II CONTENTS. 



botany. Page. 



Report of the botanist, II. L. Bolley L3] 



A museum of economic botany, \V. < ;. Freeman L32 



Dictionary of plant names of Philippine Islands, E. I >. .Merrill 132 



Philippine agricultural products, F. Lamson-Scribner 1 Mi? 



The American element in the Philippine flora, E. D.Merrill L32 



New or noteworthy plants. E. I >. Merrill 132 



The cultivation of drug plants in the United states. II. II. True L32 



Development of the bacteria of leguminous plants in soils. Steglich 132 



Experiments on effect of copper sulphate in soil on plant grow th. Steglich 133 



Two types of intramolecular respiration of higher plants, A. I. Nabokikh 1."..'! 



( >n the nature <>f the middle lamella. II. Devaux 133 



A preliminary note on the action of the radiations from radium bromid on 



some organisms, II. II. Dixon and J. T. Wigham 134 



ZOOLOGY. 



The economic value of the bobwhite, S. D. Judd 134 



Importation of game birds ami eggs for propagation, T. 8. Palmer and H.Oldys. 134 



Some new facts about the migration of birds, W. W. Cooke.. .- 135 



Causes of the diminution in the number of useful birds, A. Truelle L35 



Birds in relation to agriculture, Gunning 135 



Kabbit destruction L35 



Trapping rabbits inside fences. T. Potter 135 



I lestruction i if rats. <;. < randara 135 



Usefulness of the American toad. A. II. Kirkland 135 



Economic value of Pennsylvania animals to agriculture, H. A. Surface 135 



Swedish zoological expedition to Egypt and the White Nile, ].. A. Jagerskiold 135 



I lestruction of vermin 135 



METEOROLOGY — ( I.IMATi >I.< IGY. 



Weather bureau stations and their duties, J. Kenealy 135 



Use of Weather bureau records in court, II. .1. Cox < L36 



Meteorological observations, J. E. Ostrander, F. F. Henshaw, and G. II. Patch. 136 



Precipitation for twenty-nine years at Dodge City, Kans.. E. I >. Emigh 136 



Summaries of temperatures, rainfalls, and sunshines, E. F. Ladd 136 



Meteorological conditions in Norway, 1902 136 



Relation of precipitation to yield of corn, J. W. Smith 136 



Avoiding danger of night frosts by application of frost torches, S. Lemstrom.. 136 



WATER — soll.s. 



[Analyses of water], P. Carmody 136 



.Methods used for controlling and reclaiming sand dunes, A. S. Hitchcock 136 



Drift-sand reclamation work, T. R. Sim -. 137 



Soil studies, E. F. Ladd and II. M'Guigan 137 



Some results of investigations in soil management, F. H. King , 137 



Some foil problems for practical farmers, F. C. Chilcott IMS 



"Sour" or acid soils and their treatment, H. G. Fourcade ^... 138 



The relation of humus to plant growth, V. II. Davis 138 



Factors of availability of plant food, G. S. Fraps 138 



FERTILIZERS. 



Experiments with nitrogenous fertilizers, H. J. Patterson 138 



Sup]. lying the nitrogen requirements of plants from the atmosphere, Steglich. 139 



On the preservation of liquid manure, J. Sebelien and E. Forfang L39 



( )n the fineness of slaked lime, II. von Feilitzen 139 



Pot experiments with superphosphate, Thomas slag, etc., A. Rindell 139 



( ^operative field experiments with Thomas slag and kainit, A. Rindell 139 



Experiments with commercial fertilizers, F. F. Ladd 139 



( )n calcium cvanamid, II. von Feilitzen 140 



Fertilizers, R. E. Hose and E. E. McLin 140 



Commercial fertilizers 140 



Fertilizers, P.. W. Kilgore 140 



Law regulating the sale of commercial fertilizers, E. F. Ladd 140 



