II CONTENTS. 



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A new method for examining Btarch granules, Lenz 24 



The soluble carbohydrates in asparagus roots, Morse 24 



The composition of malt sprouts, Yoshimura 24 



Meliatine, a new glucosid from the buck bean, Bridel 24 



Changes taking place during the spoilage of tomatoes, Bacon and Dunbar 24 



The volatile acids in honey, Heiduschka and Kaufmann 25 



Honey investigations, Witte 25 



The Fiehe reaction as the preliminaiy test in honey examination, Hartmann. . 25 



In regard to the utility of the newer milk-testing methods, Philippe 25 



Yearly report of the Swiss Agricultural Institute at Zurich for 1910, Grete 26 



Two new pieces of chemical apparatus, Bacon and Dunbar 26 



Casein for clarifying cider and perry, Truelle 26 



METEOROLOGY — WATER. 



Monthly Weather Review 26 



Bulletin of the Mount Weather Observatory 27 



Siu-face water supply of the North Atlantic coast, 1909, Barrows et al 27 



Surface water supply of the Colorado River basin, 1909, Freeman and Bolster. . 27 



Surface water supply of North Pacific coast, 1909, Stevens et al 27 



The movements of the subsoil water in Upper Egypt, Ferrar 27 



Modern methods of water piuification, Don and Ohisholm 28 



Sterilization of water by means of ultraviolet rays, Grimm and Weldert 28 



Disposal of sewage on sewer farms, Jensen 28 



SOILS — FERTILIZERS. 



Studies in soil physics. Free 28 



A counting method for the mechanical analysis of soils, Fletcher 29 



Composition of some Massachusetts soils, Lindsey 29 



The soils of the Armidale district and of Tenterfield, Jensen 29 



Soils of the Nyngan Demonstration Farm, Jensen 30 



Action of phosphorites on soils saturated and unsaturated with bases, Gedroits. 30 



The influence of stall manure upon the bacterial flora of the soil. Temple 31 



Report of the agriculturist, Brooks 31 



The direct assimilation of nitrogen by higher plants, Hutchinson and Miller. . 32 



Field trials with nitrogenous manures from the atmosphere, Hendrick 33 



On the formation and decomposition of calcium cyanamid, Eschmann 33 



Relation of nitrate of soda to the mechanical condition of fertilizers, Lipman. . 33 



The agricultural value of mineral phosphates, De Molinari and Ligot 33 



The production of phosphate rock in 1910, Van Horn 34 



The lime in basic slag: A correction and addition, Hendrick 34 



Is hydrated silicic acid in burnt lime injurious to soils? Immendorff 34 



Limes and liming, Hills, Jones, et al 34 



In regard to fertilizing sugar beets with sodium chlorid, Briem 34 



Commercial fertilizers, their preparation and use, Riimpler, revised by Woy.. 34 



[Compilation of analyses of fertilizing materials], Haskins and Walker 35 



Commercial fertilizers in 1910-11, Fraps 35 



Commercial fertilizers. Hills, Jones, et al 35 



AGRICULTURAL BOTANY. 



Seed plants, flowering plants, or phanerogams, WiUielm 35 



Cacti in New ^Mexico, Wooton 35 



The variation of plants under the influence of lime and magnesia, Warthiadi. . 35 



The variation in the color of seeds and its practical application, Ritter 36 



Inheritance of the "eye" in Vigna, Spillman 36 



Long versus short periods of transpiration in plants, Harris 36 



Nature of nitrogen fixation in the root nodules of leguminous plants, Golding. . 37 



The cooperation and value of micro-organisms in supplying nitrogen, Heiuze. . 37 



Abnormalities of stump growths. Chapman 37 



The clogging of drain tile by roots. Stone 37 



The prevention of the clogging of drain tile by roots. Stone and Chapman 37 



Injury through smoke and flue dust, Miiller et al 38 



The catalogue of botanical literature in the libraries of Washington, Atwood. . . 38 



