II CONTENTS. 



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Page. 



On the nitrogen assimilation of plants, L. Lutz 414 



Influence of diffused light on the development of plants, .1. Wiesner 414 



On the direct fertilization of plants whose flowers seem adapted to cross fer- 

 tilization. C. Gerber 415 



Penicilliiini as a wood-destroying- fungus^ H. Marshall Ward 415 



Two useful grasses 415 



West Australian grasses, F. Turner 416 



METEOROLOGY. 



Monthly Weather Review, Vol. XXVI, Nos. 7-9 c - 418 



Moisture tables, C. V. Marvin 419 



Department of meteorology and agricultural engineering, 1896-97, C. II. 



Pettee 419 



Meteorological observations 419 



aii: — water — SOILS. 



Salt River Valley soils, R. II. Forbes 420 



Materials for the study of Russian soils, XI, A. Sovyetov and X. Adamov 421 



Composition of Indian soils, J. W. Leather 421 



The judging of the physical properties of soils by means of the heat which 



they evolve when moistened, A. Mitscherlich 423 



Moisture investigations for 1897, E. C. Chilcott and A. B. Holm 424 



fertilizers. 



Experiments with lime on acid soils, F. S. Earle and A. W. Orr 425 



On the influence of crops and manure on the nitrogen content of soils, C. F. A. 



Tuxeu 425 



On the production of barnyard manure, I*. Gay and Dupont 426 



Fertilizers 426 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, 13. W. Kilgore et al 428 



Analyses of fertilizers, C. A. Goessmann 428 



Analyses of fertilizers, C. A. Goessmann 428 



field crops. 



The effect of ceTtain methods of soil treatment upon the corn crop, T. L. Lyon. 428 



Preservation of corn stover, D. O. Nourse 429 



An experiment with clover, F. W. Rane 429 



A preliminary report on the experiments with forage crops, T. L. Lyon 429 



On the change of the composition of green fodders at different periods of vege- 

 tation, P. Azaryevieh 430 



Cooperative fertilizer experiments with cotton in 1897, J. F. Duggar 431 



Seeding grass without grain, C. B. Lane 431 



Commercial fertilizers for potatoes, W. H. Jordan 431 



Comparison of varieties of potatoes, F. W. Rane 432 



Irrigation 433 



horticulture. 



Report of the assistant in horticulture, A. T. Jordan 433 



Experiments in Shading, B. U. Halsted 435 



Variety tests of fruits, S. T. Maynard 436 



Hardy apples for cold climates, F. A. Waugh 437 



Some results following the application of wood ashes in the apple orchard, 



S. A. Beach 437 



