METEOROLOGY. 507 



On the assimilation of nitrates by plants, E. Di'-MorssY {Com/)!. Hiiul., 119 

 {1S94), \i>. :'>,j>p. Si!S-s;i). 



Root tubercle bacteria and their interchangeability toward different 

 legumes {Abs. in Sla:. Sper. Aijr. ItaL, 27 {1894), Xo. 2, p. 224). 



The effect of quicklime on root tubercles, Salficld (Deitf. landw. J'resse, 21 

 (1S94), Xo. 10//, p. 9ii2). — A short aiticle in which the author gives a<l(li.tional reasons 

 for his attributiug to quicklime in his experiment elsewhere reported (p. 533) au 

 injurious action on root tubercles. 



The action of lime on root tubercles, Vreize {Dent, landw. Presae, 21 {1894), 

 No. 9<1, pp. 895, 89G). — A short article questioning the correctness of Salfeld's 

 hypothesis that quicklime destroys root tubercles. 



The respiration of leaves, L. Maquexne {Ann. Agron., 20 {1894), Xo. 11, pp. 

 528-533). — An abstract of this article was printed in E. 8. R., 6, p. 193. 



Influence of colored light on production and transpiration of plants, E. 

 WOLLNY {Fin-sch. Ceh. (q/r. Phi/s., 17 {1894), Xo. 3 and 4, pp. 317-333; ahs. in Bot. 

 Centbl., 00 {1894), Xo. 7, pp. 21G-21S). 



Hybridization without crossing, or false hybridization. A, Millardet {Mem. 

 Soc. Sci. Phys. et Xat. Bordeaux, ser. 4, 4 {1894), No. 2, pp. 347-372). 



Text-book on botany, E. SxRASBrRcjER, F. Noll, H. Schexck, andF. W. Schimpkr 

 {Lehrhucli dev Botanickfiir Hochschulen. Jena: Gustav Fischer, pp. 558, fiys. 577). 



FERMENTATION— BACTERIOLOGY. 



Action of certain bacteria under high pressure, H. Roger (Compf. Bend., 119 

 {1894), iVo. SS, pp. 903-905). 



Researches on the antiseptic power of formic aldehyde, H. Pottevi {Ann. 

 Inst. Pasteur, 8 {1894), Xo. 11, pp. 796-810). 



The action of sulphate of copper, phenic acid, and salts of iron, lead, and 

 mercury on yeast, H. H. Mann {Ann. Inst. Pasteur, 8 {1894), No. 11, pp. 785-795). 



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

 1824, pp. 228-230; No. 1825, pp. 241-244; No. 1826, pp. 251, 252; and No. 1827, pp. 

 263,204). 



METEOROLOGY. 



Some interrelations of climatology and horticulture, L. H. 



Bailey (T. *S'. Dept. Agr., Weather Bureau Bui. II, pi. i\ BpU Internat. 

 Meteoroloij. Congress, I8f>3, pi. 2, pp. 431-13')). — Local climate exerts a 

 most powerful influence upon tlie plants which one attemps to grow; 

 it becomes the controlling- factor in eveiy scheme of rural industry. 

 The climatal liujit of any crop, in all directions, is an exceedingly 

 irregular one, j)resenting a series of sharp curves; that is, the local 

 variations of climate determine the distribution of cultivated plants. 



The horticulturist is vitally interested in the climate of his partic- 

 ular neighborhood; and it is the study of this local climate in its- 

 relation to plant life which must bring him the greatest good from 

 climatological science. 



Meteorological records should be expressed in terms of plant life 

 rather than in terms of degrees of temj)erature or other numerical 

 standards. For instance, the peach growers of a certain geographical 

 area might make observations for a number of years upon the relative 



