A Magazine of General Botany 



VOLUME 17 

 NUMBER 4 

 APRIL 1914 



OONTAININa 



The Relation of Atmospheric Evaporating Power to Soil Moisture Content 

 at Permanent Wilting in Plants 



By John W. Shive and Burton E. Livingston 81 



Sketches of the Colorado Desert 



By S. B. Parish 122 



Books and Current Literature 131 



Notes and Comment 133 



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