11 CONTENTS. 



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Analysis of commercial glucose, etc., H. Pellet 713 



The determination of salicylic acid in wine, H. Mastbaum 713 



Chemical division. New Zealand Department of Agriculture, B. C. Aston 713 



Chemical division, H. J. Wheeler 713 



Progress in the field of agricultural chemistry during 1900, H. G. Soderbaum. 713 



Select methods in food analysis, H. Leffmann and W. Beam 713 



An apparatus for ash estimations, H. Wislicenus 713 



An apparatus for determining fat, H. J. Wheeler and B. L. Hartwell 713 



A continuous hydrogen sulphid apparatus, H. Koch 714 



An automatic filter washer, J. M. Pickel 714 



On the measurements of high temperatures, H. Wanner 714 



Report on a botanical survey of the Dismal Swamp region, T. H. Kearney . . . 714 



The origin and distribution of the cocoa palm, O. F. ( "ook 714 



The Cupressefe, P. Mouillefert 714 



Brazilian stink grass, F. M. Bailey 714 



The mushroom book, Nina L. Marshall 715 



Studies on the means of dispersal of seeds, M. Kronfeld 715 



Plants as water carriers, B. D. Halsted 715 



The transmission of stimuli in plants, B. Nemec 715 



Investigations on the respiration of olives, C. GerVjer 715 



The influence of alkaloids on the respiration of plants, N. Morkowine 716 



Poisonous action of mercury on green plants, J. W^ Dafert 716 



Fixation of metals by cell walls of plants, H. Devaux 716 



On the occurrence of organic iron compounds in plants, U. Suzuki 717 



On the distribution of zinc in plants, L. La1)and 717 



Contributions to the physiological knowledge of the tea plant, U. Suzuki 717 



On the localization of thein in tea leaves, U. Suzuki 71 7 



On the role of oxidase in the preparation of commercial tea, K. Aso 717 



On the economic importance of Nitragin, Maria Dawson 718 



The nature of the bacteroids of the leguminous nodule, etc., R. G. Smith 718 



Descriptions of leguminous tubercle bacteria, S. Burrage 718 



Spermatogenesis and fecundation of Zamia, H. J. Webber 719 



ZOOLOGY'. 



Insectivorous birds 719 



The food of the myrtle warbler, C. M. Weed and N. Dearborn 719 



The rat-destroying bacilli discovered by Danysz, J. Kiester and P. Kutgen. . . 719 



Corynethri.r pxi ittlotnbcrculosis murium, Bongert 719 



Zoological Record, D. Sharp 720 



Laws for protection of birds and game in District of Columbia, T. S. Palmer. 720 



METEOROLOGY — CLIMATOLOGY. 



Meteorological observations, J. E. Ostrander and H. L. Bodfish 720 



Meteorology, W. Frear and C. W. Norris 720 



Report of the meteorologist, N. Helme 721 



The ammonia in meteoric water and in red rain, A. Casali 721 



The dust fall of March 10 and 11, 1901, H. Svoboda 722 



The chemical and meteorological history of the atmosphere, J. Stevenson 722 



Climate and the effects of climate, H. R. Mill 722 



Climate, vegetation, and drainage of Cascade Mountains, etc., I. C. Russel 722 



Agricultural meteorology of district of Leon, Mexico, etc., J. M. Garcia Muiioz. 722 



Meteorological atlas of the Argentine Republic, E. A. S. Delachaux 722 



The hail protection congress of Novare, Italy, V. Vermorel 722 



The influence of cannonading on rain and storms, J. M. Pernter 722 



Shooting away hailstorms, E. P. Lyle, jr 722 



Weather shooting in ancient times, J. M. Pernter 722 



Driving frost from fruit, M. Tindal 722 



How is temperature measured? K. Arndt 722 



Instructions for the care and management of sunshine recorders, C. F. Marvin. 722 



The forecaster and the newspaper, H. M. Watts 722 



