CONTENTS. Ill 



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 Rei'urri'iu'e of rain — the relation lietwci'ii the moon's motion in declination anil 



the (luantity of rain in New H" )nth Wales, H. C. Russell 847 



Instruetions for obtaining and tahulating records from recording instruments, 



C. F. Marvin 847 



On the inverse relation of chlorin to rainfall, W. Ackroyd 847 



Weather maps, W. N. Shaw - 847 



International catalogue of scientific literature. F — Meteorology 847 



WATER SOILS. 



Contributions from testing station for water sujiply and sewage disposal of 



Berlin, A. Schmidtmann and ('. (Tunther 847 



Pnriiication of drinking water by distillation, G. Coupan 847 



Artesian water in the State of (Queensland, Australia, R. L. Jack 847 



Movementsof underground waters of Northwest Yorkshire, W. W. Wattsetal. 847 



On the distribution of chlorin in Yorkshire, 11, W. Ackroyd 848 



On the circulation of salt and its geological bearings, W. Ackroyd 848 



Supply of sodium and chlorin by the rivers to the sea, E. Dubois 848 



On the diffusion of water in humus soils, E. Blanck 848 



The soils of Dominica, F. Watts 848 



Geology regarded in its economic a{)i)lication to agriculture, J. R. Kilroe 849 



The soun-e of nitrogen in forest soil, R. G. Zon 849 



The natural improvement of soils, p]. B. V'oorhees 849 



Studies on distribution of lime in soils of vineyards, J. Dufour and 11. Faes . . 849 



A contribution to the chemical study of peat soils, G. Ongaro 849 



On the treatment of nu >or s( lils, ( i. Grotenfelt 849 



Occurrence of phosphatic nodules and ])hosphate-bearing rock, J. Rhodes 849 



A case for soi^ investigations, R. Thiele 849 



FERTILIZERS. 



Peat soil as a soil amendment, H. von Feilitzen 849 



Ammoniacal and nitric nitrogen, S. Hals 850 



Ftilization of atmospheric nitrogen by agricultural plants, M. (^erlach 850 



Notes on nitrification organisms, W. Omelianski - 850 



Are there bacteria which assimilate free nitrogen? A. A. Bonneina 850 



The nitrogen content of the seed of lupines used as fertilizer, N. Passerini 850 



The preservation of barnyard manure, T. Pfeiffer 850 



Compost heap and its management, M. Sanl 850 



On the utilization of night soil in Euroi)ean cities, J. Sebelien 850 



On ex])eriments with manure and artificial fertilizers, O. Omre 851 



On the manuring of the soil in Algiers and Tunis, G. Ryf 851 



Organization of local fertilizer experiments in European countries, A. Rindell. 851 



The sup] (lying of theplios|)h()ric acid re(]uirements of plants, P. Wagner 851 



On the (juestion of rendering phospliorite soluble, I. Schulov 851 



xilgiers phosphate against Thomas phosphate, A. Ystgaard 851 



Pot experiments with fertilizers, B. Schulze 851 



Fertilizer exi)eriments with kainit and 40 per cent jiotash salt, B. Schulze.. .. 851 



Irrigation and fertilizing on domain of Grafenwerth on the Rhine, R. Schroer. 852 



Fertilizer department, B. E. McEin and R. E. Rose 852 



Report on enforcement of Missouri fertilizer-control law, H. J. Waters 852 



FIELD CROPS. 



Field experiments at Lauchstiidt, W. Schneidewind, D. INIeyer, and W. ( Jri'ibler. 852 



Fertilizer experiments on meadows, Edler 854 



Kainit and 40 per cent potash salt as fertilizers for cereals, H. Bachmann 854 



Variety tests of barley and oats, C. Fruwirth 854 



Studies of Bohemian varieties of barley, 0. Kambersky 854 



Bermuda grass, J. Fields 855 



Bermuda grass, J. S. Newman 855 



Improvement of red clover, M. Fischer 855 



Corn culture, R. J. Redding 855 



Methods of corn breeding, C. G. Hopkins 855 



Cotton, A. Oppel . . 855 



Experiments with hemp, \'. V. Viner 856 



