BOTANICAL ABSTRACTS 



A monthly serial furnishinp; abstracts and citations of publications in the international field of 



botany in its broadest sense. 



UNDER THE DIRECTION OF 



THE BOARD OF CONTROL OF BOTANICAL ABSTRACTS, INC. 



Burton E. Livingston, Editor-in-Chief 

 The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 



Vol. V SEPTEMBER, 1920 No. 2 



ENTRIES 1086-2426 



AGRONOMY Library 



C. V. Piper, Editor 

 Mary R. Burr, Assista?it Editor 



1086. Alway, F. J. A phosphate-hungry peat soil. Jour. Amer. Peat Soc. 13: 108-143. 

 1920. — Some Minnesota bogs are found to have a sufficient supply of lime and available nitro- 

 gen for the production of all crops suitable to the region. Phosphates, however, are very 

 scant.— G. B. Rigg. 



1087. Anonymous. Elephant-grass in elevated localities. Agric. Gaz. New South Wales 

 31: 84. 1920. — Treats of Pennisetum purpureum. — L. R. Waldron. 



1088. Anonymous. The department and elephant-grass. Agric. Gaz. New South Wales 

 31: 143. 1920. — Treats of Pennisetum purpureum. — L. R. Waldron. 



1089. Anonymous. Coffee in New South Wales. Agric. Gaz. New South Wales 31: 133. 

 1920. — This crop (Coffea spp.) would be unsuited to New South Wales. — L. R. Waldron. 



1090. Anonymous. Liming, cultivation and manurial experiments at Margam, Australia. 

 Australian Sugar Jour. 11: 679-681. 1920. 



1091. Anonymous. Further reports on elephant grass. Agric. Gaz. New South Wales 

 31:244. 1920. 



1092. Anonymous. Rice culture in New South Wales. Agric. Gaz. New South Wales 31: 

 232. 1920. — Results so far not encouraging but further trials are advised. — L. R. Waldron. 



1093. Anonymous. Weed seeds. Sci. Amer. Monthly 1:316. 1920. — Popular. — Chas. 

 H. Otis. 



1094. Anonymous. Paper from bagasse. Sci. Amer. Monthly 1 : 283. 1920. [Review of 

 a paper in The Technical Engineering News. Feb., 1920.] — Describes the process for com- 

 mercially making a special paper from bagasse, which is sugar cane from which the juice 

 has been extracted. — Chas. H. Otis. 



1095. Anonymous. Home-made syrup from sugar beets. Sci. Amer. Monthly 1 : 285-286. 

 1920. — This appears to be a brief of a paper by Ort and Withrow in the Journal of Industrial 

 and Engineering Chemistry. Feb., 1920. — Chas. H. Otis. 



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