METEOROLOGY. 389 



Contributions to life histories of plants, T. Meehax (Proc. Phil. Acad. Sci., 

 lS9i, pt. '^, pp. 163-171). — Articles ;iro contributed on the morphology of bractless 

 iutiorescence, purple -leaved phints, the origin of the apical cell, the fall of the leaf 

 iu holly, and bees and honeysuckles. 



Do plants use the nitrogen of the air ? C. M. Aikman (Agr. Jour. Cape Colony, 

 7 (,l'^04), Xo. -20, PI). 4h2, 463).— .S. popular resumd. 



The inorganic material of plants, Z. Espejo {Bol. Nac. Agr., IS {1SD4), No. 16 

 and 16, pp. 37S-.!S()). 



On the presence of methyl salicylic ether in plants, E. Bourquelot {Compt. 

 Rend., 119 {1S94), No. 19, pp. S02-S04). — P\)und iu Gaaltheria procnmhens, G. punctata, 

 G. Jcschenaiiltii, Betiila lenta, Polygala alba, P. senega, P. vulgaris, and Alonotropa. 

 hypopitgs. 



FERMENTATION— BACTERIOLOGY. 



The role of bacteria in agriculture, H. Wii.FARrii {Ztschr. landw. Cent. Ver. 



Sachsen, 1894, No. S, pp. :?S1-2S7) 



Preparing culture media, J. L Smith (Intcrnat. Jour. Micr. and Nat. ScL, 4 

 {1S94), scr. .3, pp. 369-371)-. 



Plate cultures of anaerobic bacteria, F G. Now {Ccntbl. Bakt. und Par., 16 

 {1S94), No. 14, pp. 566-571, figs. J).— Descriptions of apparatus and details of opera- 

 tions and results. 



Action of light on bacteria and fungi, H. M. Ward {Chem. News, 70 {1894), No. 

 1824, pp. 2.'S-230; No. 1825, pp. 241-244).— K lecture delivered at the Royal Institu- 

 tion of Great Britain. 



On the production of gaseous formic aldehyde for disinfection, R. Cambier 

 and A. Brochet (Compt. L'cnd., 119 {1894), No. 15, pp. 607-609). 



The antiseptic properties of formol (formic aldehyde), A. Trillo {Compt. 

 Rend., 119 (1894), No. 14, pp. 563-565). 



ZOOLOGY. 



Pocket gophers and moles, C. L. Newman [Arkansas t<ta. Bnl. 28., 

 pp. 108-113), — Notes on tlic life history and damage caused by pocket 

 gophers {Geojui/s hreviceps), with accounts of the methods employed in 

 destroying them. Corn, rye, and peas soaked in strychnin were put 

 into the burrows, and cotton or rags saturated with bisulphid of carbon 

 were introduced into the holes and the openings closed with earth, 

 but with small success. Steel traps buried in the bottom of the bur- 

 rows were found much more effective. 



Moles were caught by locating the points where they were work- 

 ing, pressing in the freshly made burrows on each side of the animals 

 and throwing them out of the ground with a sweep of a spade 



METEOROLOGY. 



On protection against night frosts, H. E. Hamberg (A'///.Xa?irf^. 

 Akad. Handl. Tidskr., 33 [1894), pp. 125-127).— T\\\^ is a synopsis of a 

 paper delivered before the Royal Swedish xVgricultural Academy and 

 treating mainly of the investigations of Lemstrom and Homen on this 

 subject. 



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