II CONTKNTS. 



Notes on sugar 1 )eets, P. F. Trowl iriiltre 523 



Sugar in swedes. I, Analytical methods, S. II. Collins 524 



Table for determination of degree Eaume, etc., H. Nove 524 



Detection of artificial sweetening agents, saccharin, in foods 524 



Estimation of saccharins in foods, H. Defournel 524 



A volumetric method for the determination of aldehydes, ^I. Ripper 524 



The occurrence and the estimation of lactic acid in wines, R. Kunz 524 



The estimation of the volatile acids and the chlorids in wines, A. Kleiber 524 



Estimation of methyl alcohol in vinegar, Robine 524 



Short method for determination of thein, A. Nestler 524 



The synthesis of indigo, J. M. Matthews 525 



Relative leather-forming value of tanning materials, J. Youl, R. \V. Griffith.. 525 



Results of comparative experiments with Freiberg hide powder, J. Paessler.. 525 



Comi)arison of methods for tannin, H. W. Wiley and W. H. Krug 525 



Comparative hide-powder tests, W. H. Krug 525 



The volumetric determination of zinc, P. H. Walker 526 



Classification of acid and alkali indicators, J. Wagner 526 



Miscellaneous analyses, C. H. Jones and B. 0. White 526 



Exhibitof Bureau of Chemistry at Pan-American Exposition, H.W. Wiley etal.. 526 



The brome grasses of W^yoming, A. Xelson 526 



Agrostological notes, F. Lamson-Scriljner and E. D. Merrill 526 



The comparative anatomy of the foliar organs of Acacia, P. Ledoux 526 



Relation between structure of beet ro(jt and its sugar content, L. Geschwind.. 526 



On the reserve carbohydrates in Arrhenalherum dulius, V. Harlay 527 



Investigations on the respiration of olives, C. Gerber 527 



The effect of smoke and gas ujion vegetation, W. A. Buckhout 527 



Action of carbon bisulphid on the growth of trees, E. Henry 528 



Factors influencing size, number, etc., of leguminous root tubercles, L. Hiltner. 528 



Physiological studies on germination of fungus spores, B. M. Duggar 528 



The significance of mycorrhiza, E. Stab 1 529 



ZOOLOGY. 



The relation of sparrows to agriculture, S. D. Judd 529 



The birds of North and Middle America, R. Ridgway 530 



Rabbits and their injuries to young trees, H. Garnian 531 



Rabbit control and destruction, A. Bruce 531 



Vermin destruction 531 



Revision of the skunks of tlie genus Chincha, A. H. Howell 531 



Rat plague, A. Edington — 531 



Researches on Trypanosoma of rats ( T. leivisi), A. Laveran and F. Mesnil 532 



Natural history of Queen Charlotte Islands, etc. , W. H. Osgood 532 



Digest of game laws for 1901 , T. S. Palmer and H . W. Olds 532 



SOILS. 



Action of various calcium and magnesium compoinids, D. Meyer 532 



The i>lant-food capital of the soils of western Germany, F. Wohltmann 533 



Humus substances as a nitrogenous constituent of the soil, A. Doyarenko 534 



Nitrifying capacity of normal soils, etc., A. V. Klucharov 535 



The humidity of the soil and denitrification, E. Giustiniani 537 



Reclamation of salt-marsh lands, T. H. Means 538 



Soil types established by Division of Soils in 1899 and 1900, M.Whitney . . 539 



FERTILIZERS. 



The action of kainit and high-percentage potash salts, M. Gerlach 539 



Assimilation of nitrogen and phosphoric acid, K. Bieler and K. Aso 539 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, C. A. Goessmann 539 



Fertilizer analyses, R. C. Kedzie and L. H. Van Wormer 540 



Analyses of connnercial fertilizers, H. J.Wheeler et al 540 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, J. L. Hills, C. H. Jones, and B. O.White 540 



