CONTENTS. Ill 



Page. 



On atmospheric nitrogen fertilizers. Brieni 124 



Nitric acid from tlie air 124 



The electro-synthetic prodnction of nitrogenous compounds, Bruttini 124 



Norwegian lime niter, Bjerlviies 124 



Experiments with lime nitrogen and Norwegian lime niter, von Feilitzen_ 124 



Further e.\])erinients with lime nitrogen and lime niter. Otto 124 



On hat guano from Marianne Islands, Kanamori 124 



Concentration of sugar heet vlnasse for fertilizer. Kestner 125 



Continued test of phosphates with different jilants, Wheeler and Adams 125 



Tntluence of soil on aT)sorhal)ilitv of soluble phosphates. Schreil)er 12t) 



AVolters phosphate. Wein ^ 120 



Groiuul limestone for acid soils, Hopkins 120 



AGRICULTURAL BOTANY. 



Some factors determining the structure of plants. Laurent 120 



Notes on polyemhryony. Cook 12(1 



Effect of acids, alkalis, and neutral salts on the fermentative activity of 



yeast cells. Drabble and Scott 127 



Recent investigations on the development of the ascomycetes, Claussen 127 



Utilization of nitrogen in air by plants, II, Jamieson 127 



Root action and bacteria, Pickering 127 



The nature of starch and its reactions. Wolff 128 



Occurrence of sucrase and saccharose in the grape, Martinand 128 



Relation between the magnesium oxid and calcium oxid in the leaves of 



various jjlants during growth. Seissl 128 



Phaseolunatin in tlax, cassava, and Lima beans. Dunstan et al 12!) 



The se])aration of vicianin and its diastase. Bertrand and Rivkind 120 



The Legunnnos;^ of Porto Rico, Perkins 120 



Sumac and its sophistication, Collin 129 



FIKLII (HOPS. 



Farm i)ractic(> in the Columl)ia Basin uplands. Uuiili-r i;^(j 



Dry farming in INIontana. Linticld and Atkinson l.'tO 



Forage plants at the Ilighmore sul)station. PJOC. Wheeler and Balz • i:!l 



R(>])(>rt on the northern substations for IIMX! [Field crops], Dehviche V.'A 



Small grain crops. Ten Eyck and Shoesmith i:',2 



A preliminary progress report of cereal investigation, 1005-7, Shaw 1H5 



Cowi)eas and so.v beans, Moorhouse .135 



Root crops for stock feeding. Eraser, (Jilmore, and Clark 130 



Culture and varieties of roots for stock feeding. Eraser et al 137- 



Alfalfa in Indiana, Wiancko 139 



The improvement of corn, Soule and Vanatter 139 



Sugar lieet experiments during 1900, Woll and Stoddart 141 



HORTICULTURE. 



Report on the northern sui)stations for ]!K)0 [ Horticulture], Dehviche 141 



Vegetables grown at Xieng-Khcmang experimental station, 1005, Pidance_ 141 



The jiarthenocarpie or virgin fruitfulness of fruit trees, Ewert 142 



Repoi-t on results from summer ])runing of fruit trees 142 



Rei>iirt of Woburn Expei'imental Fruit Farm, Bedford and Pickering 142 



Atlas of fruits, Grebnitski et al 144 



r>ists of fruits reconnnended for culture in Wisconsin 144 



<"i!oi)eration in the marketing of apples. McNeill 144 



Ktlierization of strawberries 144 



Tiie viticultural exi)eriment station of Juazeiro. Silveira 144 



Re])ort l)y conmiittee on hyl)rid direct-bearers for 1000, Durand 144 



The hyl)rid direct-I»earers of the Rhone, Desmoulins and Villard 144 



Fertilizer exi)eriments with grapes at (Graves [Finance], Yerdie 145 



Cold storage of grape vines, Pratt 145 



Cold storage, McKay 145 



fool storage and friiit fly 145 



Formosa tea industry, Arnold , , 140 



