CONTENTS. Ill 



AGRICULTURAL BOTANY. 



Page. 



Fuiu'tion of silica 'a\ nutrition of cereals, I, Hall and Morison „ 125 



Utilization of nitrogen of air by plants, Jamieson 125 



Action of radium on plants 125 



Presence of hydrocyanic acid in seeds and plants 126 



Hydrocyanic acid in SanihucuH nigra, Guignard — 126 



!*resence of liy<lrocyanic acid in certain species of currants, (iuii^nard 126 



I levt'lopnient of amylase durinji- u'cnnination, Effront 126 



Osmotic strength of cell sap under different conditions, Drabble and Lake 127 



lSensil)ility of" chlorophyll in tolerant and intolerant species of plants, 



Lubimenko 127 



( irowtii of chlorophyll-bearing plants in presence of organic materials, Molliard. 127 



Handbook of flower ])ollination, Knuth, trans, by Davis 128 



Ccjlor stinuilus and vital functions of plants, Dandeno 128 



Effect of dilute solutions of hydrochloric acid upon radicles of corn seedlings, 



Eoew - 128 



Toxic; action of copper sulphate upon algae in presence of foreign substances. 



Bach 128 



International catalogue of scientilic literature. K — Bacteriology 129 



FIELD CROPS. 



Field experiments with farm crops, Saunders et al 129 



Forage plants and cereals at Ilighmori- Substation, 1904-5 133 



Agriculture and animal husbandry [tield crops]. True 134 



Investigations on the drying of grain, Kiessling 135 



Preservation of al)ility of seeds to germinate, Mayer 135 



Experiments in manuring of a meadow, Stewart and Atwood 136 



Fertilizer experiments on meadows, Grete 136 



Alfalfa. Burtis and Moorhouse - 136 



lnHuen(;e of insufficient potash on growth of Fhaseolus vulgaris nanus, von 



Seelhorst 137 



Alsike clover, Morgan and Jacob 137 



Correlation in fodder beets, Briem 137 



The hop and its constituents, edited by Chapman 137 



Oat experiments, Greig and Hendrick 137 



The potato crop, Young 138 



Fertilizer experiments with sugar beets, Danielson 138 



Influence of stripping on yields of cane and sugar, Eckart 138 



Experiments with fertilizers on tobacco, Thorne 138 



Turnip experiments 1904, Hendrick and Greig 139 



Nitrogenous manures for turnips, Wright 139 



Culture experiments with vetches, Stel)ler and Volkart 139 



Fertilizer tests with wheat and corn, Snyder 139 



Some common weeds and their eradication, Wilson 140 



nOKTICULTURE. 



Horticultural work at Canada experiment stations, Macoun et al 140 



Report of liorticultui-al division of Mustiala Institute, 1894-1904, Stening 141 



Vegetable Growers' Association, Province of Ontario 142 



The home vegetable garden, Beattie 142 



The farmer's garden 142 



Vegetable growing in Porto Rico, Henricksen 142 



Cucundx'rs, Corbett 142 



Wild melon and culture of melons in Central Asia, Barsaccj 142 



Electricity as applied to agriculture 142 



A case of persistent vitality in seeds, Landreth 142 



The Thays process for germinating seeds of mate, Thays 143 



The chemical composition of fruits. Hotter 143 



Specific requirements of new varieties in California fruit growing, Wickson. . . 143 



Fruit division 143 



Dependaljle fruits, Green and liallou 143 



Orchard culture, (ireen and Ballou 143 



Cover crops for young orchards, Emerson 144 



Picking, packing, and marketing the apple, Judsnn 145 



Orange cultivation in the Khasi hills, Basu 145 



