II CONTENTS. 



BOTANY. 



Page. 



The relation of nutrition to the health of plants, A. F. Woods o28 



Investigations on the utilization of ternary compounds by plants, P. Ma//- 329 



Cane sugar as a reserve material in phanerogams, E. Bourquelot 32i> 



Starch of evergreen leaves and its relation to photosynthesis, K. Miyake 32!t 



Photosynthesis in light rays of different wave lengths, A. Richter 329 



The transformation of oil in seed dui'ing their germination, P. Maze 33t) 



The growth of alfalfa in nonealcareous soils, P. P. Deherainand E. l)e;ii;)ussy. 3.'!0 



Comparative resistance to high temperatures of fungus spores, Abigail ()' Br ieu . 330 



The digestion of mannane in the tubercles of orchids, H. Herissey 330 



The endophytic fungi of orchids, G. T. ( irignan 330 



KKKMENTATION nA(TKUI()L( )( ; Y. 



Diagnosis of bacteria, T. INIatzuschita 331 



Treatise of bacteriology, V. "SI iquel anc I R. Cambier 331 



Composition of albuminoids and cell men)branes of fungi and bacteria, K. S. 



I wanoff - 331 



Denitrification, H. Weissenherg 332 



Department of bacteriology, K. F. Pernot 332 



Report of Moscow Bacteriological Agricultural Station for 1901, S. Severin... 332 

 The relation between the so-called Alinit bacteria, Barillu>i eJleiihaclicnai'', 



B. megatherium, and B. subtilis, B. Heinze 332 



Nitrogen assimilating bacteria, Gerlach and Yogel 332 



Notes and observations on nitrifying bacteria, R. Helms 332 



The aerobic retting of flax, L. Hauman 332 



A variety of hog-cholera bacillus closely resembling BaciJhii< ti/phusus, M. 1 )i )r.-^ct . 333 



Oysters and sewage in Narragansett Bay, C. A. Fuller 333 



Observations on Burillus coli communis, V. A. Moore and F. R. Wright 333 



Apparent identity of the cultural reactions of Bacillus coli communis and. certain 



lactic bacteria, S. C. Prescott 334 



Toxicity of water toward pathogenic bacteria, H. L. Russell 334 



Effect of low temperatures upon pathogenic organisms, C. M. Belli 331 



On the germicidal action of the organic peroxids, F. G. Novy and P. C. Freer. 334 



Tryptophane in proteolysis, S. H. Vines 335 



Thesymbiosis between Amylomyces andaspecies of Micrococcus, P. Vuillemin . 335 



Action of tannin and coloring matter on the activity of yeasts, A. Rosenstiehl. 335 



Notes on the enzyms of the Japanese sake-yeast, T. Takahashi 335 



New form of incubator and thermoregulator for bacteriological work, H. V.. 



Ward 335 



ZOOLOGY. 



A ])iological investigation of the Hudson Bay region, E. A. Prei>li 336 



The ] )rairie dog of the ( Jreat Plains, C. Hart Merriam 33(3 



Killing woodchucks with carbon bisulphid, C. M. Weed 336 



The suslik in Germany, A. Jacobi 336 



Ravages of rabbits in Germany and experiments in their control, A. Jacobi 



and O. Appel 336 



Combating the mouse pest by meansof the bacillus of Mereshkovvski, Y. Kozai. 337 



Resistance of rats to carbonic and sulphurous acids, J. P. Langlois and A. Loir. 337 



Protection of useful birds, C. W. Peterson 337 



Necessity for the preservation of our insect-destroying birds, C. French 337 



Two vanishing game birds — the woodcock and the wood duck, A. K. Fisher. . 337 



The winter habits of the red-headed woodpecker, H. A. Winkenwerder 338 



Regulations for importation of eggs of game birds for i)ropagation, J. Wilson . 338 



Interstate commerce in birds and game, J. Wils( m 338 



Importation of reptiles into Hawaii, J. Wilson 338 



Zoological yearbook for 1 901 , P. Mayer 338 



METEOROLOGY CUM ATOLCUi Y. 



The Chinook winds, A . T. Burrows 338 



Sun spots and wind, A. B. MacDowall 338 



Meteorological observations, C. B. Ridgaway 339 



Comparison of temperature and rainfall of 1900 with ])revious years, E. R. 



Demain i .......... ^ .. i .. ^ ^ i ^ ^ . ^ 339 



