II CONTENTS. 



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Identification of artificial coloring matter in mustard, P. Bohrisch 846 



The composition of turmeric, A. E. Leach 846 



Chemical examination of preservatives for meat, and. meat products, E. 



Polenske 846 



The quantitative estimation of carbamates, J. J. R. Macleodand II. D. Ilaskins. 846 



Chemistry of protein bodies of wheat kernel, T. B. Osborne and I. F. Harris. 846 



( >n a globulin occurring in I lie chestnut, W. E. Barlow 847 



A study of vegetable proteids, E. Cavazzani 847 



The occurrence of peptone in seeds, W. K. Mack 847 



Certain carbohydrate reactions, I, II. and 0. Adler 847 



BOTANY. 



The growth of plants in atmospheres enriched in carbon dioxid, E. Demoussy. 847 



The influence of carbon dioxid of the soil on plants, E. Demoussy 847 



Variation in rate of increase in growth of plants, Miss M. Stefanowska 848 



Effect of colored light on growth of plants, silkworms, etc., C. Flammarion .. 848 



Influence of light on carotin and on destruction of enzyms, F. A. F. C. Went. 848 



Viridescense and proliferation produced by parasites, M. Molliard 848 



Solution of reserve material in cell walls of seed during germination, A. R. 



Michniewicz 848 



Action of formaldehyde on respiration of plants, A. Benedicenti and G. B. de 



Toni *. 849 



Physics and physiology of protoplasmic streaming in plants, A. J. Ewart 849 



Investigations on the acidity of plants, E. Charabot and A. Hebert 849 



Localization of thein in the tea plant, A. Nestler 850 



Soil inoculation for legumes, G. T. Moore 850 



Cultures of plants in presence of alga? and bacteria, Bouilhac and Giustiniani. . 851 



The utilization of the nitrogen of the air by plants, A. Stutzer 851 



Report of the agricultural station, Vienna, 1903, F. Dafert and K. Kornauth.. 851 



Notes on mycorrhiza occurring On lateral roots of peppers, J. de Cordemoy 851 



Symbiosis between fungi and bacteria, E. Zederbauer 852 



Seed and Plant Introduction, Inventory No. 10, D. G. Fairchild 852 



ZOOLOGY. 



Biological and economic significance of coloration of animals, L. Adametz 852 



The mammals of Great Britain and Ireland, J. G. Millais 852 



The hamster in Belgium from 1899 to 1904, P. Derwa 852 



Combating animal pests by means of micro-organisms, K. Kornauth 853 



Hypodermic injections of Bacillus typhimurium, A. Cugini and C. Manicardi.. 853 



The use of bacterial cultures in destroying rats and mice, C. O. Jensen 853 



Prevention of damage 1 >y rats, M . Roberts 853 



Inland fisheries and game of the State of Maine, 1904, L. T. Carleton et al 853 



Warning against trespass on the Breton Island reservation, J. Wilson 853 



Scientific work in the natural history of vermes, von Linstow et al 853 



The Birds of North and Middle America, III, R. Ridgway 853 



Birds of New Jersey, S. R. Morse 854 



Saskatchewan birds, R. T. Congdon 854 



The economic value of our native birds, II. A. Surface 854 



Directions for collecting birds' stomachs, C. H. Merriam 854 



Protection of seed against crows 854 



METEI IKOLOGY CLIMATOLOGY. 



The evolution of climate, Mi Manson 854 



Meteorological observations, J. E. Ostrander and ( j. W. Patch 854 



Meteorological report, 1902-3, 1903-4 854 



Meteorological summary, 1903-4 , 854 



Meteorology, C. B. Ridgaway 854 



Weather conditions at Manor Farm, Garforth, E. P. Kaye 855 



Meteorological and river observations 855 



Work of the station of agricultural climatology at Juvisy, 1903, C. Flammarion. 855 



Radiation and terrestrial temperature, C. G. Abbot 855 



Diurnal and annual periods of temperature, humidity, etc., H. H. Clayton... 855 



The absorption of light by the atmosphere, A. Bemporod , 855 



