No. 2, September, 1920] UNCLASSIFIED PUBLICATIONS 313 



MISCELLANEOUS, UNCLASSIFIED PUBLICATIONS 



B. E. Livingston, Editor 



2403. Anonymous. Sea-grass fibre as a packing material. Sci. Amer. Monthly 1 : 96. 

 1920. [Abstract from La Nature, Oct. 11, 1919, in Technical Rev.] 



2404. Anonymous. Substitutes for pollen and nectar. Agric. Gaz. New South Wales 31 : 

 116. 1920. — Discusses rye flour as a substitute for pollen and nectar as food for bees. — L. R. 

 Waldron. 



2405. Anonymous. Putting flax on a modern basis. Sci. Amer. 122: 166, 175-176. 4f l Q- 

 1920. — Pertains to manufacturing processes. — Chas. H. Otis. 



2406. Boykr, G. Sur l'inclusion de brins d'herbes par les champignons. [Concerning 

 the inclusion of bits of plants by certain fungi.] ActesSoc. Linn. Bordeaux (Proces-verbaux) 

 69: -19-50. 1915-16. — Stems and leaves of grasses remain living after their inclusion by growth 

 of polyporous fungi. — W. H. Emig. 



2407. Cakdot, J. A letter from M. Cardot to the Sullivant Moss Society. Bryologist 23 : 

 7. 1920. 



2408. Chalmers, Albert J. Sadd dermatitis. Jour. Tropical Med. and Hygiene 23: 

 57-59. 7 fig. 1920. — The stiff hairs of Panicum pyramidalc Lam., one of the chief grasses 

 forming the floating and rooted masses of vegetation which sometimes block the White Nile, 

 are shown to cause a dermatitis in human beings, by their mechanical action. — E. A. Bessey. 



2409. Cheel, E., and Duckworth, A. C. The cultivation of native plants. Australian 

 Nat. 4: 131-133. 1920. 



2410. Claudy, C. H. The fruits of scientific farming. Sci. Amer. 122: 216. 1920.— A 

 popular article on some of the activities of the United States Department of Agriculture. — 

 Chas. H. Otis. 



2411. DeBord, Geo. G. Comments on the examination of canned salmon. [Abstract.] 

 Absts. Bact. 4: 11. 1920. — Twelve hundred and eighty-three cans were examined bacterio- 

 logically of which 34 per cent were not sterile. The organisms found were aerobic, sporulating 

 bacteria. There was no correlation between the sterility and the odor of the can. [From 

 author's abst. of paper read at scientific session, soc. Amer. Bact.] — D. Roddick. 



2412. Dodd, Sydney. Infestation of the skin, etc., of sheep by grass seeds. Jour. Com- 

 parative Path, and Therap. 22 : 90-95. 1919. — In many parts of Australia much injury, some- 

 times death, results in sheep from the penetration of the skin or eyes by seeds of various 

 grasses, chiefly of the genera Stipa and Aristida and also Hordeum murinum, Festvca brom- 

 oides and possibly species of Andropogon. — E. A. Bessey. 



2413. Dunham, Elizabeth M. Mounting mosses for exhibition purposes. Bryologist 23 : 

 6. 1920. — The author describes how specimens may be mounted on cardboard and protected 

 against dust and breakage by sheets of celluloid. —E. B. Chamberlain. 



2414. Edmondson, Ruth B., Geo. G. DeBord, and Charles Thom. Botulism from 

 canned ripe olives. [Abstract.] Absts. Bact. 4: 10. 1920. — All cans which were swelled or 

 ' 'off" in odor .showed living organisms. Twenty-seven cans from a "batch" which had caused 

 poisoning cases were tested for B. botulinus and the organism was isolated from 7 cans. [From 

 author's abst. of paper read at scientific session, Soc. Amer. Bact.] — D. Reddick. 



2415. Esty, J. R., and C. C. Williams. Resistant bacteria causing spoilage in canned 

 foods. [Abstract.] Absts. Bact. 4: 11. 1920. — The organisms causing this spoilage were 

 facultative and obligate anaerobes and were classified according to the range in temperature 



