II EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



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 Some American Panicums in the Herbarium Berolinense and in the Herbarium 



of Willdenow, T. Holm 749 



Some Mexican grasses collected by E. W. Nelson in Mexico, 1894-'95, F. Lamson- 



Scribner and J. G. Smith 749 



A list of the grasses collected by E. Palmer in the vicinity of Acapulco, Mexico, 



1894-'95, F. Lamson-Scribner 749 



Mississippi fungi, S. M. Tracy and F. 8. Earle 749 



Report of the botanist, F. L. Harvey 748 



ZOOLOGY. 



Four common birds of the farm and garden, S. D. ,Tudd 750 



The meadow lark and Baltimore oriole, F. E. L. Beal 751 



Our home birds, B. H. Warren 752 



A preliminary list of the birds of Wayne County, Ohio, H. C. Oberholser .... 753 



METEOROLOGY. 



Arizona weather, E. M. Boggs 753 



Meteorological observations, AV. S. Sweetser 754 



Report of the International Meteorological Congress at Chicago, Illinois, August 



21-24, 1893 755 



SOILS. 



Origin, value, and reclamation of alkali lauds, E. W. Hilgard 756 



Humus in its relation to soil fertility, H. Snyder 756 



Reasons for cultivating the soil, M. Whitney 756 



Soil ferments important in agriculture, H. W. Wiley 755 



Soil temperatures, W. S. Sweetser 756 



FERTILIZERS. 



Some Pennsylvania peats, W. Frear and E.J. Haley 757 



Investigations on the foragiug i>owers of some agricultural plants for phos- 

 phoric acid, L. H. Merrill and W. H. Jordan 757 



The fertilizing effect of the nitrogen of different green manuring plants, M. 



Maercker '. 758 



Experiments with various manure preservatives, M. Miiercker and Schultze . . . 759 



The loss of nitrogen in barnyard manure in the heap, M. Maerckor 760 



Experiments on the fertilizing effect of barnyard manure and of its different 



constituents, M. Maercker 761 



The action of the different constituents of barnyard manure (urine, dung, and 



straw) alone and in mixtures, M. Maercker 761 



Experiments on the fertilizing effect of phosphoric acid and nitrogen in peat 



and excrement mi.xture, and in poudrette, M. Maercker, H. Steftek, et al 761 



Perchlorate as a cause of the injurious effect of nitrate of soda on rye, 



B. Sjollema 762 



Experiments with soluble, reverted, and insoluble phosphoric acid, E. H. Hess. 763 

 Experiments on the effectiveness of citrate-soluble phosphoric acid in Thomas 



slag, M. Maercker 763 



The effectiveness of partially dissolved bone meal, M. Maercker 764 



Vegetation experiments on the fertilizing effect of various potash salts, M. 



Maercker 764 



Experiments with various potash salts on a mixture of grasses and leguminous 



plants (clover; on a light sandy soil, M. Maercker 765 



Experiments on the influence of crude potash salts upon the consumption of 



water by plants, M. Maercker , 765 



The real value of Natural Plant Food, L. L. Van Slyke 766 



