II CONTENTS. 



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The determination of pentose,s and pentosans, E. Krober and C. Rimbach 9 



]MHploynient of pentosan determination in testing vegetable materials and 



paper stock, E. Krober and C. Eimbach, reported ])y B. Tollens 10 



On the alleged reaction of brncin on nitrous acid, G. Lunge 10 



Behavior of nitric and nitrous acids toward brucin sulphuric acid, L. W. 



Winkler 10 



The present status of the chemistr)' of alVnnnin 10 



The effect of nascent chlorin upon proteids, R. Ehrenfeld 10 



The coagulable material in the white of egg, L. Langstein 10 



The fluorin content of teeth and bones, I, Jodlbauer 10 



Miscellaneous analyses, C. H. Jones and B. 0. White 10 



New apparatus in water analysis, G. E. Thomas and C. A. Hall 10 



New extraction apparatus, A. Landsiedl 10 



A drying oven with circulation of air, W. Gallenkamp 10 



BOTANY. 



The flora of the metamorphic region of Alabama, F. S. Earle 10 



Changed conditions of Iowa flora incident to settlement of State, L. H . Pammel . 10 



Review of the most useful plants of the family Leguminosae, E. Goeze 11 



Notes on the northeastern Carices of the section Hyparrhenee, M. L. Fernald. . 11 



The variations of some boreal Carices, M. L. Fernald 11 



The arrangement of the air canals in the stalks of Nymphajas,- M. T. Masters. 11 



Behavior of mutilated seedlings, B. I). Halsted 11 



The embryology and germination of the genus Peperomia, D. 8. Johnson 11 



On kaki-shibu, a fruit juice in technical application in Japan, M. Tsukamoto. 11 



On the formation of asparagin in the metat)olism of shoots, U. Suzuki 12 



The amount of soluble albumin in different parts of plants, H. Uno 12 



On the juice of the pseudotrunk of Musa basjoo in winter time, S. Sawa 12 



The poisonous action of quinone, T. Furuta 13 



Are caffein and antipyrin in high dilutions poisonous to plants? S. Sawa 13 



Has urea any poisonous action on phu-nogams? S. Sawa 13 



The poisonous action of potassium persulphate on plants, S. Sawa 13 



The peculiar r(Me of magnesia and sulji hates in plant growth, R. Duuiont 14 



Influence of different ratios of lime and magnesia on plants, K. Aso 14 



To what extent should soil be limed ? T. Furuta 14 



The lime content of phanerogamic parasites, K. Aso 14 



The lime factor for different crops, O. Loe w 14 



Are our native horsetails and ferns poisonous? L. R. Jones 14 



Germination of Basidiomycetous spores, Margaret E. Ferguson 14 



Physiology of sea water, R. H. True 15 



Water as a plant food, W. H. Jordan 15 



METEOROLOGY — CLIMATOLOGY. 



Annual summary of meteorological observations in the United States, 1901.. 15 



Monthly Weather Review, Vol. XXX, Nos. 1-3 15 



Summaries of temperature, rainfall, and sunshine, E. F. Ladd 16 



Meteorology of 1901, Scotland, A. Buchan 16 



Meteorological observations in Tunis, 1901-2, G. Ginestous 16 



Report on meteorological observations made at Chiswick in 1901, E. Mawley. 16 



A study of the climate of Tunis, G. Ginestous 16 



The Third International Hail Protection Congress, Lyons, 1901, J. Vander- 



vaeren 16 



The mechanism and causation of hot waves, H. M. W^atts 17 



Sixth annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station of Ploti, 1900 17 



The develojiment of a soil survey, F. K. Cameron 18 



The soil as an economic and social factor, F. K. Cameron 18 



The investigation of cultivated soils, O. Vibrans 18 



Agricultural soil studies, H. Dubbers 18 



Studies on cultivated soil, T. Schloesing 18 



Soils of North Dakota, E. F. Ladd. 18 



Soil moisture study, A. M. Ten Eyck 18 



