XIV 



E. KINCH, Experiments on Permanent Grass Land, 1910, at Ci- 



rencester , . . . . Page 258 



G. PARKE and B. DYER, Manuring of Grass Land 260 



Manuring of Grass Land , 262 



XXVI Fibre Plants. Sugar Producing Crops, etc. 



A. D. HALL. Flax-culture in England 263 



Cotton Import in the United Kingdom during the 31 weeks ended 



Aug. 4th, 1910 , 264 



H. HIGGINS, Absorption of Moisture in Cotton 264 



Old and New Stiles of Baling American Cotton. New Bales on 



View in Manchester , 264 



Ramie Wool of R. Orr. A New Development 265 



A Textile Institute in England, at Manchester 265 



Sir WALTER GILBERT, Sugar Beets in England 266 



CHARLES BATHURST, Cultivation of Sugar Beet in England . . 267 



Sugar Beet Production in Great Britain 268 



Growth of Sugar Beet 269 



J. ASHTON, Sewage into Sugar 270 



Production of Hops in England in 1909 270 



M. S. R. DUNSTAN, Cultivation of Hops in England . . . . 271 



Experiments with Hops 272 



Experiments with Hop- Washes 272 



WALTER ELGAR and JOHN POWELL, The Trials of Hop-drying 



Plant, 1909 273 



ARTHUR AMOS, Picking, Drying and Packing Hops 274 



The Methods of Picking, Drying, and Packing Hops in Kent 275 



Foreign and Colonial Legislation regarding to Hops 276 



Trade of Leaf Tobacco for Cigars in the United Kingdom . . 277 



XXVII Horticulture. 



W. T. THISELTON-DYER, National Importance of Horticulture . 278 

 WILLIAM E. BEAR, French Gardening in England . . . . . 279 

 A. B. S. FRASER, A French Garden at Withdean, Patcham . .281 

 T. NEWSOME, Gold Producing Soil. French Gardening or Inten- 

 sive Cultivation on the French System 281 



C. D. Me KAY, The French Garden in England ...... 282 



P. ELFORD and S. HEATON, Practical School Gardening . . . 282 



Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society 283 



H. DE VRIES, The Production of Horticultural Varieties . . . 283 

 Acreage under Different Kinds of Small Fruit as returned on the 



4th June 1909 in Great Britain , 283 



CECIL H. HOOPER, Small Fruit Growing in Kent 284 



J. C. NEWSHAM, Strawberry Growing in Hampshire 291 



Strawberry Runner Experiments 294 



J. A. ALEXANDER, Spice, Condiment and Perfume Producing 



Plants ,295 



