II CONTENTS. 



Paite. 



Browning and foaming of natural butter and margarine, P. Pollatschek 641 



Comparative viscosity of culinary fats and oils, M. Pleissner 641 



A synthesis of fat, A. E. Taylor 641 



Heat of combustion of a number of organic compounds, E. Fischer and F. 



Wrede 641 



Pure glycogen, Mme. Z. Gatin-Gruzewska 642 



Judging egg noodles, H. Liihrig 642 



Detection of artificial coloring matter in egg noodles, K. Dannenberg 642 



Concerning lupine alkaloids, E. Schmidt 642 



Concerning the alkaloids of perennial lupines, G. F. Bergh 642 



The occurrence of quinol in the pear tree, G. Riviere and G. Bailhache 642 



Micro- photography in the microscopic examination of foods, Neubauer <>42 



Bleaching woody and cork tissue in examination of spice, H. Haupt 642 



Report of chemical division, B. C. Aston 642 



Present methods of tannin analysis, J. R. Mardick 642 



Arsenic in papers and fabrics, J. K. Haywood and H. J. Warner 642 



The abstracting of current chemical literature, H. Marshall 643 



BOTANY. 



Plant morphology, O. W. Caldwell 643 



Influence of dry and moist air on form and structure of plants, P. Eberhard . . 643 



The adaptation of plants to the intensity of light, J. Wiesner 643 



Perception of the force of gravity by plants, F. Darwin 644 



Distribution of materials in kohl-rabi and carrots, Zielstorff and Beger 644 



Influence of assimilable nitrogen on root tubercle bacteria, F. Nobbe and L. 



Richter 644 



Influence of nutrition on development of root tubercles, H. Flamand 645 



Subsequent effect of soil inoculation on other plants, F. Nobbe and L. Richter. 645 



Symbiosis in the genus Lolium, E. M. Freeman 645 



Mycorrhiza and its role in the nutrition of forest trees, P. Jaccard 646 



Electricity in agriculture, E. Guarini 646 



Electricity in agriculture and horticulture, S. Lemstrbm 646 



Electricity in agriculture 646 



The present status of the question of electroculture, K. K. Khodorovski ..... 646 



METEOROLOGY — CLIMATOLOGY. 



Monthly Weather Review, V ol. XXXII, Nos. 7-11 647 



Meteorological observations, J. E. Ostrander and G. W. Patch 648 



Meteorological records for 1903 648 



Report of the meteorological council 648 



Meteorology of the [British] empire, J. Eliot 649 



Meteorological review, Nancy, 1854-1903 649 



Rainfall in the agricultural districts, E. L. Fowles 649 



The heat exchange in soil, water, and atmosphere, J. Schubert 64g 



Plants and frost, E. Vanderlinden 64g 



The relation of yield to weather factors, P. Holdefleiss 64;» 



Wind and weather, L. Weber 64g 



Influence of the diurnal rotation of the earth, M. Gorodensky 64g 



On the diurnal variations of air pressure in Berlin, R. Bornstein 649 



General circulation of atmosphere in middle and higher latitudes, W. N. Shaw. 649 



The atmosphere as an electropneumatic motor, K. Keller 649 



Electrical methods of measuring temperature 64g 



Present problems of meteorology, A. L. Rotch 64g 



International catalogue of scientific literature. F — Meteorology 64g 



WATER — SOILS. 



The underground waters of southern California, W. C. Mendenhall 649 



Recent experiments with saline irrigation, C. F. Eckart 650 



Potable waters, B. C. Aston 650 



Soil moisture: Its importance and management, J. A. Jeffery 650 



Investigations in soil fertility, M. Whitney and F. K. Cameron 650 



The centrifugal method of mechanical soil analysis, L. J. Briggs, F. O. Mar- 

 tin, and J. R. Pearce - 651 



The physical improvement of soils, J. G. Mosier 652 



