II CONTENTS. 



BOTANY. 



Page- 



Review of the investigations of the grain rust, J. Eriksson 31(5 



The micro-organisms of the tubercles on the roots of leguminous plants, M. 



Maz6 31s 



Notes on the salt-marsh plants of northern Kansas, J. H. Schaflfner 319 



Investigations on the root development of some forage plants, C. C. Georgeson 



andJ. E. Payne ■-- 319 



Report of the botanical department, H. L. Bolley 320 



> FERMENTATION — BACTERIOLOGY. 



Report of the agricultural-bacteriological laboratory, 1896, A. Theoktistov.. 322 



ZOOLOGY. 



The economic status of the mole, H. Wilson 323 



Ornithology of North Carolina, J. W. P. Smith wick 321 



Life zones in New Mexico, T. D. A. Cockerell : 324 



METEOROLOGY — CLIMATOLOGY. 



Monthly Weather Review, Vol. XXVI, Nos. 4-6 325 



Meteorological observations, J. E. Ostrander and A. C. Mouahan 328 



Climate of Cuba; also a note on the weather of Manila, W. F. R. Phillips 326 



The necessity of studying the haze, A. A. Sclmlz 327 



Investigation of the cyclonic circulation and the translatory movement of 



West Indian hurricanes, Benito Vines 327 



Normal annual sunshine and snowfall, A. J. Henry 327 



Instructions for obtaining and tabulating records from recording instruments, 



C. F.Marvin 327 



Instructions for aerial observers, C. F. Marvin 327 



Monthly bulletins of the River and Flood Service for April, May, and June, 



1898, P. Morrill 328 



Report of the Chief of the Weather Bureau, 1896-97 328 



WATER — SOILS. 



A preliminary report on the soils of Florida, M. Whitney 328 



The bluff and Mississippi alluvial lands of Louisiana, W. W. Clendeuin 330 



The fertility of Oregon soils, G. W, Shaw 331 



The importance of the mineral humates as a nutritive medium for plants, G. 



Nefedov 333 



Soil bacteria in their relation to agriculture, I, F. D. Chester 334 



FERTILIZERS. 



Contribution to the solution of the question of the extent to which the potash 

 requirements of soil can be determined by analysis of the plant and the soil, 



O. Lemmermanu 335 



The liming of soils, H. J. Wheeler 335 



Commercial fertilizers, M. A. Scovell, A. M. Peter, and H. E. Curtis 336 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, M. A. Scovell, A. M. Peter, and H. E. Curtis. 337 



Fertilizer inspection, C. D. Woods, J. M. Bartlett, et al 337 



The cost of plant food in Connecticut, spring months of 1898 337 



