II CONTENTS. 



Pasre. 

 The detection of pentoses by precipitation Avitli pliloroglucinol and bydro- 



cliloric acid, B. Tollens 284 



Chloraloses, M. Hanriot 284 



The sei>aration of sugars by means of new bydrazones, A. von Eckensteiu and 



C. A. Lobry deBruyn 284 



The estimation of sugar by the copper method, Kalnian 285 



BOTANY. 



Roseanthus, a new genns of Cucurbitacea>, A. Cogniaux 289 



Crcpls occideiitalls and its allies, F. Y. Coville 289 



Liebergia, a new genus of Umbellifer;ie, J. M. Coulter and J. N. Rose 289 



Assimilatory inhibition in plants, A. J. Ewart 287 



Variation of seed as influenced by climate and soil, E. Gain 288 



Flora of south\Yestern Kansas, A. S. Hitchcock 291 



Flora of the Black Hills of South Dakota, P. A. Rydl)erg 291 



First report on the flora of "Wyoming, A. Nelson 291 



Plants from the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming, J. N. Rose 291 



METEOUOLOGy. 



Meteorological observations during August and September, 189(i, L. Metcalf 



and J . L. Bartlett 293 



The rainfall of Nebraska, G. D. Swezey and G. A. Loveland 292 



Meteorological observations, July and August, 1896, H. B. Battle and C. F. 



von Hermann 293 



Meteorological sunnuary for Ohio, 1895, C. A. Patton 293 



Meteorology in South Dakota 293 



Notes on climate, J. D. Conley 293 



WATEi; — SOILS. 



The number of inches of water required for a ton of dry matter in Wisconsin, 



F. H. King 293 



Field experiments on the percolation of water as related to irrigation, F. H. 



King 295 



The rate of percolation from long columns of soil, F. H. King 297 



The artesian waters of South Dakota, J. H. Shepard 298 



Water analyses, E. E. Slosson 298 



Analyses of water, F. W. Morse 298 



Destructive eflects of winds on sandy soils and light sandy loams, witli 



methods of prevention, F. H. King 298 



Results obtained in the culture of Swedish marsh lands, C. von Feilitzen 297 



Fl'.KTILIZKRS. 



The relation of barn manures to soil temperature, J. Troop 299 



A soil test with fertilizers, H. P. Armsby 298 



Commercial fertilizers and chemicals, R. T. Nesbitt and G. F. Payne 299 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, M. A. Scovell, A. M. Peter, and H. E. Curtis. 300 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, F. W. Morse 300 



Fertilizer analyses, H. B. Battle 300 



Fertilizer analyses, H. B. Battle 300 



FIELD cnops. 



Cereals and other field crops 306 



Experiences in rational coft'ee culture, F. W. Dafei't 300 



Cultivation of corn 3 inches deep compared with a less de]ith, F. H. King 300 



