H CONTENTS. 



BOTANY. 



Tage. 



Report of tbe botanist, II. Garman 1024 



[nvestigations on the ripening- of fleshy fruits, C. Gerber 1025 



Respiration of plants at low temperatures, E. Ziegenbein 1026 



The action of alcohol on the germination of fuugus spores, P. Lesage 1026 



FERMENTATION BACTERIOLC >GY. 



The occurrence of alcoholic ferments in nature and their transportation, A. 



Berlese '— 1028 



METEOROLOGY. 



Meteorological observations, 1896-'97, W. B. Alwoocl 1034 



Special meteorological features of the year 1895, F. Houdaille 1032 



The daily measurement of dew in 1895, F. Houdaille 1032 



Causes of the maximum rates of evaporation in the climate of Montpellier, 



F. Houdaille 1032 



Variations in winds in the climate of .Montpellier, F. Houdaille 1033 



Actinometric observations during the year 1895, A. Crova 1033 



Division of meteorology, V. E. Muncy 1033 



WATER — SOILS. 



Tobacco soils of the United States, M. Whitney 1035 



The moisture of the soil in 1893 and 1896, F. Houdaille 1038 



On the improvement of humus soils, J. Dumont 1038 



Ou the question of the decomposition of nitrates by bacteria, S. A. Sewerin.. 1040 



FERTILIZERS. 



Absorptive powers of litter for ammonium carbonate, N. Passeriui 1041 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, L. L. Van Slyke 1042 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, B. W. Kilgore et al 1014 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, W. C. Stubbs 1044 



"Natural plant food;" claims made for it and its value, B. W. Kilgoro 1043 



Artificial fertilizers from apatite and similar mineral phosphates, G. E. Broms.. 1042 



Fertilizer experiments in Smaalenene, Norway, F. H. Wereuskiold 1043 



FIELD CROPS. 



Second report on potato culture, I. P. Roberts and L. A. Clinton 1044 



Sugar beets in Michigan in 1897. C. I ». Smith and R. ('. Kedzie 1045 



Field experiments with wheat, J. F. Hickman 1046 



Winter pasture, E. II. Lloyd 1048 



HORTICULTURE. 



Indoor lettuce culture, W. Stuart 1048 



Forcing tomatoes — comparison of methods of training and benching, S. A. 



Beach 1051 



Third report upon Japanese plums, L. II. Bailey 1053 



Variety tests with raspberries, blackberries, aud dewberries, W. Paddock 1052 



Strawberries in 1897, W. Paddock 1052 



Strawberries, L. R. Taft aud H. P. Gladden 1053 



SEELS — WEEDS. 



First Ohio weed manual, A. D. Selby 1054 



Ou the destruction of wild mustard 1055 



