II CONTENTS. 



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 On the quantity of nitrates stored up in plants under different conditions, 



T. Ishizuka 524 



On the physiological behavior of maleic and fumaric acids, T. Ishizuka 524 



On the physiological action of amidosulphonic acid, N. Maeno 524 



Notes on the metabolism in the cherry tree, S. Aoyauia 524 



Physiological observations on lecithin, T. Hanai 525 



Investigations on the mulberry tree, N. Maeno 525 



On the presence and localization in certain pomaceons seeds of the principles 



producing cyanhydric acid, M. L. Lutz 525 



Influence of environment in the origination of plant varieties, H. J. Webber. 527 



Some common poisonous plants, V. K. Chesnut 527 



zoolo<;v. 



The blue jay and its food, F. E. L. Beal 527 



The extermination of noxious animals by bounties, T. S. Palmer 527 



METEOROLOGY. 



Monthly Weather Review, Vol. XXV, Nos. 7-9 531 



Rainfall of the 1'uited States, with annual, seasonal, and other charts, A. J. 



Henry 533 



Storms, storm tracks, and -weather forecasting, F. H. Bigelow 531 



Experiments on the prevention of night frosts, F. H. Kiug 532 



The equations of hydrodynamics, J. Cottier 533 



WATER — SOILS. 



Influence of subsoil ing on soil moisture, F. II. King 534 



An electrical method of determining the moisture content, temperature, and 

 soluble salt content of soils. M.Whitney, F.D.Gardner, L. J. Briggs, and 



T. H. Means 535 



On the denitritication processes, T. Pfeiffer 536 



Analyses of Wisconsin soils, F. W. Woll 536 



The treatment of swamp or humus soils, F. H. King 536 



FERTILIZERS. 



Fertilizing value of "lake mud, " F. W. Woll 543 



Commercial fertilizers 538 



Potash and its function in agriculture, H. W. Wiley 539 



Experiments on the availability of fertilizer nitrogen. S. W. Johnson, E. H. 



Jenkins, and W. E. Britton 540 



Needed reforms in fertilizer inspection 543 



The Wisconsin fertilizer law 543 



FIELD CROPS. 



Cowpeas ( J igna catjang), J. G. Smith 551 



The cowpea, S. M. Tracy and E. R. Lloyd 551 



Observations on the growth of maize continuously on the same land for nine 



years, E. H. Jenkins 551 



Timothy in the prairie region, T. A. Williams 552 



Seeding grass lands without a nurse crop, W. A. Henry 553 



Experiments in growing tobacco with different fertilizers : Final report on the 



fermented crops of 1895, E. H. Jenkins 519 



Experiments in growing tobacco with different fertilizers in 1896, E.H. Jenkius. 549 



