II CONTENTS. 



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Monthly Weather Review, Vol. XXXIV, Nos. 11, 12 813 



Meteorological observations, Ostrander and Barry 814 



Meteorological observations at the Michigan Agricultural College, 1905 814 



Meteorological records for 1905 814 



Meteorologic'al summary for Bern, Switzerland. 1894 to 1905 814 



Observations at meteorological observatory of Innsbruck, Trabert 814 



Meteorological observations at Verona in 1905, Fracastoro 814 



Influence of the ocean on climate 814 



Saltou Sea and the rainfall of the Southwest, Henry 815 



Rainfall [in Bombay], Mead 815 



Composition of Barbados rainfall 815 



Amount of chlorin in rain water, Jorissen 815 



Drainage waters, rain, dew. and canal water collected 1903-6, Hayman 815 



Nitrogenous compounds and silica in sea water. Ringer 816 



The drinking waters of Vermont. Perkins 816 



Flowing wells and municipal water supplies of Michigan. Leverett et al 816 



Geology of Connecticut in relation to its water supply. Gregory 816 



Underground-water resources of Louisiana and Arkansas, Veatch 817 



Geology and underground waters of eastern Colorado, Darton 817 



The bacterial examination of water supplies. Savage 817 



SOILS FERTILIZERS. 



Soil studies, I. Blair 818 



Soils, Aston 818 



Soils of the Muganj steppe, Tulaykov and Kossovich 818 



What processes go on In fallow soils? Ulrich 819 



Effects of shading on soil conditions, Stewart 819 



Studies on the movement of soil moisture. Buckingham and Cameron 820 



Qualitj' of commercial cultures for legumes in 1906, Prucha aud Harding. 820 



Dried cultures for legumes unsatisfactory. F. D. Hall et al 821 



Principles and maintenance of soil fertility, Whitson and Stoddart 821 



Analyses and valuations of fertilizers and ground bone. Street et al 821 



Commercial fertilizers. Calvert and Lord 821 



Some facts concerning fertilizers and their use, Harcourt 821 



Powdered granite as fertilizer 822 



Value of ant hills as a fertilizer. Church 822 



Origin, occurrence, and chemical composition of peat, McCourt 822 



The technology aud uses of peat, Parmelee 822 



Fertilizing value of residue from retting of hemp, Calabresi 822 



Hoof meal _"_ 822 



On manures and fertilizer trials, Weibull 822 



The story of soils and plants in their relation to liming, Wheeler 822 



The need of liming for heavy marsh soils, Clausen i 822 



Use of different forms of lime 822 



Action of lime nitrogen on various kinds of soil, Remy 823 



Action of lime nitrogen and nitrogen lime on cultivated plants, Mach 823 



Experiments with nitrogen lime, Hardt 823 



Nitrate of soda statistics 823 



Wholesale manufacture of nitrate fertilizer. Pepper 823 



Tests of Thomas slag and agricultural i»hosi)hate. I'echmann and Clausen. 824 



Stability of Thomas-ammonium-phosphate lime, Sclnnoeger and von Wissell 824 



Tests with Thomas slag and agricultural phosphate, Bachmann 824 



Comparative tests of agricultural phosphate and Thomas slag, Clausen 824 



AGRICULTURAL BOTANY. 



Distribution and adaptation of the vegetation of Texas, Bray 824 



Osmotic strength of cell sap in plants, E. and Hilda Drabble 824 



Transpiration current in plants, Dixon 825 



Effects of magnesium sulphate upon seedlings, Burlingham 825 



Effects of salts of some rare elements on seedlings, Knox and Welker 825 



Physiological resistance of saline plants to sea salt, Casu 825 



Observations on effects of rays of radium on plants. Gager 825 



Composition of cocoanut water and presence of diastases, de Kruijff 826 



Role of phenols in cork formation, Drablde and Nierenstein 826 



Hydrocyanic acid glucosids ,ind hydrocyanic acid in plants, Eichinger 826 



Poisons of Amanita pitalloidcs, Abel and Ford 826 



