II CONTENTS. 



A new method for determinin2: nitrates, Pozzi-Escot 706 



The effect of chlorids on the estimation of nitrates in water, Sabatini 707 



A new nitrite method, Saniii 707 



Detecting sodium sulphite in ])resence of sulphate and thiosulphate, Weston. 707 



Determininji; barium sulphate in presence of bodies that interfere, Van't Kruijs. 707 



Detection of hydrogen tiuorid in the presence of fluoric! salts, Cronheim 707 



Determination of benzoic and cinnamic acids in a mixture of the two, De Jong. 707 



The methods of lecithin determination, Nerking 708 



About the use of hydrogen |)eroxid in oxydase tests, Kikkoji and Neuberg. . . . 708 



The influence of neutral salts on indicators, Michaelis and Rona 708 



An evolution method for sulphur in sulphids and sulphates, Mathers 708 



[Shellfish examination], Johnstone 708 



Methods for testing shellfish for pollution. Gage 708 



The detection of paraffin wax in lard, Gerrans 708 



About the examination and judgment of flour, Arragon 708 



Researches on some rapid tests for the control of flours, Bakardjieff 709 



Hydrocyanic acid in cassava flour, Vuaflart 709 



A reaction for champignons, Lowy 709 



Suggested modification of the Winton lead number, Ross 709 



Concerning coffee, Hartwich 709 



Coffee, chicory, and coffee and chicory essence, Tatlock and Thomson 709 



The aphrometer as a means of studying the aging of wine, IJinaghi 709 



Spoilage of mustard, Kossowicz 709 



The use of fluorids for conserving tomatoes, Carlinfanti and Tuffi 709 



Is formic acid a constituent of raspberries? Rohrig 710 



Determination of casein by Matthaiopoulos method, Hurr and lierberich 710 



[The Matthaiopoulos method for casein], De Graaff 710 



The detection of heated milk, De Graaff 710 



Apparatus for catalase determination, Henkel 710 



Influence of feeding coconut cake on composition of milk fat, Schoenemann. . . 710 



A new method of oil analysis by noting the miscibility curve, Louise 710 



Some ready mixed paints, Ladd and Abbott 710 



Successful jam making and fruit bottling, Yates 710 



Wine from the vine to consumption, Goldschmidt 711 



Vinification, Blunno 711 



METEOROLOGY — WATER. 



General weather review, 1907-8, Esten 711 



Meteorological record, Willis 711 



Swedish meteorological observations, 1908, Hamberg 711 



Drainage, Leather and Annett 711 



The circulation of water in alluvial soils and methods of studying it, Dienert. . . 711 



Fertilizing fish ponds 711 



A new suggestion for the preparation of potable water, Hayes 712 



Water and sewage, Haselhoff 712 



The purification of waste water of dairies, ('hassevant 712 



Sewage into sugar, Ash ton 712 



SOILS — FERTILIZERS. 



Clay, Rohland 712 



Commercial peat: Its uses and possibilities, Gissing 712 



Investigations on weathering in the Tropics, Mohr 713 



The plant food requirements of forest and porphyrite soils, Vater 713 



Mechanical and chemical analyses of soils, Weber 713 



Chemical composition and fertilizing of soils of Taurida, Dubrovskii 713 



Analytical study of some soils of southern Italian Somaliland, Mangano 713 



Nature of the soil, subsoil, and underground waters of the Nile Valley, Beauge. . 713 



The specific heat of certain soils, principally Russian, Sabanin 714 



Factors which determine fertility in soils, Russell 714 



Do soils wear out? 714 



Soil improvement experiments on light moor and sandy soils, Schulze-Diekhoff. 714 



Potash and the mobilization of organic nitrogen in humus soils, Renault 714 



Nitrification in soils, Kellerman. Alien, and McBeth 715 



Tests of commercial cultures for soil inoculation, Lipman 715 



Nitrogen, the plant, and the farmer, Hector 715 



