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Use of ammonium sulphate as a fertilizer, lUu'hnianu 431 



Production of sulphate of anunnnia 431 



Use of gypsum in recovery of anuiioMia in coke makino:, Warth 431 



Further fertilizer experiments with agricultural phosphate. Bachmann 432 



Composition of deposits of phosphate of lime in the I'nited States, Jumeau 432 



Granite n)ck potasli , 432 



Potassium mining crisis, Albert 432 



The use of lime and magnesia as fertilizer, J^oew 432 



Analyses and valuations of fertilizers, Street, Allen, and Carberry 433 



J Fertilizers and feeding stuffs act, 1 906 433 



AOIUCnLTCUAL HOTANY. 



Flora of Colorado, Kydberg 433 



Role of seed coats in delayed gernunation, Crocker 433 



Influence of sunlight on development of sugar beets, Strakosch 4.33 



Injurious action of acetates and formates on plants, Aso 434 



Stinmlating iiiHucnce of sodium lluorid on garden plants, Aso 434 



Stimulating action of calcium tluorid on ])hanerogams, Aso 434 



Degree of stinudating action of manganese and iron salts on barley, Katayama. 434 



The nucro-organisms of natto, Sawamura 434 



The drug known as pinkroot, Stockljerger 435 



International catalogue of scientific literature. W — Botany 435 



FIELD CROPS. 



Report of work at McNeill Branch Experiment Station, Ferris 435 



Five years' results on sewage irrigation fields of Arad, Gyarfits 436 



Errors in field tests, Holtsmark and Larsen 436 



Svali'if method for breeding agricultural plants, de Vries 4.36 



Chemical composition of Washington forage crops, Thatcher 4.36 



Some reasons for failure with alfalfa, Lyon 437 



Adulteration of alfalfa seed, Galloway 437 



Tables for determination of protein content of barley, Glimm 437 



Culture tests with brewing barley, Behrens '437 



Continuous corn culture, Adams and Wheeler 437 



Cotton culture in its relation to climate, Eckardt 437 



A new type of red clover, Brand 438 



Seed of red clover and its impurities, Brown and Hillman 438 



Short treatise on culture and handling of flax, Steglicii 439 



Influence of external conditions on hemi) and hemp filjer, Behrens 439 



Comparison of Improved Ligowo and Provence Gray oats, Richter 439 



Orchard grass, Oakley 439 



Potato culture experiments, Behrens 439 



Sugar beets in Kansas 439 



Report on fertilizer tests with sugar cane, Lemarie 4.39 



Sunflower culture and its ]»rofits in Ru.ssia, Walta 4.39 



Fertilizer experiments with tobacco, Behrens 440 



Species of tobacco, their phylogeny, (luality, and u.ses. Comes 440 



Characters determining the quality of wheat, Cserhtiti 440 



HOKTICUI.TUKH. 



Horticulture department, Fisher i 441 



Report of the horticulturist, (iarcia 441 



The Casaba melon, Kovce - 441 



Dwarf fruit trees, Waugh 441 



Fruits for the Hawaiian Islands, Brigham 442 



Suggestions on renewal of ))each industry in New Jersey, Warren . . 442 



Pruning peach trees, Horsfall 443 



Culture'of the olive, Degrully 443 



Growth and rijiening of persimmons, Bigelow, Gore, and Howard 443 



Bananas and ])inea])ples in Western French Africa, Henry 443 



Culture and commerce of the banana in Costa Rica, Jores 443 



Analysis of ]iinea{)i)]es, Cuadrado .- 443 



New wax article 443 



