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Chemical composition of blue joint-grass (Calamagrostis Cana- 

 densis), as contrasted with that of reed canary-grass 

 {Phalaris arundinacea) 130 



Remarks on American fodder rations, with hints for the improve- 



ment of some of them 137 



Results obtained on growing buckwheat in equal vveights of pit- 



sand and of coal-ashes 159 



Chemical composition of the common field horse-tail or scouring 



rush (Equisetum arvense) 166 



Results of a chemical examination of the shells of crabs and 

 lobsters, and of those of oysters, clams, mussels, and other 

 shell-fish 176 



On the prominence of carbonate of lime as a constituent of Solu- 

 tions obtained by percolating dry cultivable soils with water 195 



Supplementary note to an article on the composition of pumpkins. 221 



Results of fodder-analyses of leaves of the yellow- or curled- 

 dock (Rumex crispiis), and of sprouts of the common 

 milk-weed (Asdepias Cornuti) 255 



Trials to determine the rates at which some fertilizers may be 



scattered by band 261 



Experiments on feeding mice with painter's putty and other mix- 



tures of pigments and oil 264 



Experiments on feeding plants with the nitrogen of vegetable 



mould 280 



Experiments on the germination of weed seeds 289 



An attempt to assay soils by the method of sand culture 292 



A special instance of the resistance of clover seeds to water 317 



Cherry stones eaten by the domestic pigeon 324 



Some items of American experience which suggest that potassic 



fertilizers may perhaps act in several different ways 343 



Observations on some of the chemical substances in the trunks 



of trees 386 



Laboratory notes : 



(a) Doty birch wood yields little wood-gum 409 



(&) Estimations of cellulose, lignic acids, xylan, and wood- 

 gum in peach-stones 410 



(c) Cold dilute alkaline Solutions dissolve very little wood- 



gum from the trunks of coniferous trees 414 



(d) Not much wood-gum from the strawberry 417 



