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cultural Seeds, by Gilbert H. Hicks, 4 pp. No. 7. Tumbling Mustard, by Lyster H. 
Dewey, 8 pp.; 3 figs. No.8. Crimson Clover Balls, by Frederick V. Coville, 4 pp.; 3 figs. 
Contributions from the United States National Herbarium, Vol. I, No. 9, issued Janu- 
ary 31, 1895. Report on a collection of plants made in the states of Sonora and Colima, 
Mexico, by Dr. Edward Palmer, in the years 1890 and 1891, by J. N. Rose, pp. 293-446; pll. 
XXIV-XXXV, with frontispiece; figs 1-10. 
Vol. III, No. 3, issued September 14, 1895. Flora of the Sand-hills of Nebraska, by P. A. 
Rydberg, pp. 133-203; pl. 1 (map); pl. 11, Carduus plattensis Rydb. 
No. 4, issued November 23, 1895. Report on a collection of plants made by J. H. Sand- 
berg and assistants in Northern Idaho, in the year 1892, by John M. Holzinger, pp. 205— 
288; pl. 111, Cardamine sandbergii Holz.:; pl.tv, Violas orbiculata Geyer. 
No.5, issued December 14, 1895. Report on Mexican Umbelliferze, mostly from the state 
of Oaxaca, recently collected by C. G. Pringle and E. W. Nelson, by John M. Coulter and 
J. N. Rose, pp. 289-310; pll. v-x. Descriptions of plants, mostly new, from Mexico and the 
United States, by J. N. Rose, pp. 311-324; pll. x1i-xvr. 
No. 6, issued January 15, 1896. Botany of Yakutat Bay, Alaska, by Frederick Vernon 
Coville, with a field report by Frederick Funston, pp. 325-354. 
No. 7, issued April 1, 1896. Preliminary revision of the North American species of 
Echinocactus, Cereus, and Opuntia, by John M. Coulter, pp. 355-462. 
No. 8, issued June 13, 1896. Flora of the Black Hills of South Dakota, by P. A. Rydberg, 
pp. 463-536; pll. xvrI-xx. 
No. 9, issued August 5,1896. I. Flora of Southwestern Kansas. Report on a collection 
of plants made by C. H. Thompson in 1893, by A. S. Hitchcock, pp. 537-558. II. Crepis 
occidentalis and its allies, by Frederick V. Coville, pp. 559-566; pll. xx1-xxvr. III. Plants 
from the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming, by J. N. Rose, pp. 567-574; pl. xviz. IV. Lei- 
bergia, a new genus of Umbelliferz from the Columbia River region, by John M. Coulter 
and J. N. Rose, pp. 575-576; pl. xxv. V. Roseanthus, a new genus of Cucurbitacee 
from Acapulco, Mexico, by Alfred Cogniaux, Verviers, Belgium, pp. 577-578; pl. xxvIIt. 
U. S. Depariment of Agriculture — Division of Chemistry, Harvey W. Wiley, Chemist: 
Bulletins: No. 36. Experiments with sugar beets in 1892, by Harvey W. Wiley, 74 pp. No. 
48. Zine in Evaporated Apples, by Harvey W. Wiley, 38 pp. 
U.S. Department of Agriculture — Division of Entomology, L. O. Howard, Entomologist. 
Bulletins: No. 15. The Icerya or Fluted Scale, otherwise known as the Cottony Cushion- 
Scale. (Reprint of some recent articles by the Entomologist and of a report from the 
Agricultural Experiment Station, University of California ),40 pp. No.17. The Chinch-bug, 
by L. O. Howard, 48 pp.;7 figs. No. 3,newseries. The San Jose scale, by L. O. Howard 
and C. L. Marlatt, 80 pp.; frontispiece; 8 figs. 
Circulars: No. 15, second series. General work against insects which defoliate shade 
trees in cities and towns, by L. O. Howard, 4 pp. No. 14. The Mexican cotton-boll weevil, 
by L. O. Howard, 8 pp. 
Technical Series No.1. Revision of the Aphelinine of North America, by L. O. Howard, 
44pp.; 14 figs. No. 2. The grass and grain joint-worm flies and their allies, by L. O. How- 
ard, 24 pp.; 10 figs. No.3. Revision of the Nematinsw of North America, by C. L. Marlatt, 
136 pp.; frontispiece; 9 figs. 
U. S. Department of Agriculture — Office of Experiment Stations, A. C. True, Director: 
Bulletin No. 27, Organization Lists of the Agricultural Experiment Stations and Institu- 
tions, with courses of agriculture in the United States, January, 1896, 93 pp. 
No. 31. Dietary Studies at the University of Missouri in 1895, by H. B. Gibson, S. Calvert, 
and D. W. May, with comments by W. O. Atwater and Chas. D. Woods, 24 pp. 
No. 33. The Cotton Plant: Its history, botany, chemistry, culture, enemies, and uses, 
with an introduction by Chas. W. Dabney, jr., Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, 1896, 
433 pp.; 2 pll.; 32 figs. 
Experiment Station Record. Vol. VI, 1895, No. 7, pp. 585-678. Vol. VII, 1896, Nos. 5, 12, 
pp. 343-1092. Contains original articles and extracts from scientific publications on 
botany, agricultural engineering, chemistry, diseases of plants, entomology, forestry, etc. 
Vol. VIII, Nos. 1 and 2, 1896, pp. 1-176. 
U.S. Department of Agriculture— Fiber Investigations, Charles Richards Dodge, Special 
Agent in Charge: Report No.6. A report on the uncultivated bast fibers of the United 
States, including the history of previous experiments with the plants or fibers, and brief 
statements relating to the allied species that are produced commercially in the old world, 
by C. R. Dodge, 54 pp.; 5 pli. 
U. 8. Department of Agriculture—Forestry Division, B. E. Fernow, Chief: Arbor Day: 
Its history and observance, by N. H. Egleston, 80 pp. ; 27 figs. 
Bulletins: No. 12. Economical designing of timber trestle bridges, by A. L. Johnson, 
