II CONTENTS. 



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The jthvlogenv oi the cotyledon, H. L. Lyon 420 



Some iietrleeted factors in'discuspioiis of heredity, (1. J. Peirce 420 



Soil teaiperatures and vegetation, D. T. JMacDougal 420 



On the distribution of acids in stems, leaves, and iiowers, A. Astruc 420 



A simple method for demonstrating the translocation of starch, S. M. Bain ... 421 



Testing for mannose, F. H. Storer 421 



The effect of acetylene gaslight on plant growth, F. W. Rane 421 



The specific individuality of root-tuhercle bacteria, H. Buhlert ; 421 



The fixation of nitrogen by leguminous plants, T. Remy 421 



Nitrogen assimilation and proteid formation of plants, T. Czapek 422 



Germinativc power of the conidia of Aspergillus orijziv, Mary F. Hiller 422 



Stimulating action of soluble salts of copper on Penwillinm glaucum, Le Renard . 422 



The resistance of some molds to metallic poisons, C. Pulst._ 422 



Preliminary notes on some new species of fungi, G. F. Atkinson 422 



The plivsiologv of sea water, R. H. True 423 



Publications relating to botany in library of U. S. Department of Agriculture. 423 



WATER SOILS. 



A new process for purifying potable water, P. ( ruichard 423 



Determination of the reducing capacity of natural waters, L. ^y. Winkler 423 



The rivei'-irrigating waters of Arizona, R. H. Forbes 423 



A soil study. IV, The ground water, W. P. Headden 424 



Alkali, J. i). Tinsley 426 



Drainage and flooding for the removal of alkali, J. D. Tinsley. 426 



The nMe of the plant in dissolving the plant food of the soil, P. Kossovich 427 



Influence of calcium carl)onate on the progress of decomposition of organic 



matter, P. Kossovich and I. Tretjakov 427 



The changes in soils which render them productive, A. Krainsky 427 



Denitritication in cultivated soil, G. Ampola and ('. Ulpiani 427 



Experiments on denitrifying organisms of manure, straw, etc., C. H(")flich 428 



On denitritication, H. Weissenberg 428 



Soil bacteria and the nitrogen question, A. Koch 428 



The presence of lime as dolomite in certain cultivated soils, T. L. Phipson 428 



Glacial formations and drainage features of Erie and Ohio basins, F. Leverett. 428 



The geology of Louisiana, G. D. Harris, A. ('. Veatch, and J. A. A. Pacheco. . . 428 



Science in agriculture 428 



FEKTIMZERS. 



The value of barnyard manure, C. P". Thorne and J. F. Hickman 428 



Aerobic fermentation of barnyard manure, C'. Dupont 429 



Experiments on the treatment of barnyard manure with lime, O. Reitmair 429 



Experiments with a fertilizer made from beet-sugar factory refuse, H. Svoboda. 429 



Chemical-agricultural investigations on "ligara," F. Gablirielli 429 



The green manuring of heavy soils, F. Hanusch 429 



Clover as a fertilizer, W. Saunders 430 



A study of the cultural value of fertilizers, K. Ral )ate 430 



The solvent power of different plants for mineral {)hosphates 430 



The phosphate rocks of Arkansas, J. C. Branner and J. F. Newsom 430 



Formation of oceanic salt deposits. XXVII, The artificial preparation of Pin- 



noit, J. II. van't Hoff and G . Bruni 430 



Fertilizer experiments on moor soils in Sweden 430 



The after-effect of commercial fertilizers, Bachmann 430 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, H.J. Wheeler et al 431 



FIELD CROPS. 



Silage studies, F. W. ]\Iorse 431 



Culture experiments in 1900-1901, A. Damseanx 431 



Influence of size of seed grains on yield of grain and straw, F. Lubanski 432 



Results on the experimental fields of Haute Marne 432 



Report of the Agricultural Chemical Experiment Station at Vienna in 1901 . . . 432 



Report (>f the ]\Ioor Culture Station at Karlshuld, T. Mayer 432 



Economic notes on some of the grasses in southwest Missouri, S. A. Hoover. . 432 



Forage conditions of central Montana, F. A. Spragg 432 



The summer ranges of western Nevada sheep, P. B, Kennedy and S. B. Doten. 432 



