II CONTENTS. 



Page. 



New bases derived from sugars, Roux 19 



Apparatus and method used in saponifying compounded oils, P. 1 1. ( lonradson. lit 



An extraction apparatus with mercury seal, < ». von < Jzadek 19 



A new burette cock, F. Pilz 19 



Miscellaneous chemical investigations 19 



Proceedings of twentieth annual convention of Association of Official Agri- 

 cultural Chemists, L903, edited by II. W. Wiley lit 



Effects of water and aqueous solutions of inorganic substances on foliage, J. B. 



Dandem i L9 



Action of iodin and fluorin compounds on plants, S. Suzuki and K. Aso 20 



The physiological effect of rubidium chlorid on plants, O. Loew 20 



Influence of ratio between lime and magnesia on the mulberry tree, K. Aso.. 21 



Influence of ratios between lime and magnesiaupon Phaseolus, G. Daikuhara. 21 



Effect of boric acid in high dilution on plants, M. Nakamura 21 



Can potassium ferrocyanid exert stimulant action on plant gr< »wth? S. Suzuki. 21 



Influence of carbon dioxid given off by soils on plant growth, E. Demoussy.. 21 



The ascent of water in trees, ( i. Macloskie 21 



Theory of functional capacity and its significance in agriculture, L. Daniel 21 



Influence of climate and soil on transmitting power of seeds, W. W. Tracy 22 



Mutation in plants, D. T. MacDougal 23 



The latent life of plants, R. A. Robertson 23 



Further experiments in plant breeding at the experimental farms, W. Saun- 

 ders 23 



Methods in plant physiology, H. S. Keed 23 



Experiments on peas in water culture, J. Golding 23 



An ecological comparison of some typical swamp areas, S. M. Coulter 24 



Some aspects i >i desert vegetation, D. T. MacDougal 24 



Si >nie rare moor builders, R. Tolf 24 



Aberrant veil remnants in some edible agarics, W. Trelease 24 



Concerning the toxicology of Amanita muscaria, E. Harmsen 24 



M ETEOROLOG Y — CL1 M AT< ) L( )G Y. 



The climate of the Philippines, J. Algue 24 



Climatic charts of the United States 25 



M< mthly Weather Review, Xos. 1-3 25 



Report of the Mete< irological Council 26 



Meteorological observations, Mascow, Idaho, 1902, J. E. Bonebright 26 



Report of the meteorologist, N. Helme 26 



Meteorological observations, J. Haltner et al 26 



Meteorological observations, J. S. Part et al 26 



Report on radiation of international meteorological committee, J. Violle 2K 



Movement of temperature and the precession of the equinoxes, J. Peroche — 27 



Floods of the spring of lt)03, in the Mississippi watershed, H. C. Frankenfield. 27 



Instructions governing corn, wheat, cotton, sugar, and rice region service 27 



water — SOILS. 



rnderground waters of New Jersey, G. N. Knapp 27 



Water and soil conditions of Gradoand neighboring coast region, A. N. Papez. 27 



Soils and agricultural conditions of north-central Wisconsin, S. Weidman 27 



Note on scale for chemical valuation of soils, V. Edwards 28 



Methods for investigation of problems of soil and plant physiology, F. H. King. 28 

 Can plant analysis determine the content of assimilable plant food in soils? M. 



Stahl-Sch Wider 28 



The water-si iluble plant food of soils, II. Snyder 28 



Development and distribution of nitrates and total water-soluble salts in soils. 28 



Potash of the s< »il, C. Schreiber 29 



Studies on the improvement of marsh soils 29 



Report on the work of the Swedish Moor Culture Association, 1902 29 



Soil temperatures for the year 1902, J. E. Bonebright 29 



