scotland , 560 



SEEDS WEEDS. 



Influence of varying the temperature on the germination of seeds, W. Kinzel. 563 



Tests of the vitality of vegetable seeds, E. H. Jenkins 563 



Testing grass seed, C. D. Woods 565 



Spraying for the destruction of mustard, F. T. Shutt 564 



Results of experiments on the spraying of charlock, P. S. Foulkes 564 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



Some important fungi and fungicides, C. O. Townsend 572 



Miscellaneous notes on fungus diseases, W. C. Sturgis 565 



A contribution to the knowledge of cereal rusts, H. Klebahn 567 



Parasites of wheat, L. Mangin 567 



On the so-called ' ' grain ' ' of wrapper tobacco, \V. C. Sturgis 567 



