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Concentration of the nutrient solution and rate of growth of plants, Stilea 223 



The summer rest of bulbs and herbaceous perennials, Howard 223 



The rest period in pot-gi-own woody plants, Howard 223 



The relative transpiration of white-pine seedlings, Burns 224 



The visible effects of the Schumann rays on protoplasm, Bovie 224 



The later researches on anthocyan, Keegan 224 



Micro-organisms in silage, Mundy 224 



An improved nonabsorbing porous cup atmometer, Shive 224 



FIELD CROPS. 



Dry farming investigations in western North Dakota, Thysell et al 225 



Dry farming in Egypt, Alchevski 225 



[Report on the progress of farm crops investigations] 225 



Growing field root, vegetable, and flower seeds in Canada, Malte and Macoun. . 226 



Farm crops, Zavitz 226 



Work in the nurseries and distribution of plants, Birkinshaw 227 



! Field experiments], Birt 227 



Field experiments], Basu 227 



■rrowing forage crops for hogs, Snapp 227 



Native pasture grasses of the United States, Griffiths et al 227 



Pasture problems: Response of individual species under manures, Stapledon. . 227 



Tanks for determination of water requirements of grasses, von Seelhorst 228 



Grasses and clovers on the Murrumbidgee iiTigation area, !McDiarmid. 228 



Experiments on maniu-ing grass at Moorlands Farm, Warwickshire, Parke 228 



Universal hay tonnage table. Chestnut 228 



Western hay tonnage table. Chestnut 228 



Grain inspection in Canada, Magill 228 



The peas and beans of Burma, Thompstone and Sawyer 229 



Soy beans and cowj^eas, Kiesselbach 229 



Soil physics and moisture in relation to ahaha, McNeely and Kable 229 



Effect of frequent cutting on water requirement of ahah'a, Briggs and Shantz. . 230 



Barley in Great Plains area: Relation of cultural methods, Chilcott et al 230 



Field beans, a profitable West Virginia crop. Cook 231 



Hardier spineless cactus, Griffiths 231 



Corn in the Great Plains area: Relation of cultural methods, Chilcott et al 231 



A new and proUfic ^-ariety of cotton. Carver 232 



[Flax growing], BoUey 232 



Fiber flax, Miles ._ 232 



Oats in the Great Plains area: Relation of cultural methods, Chilcott et al 232 



Potato breeding and selection, Stuart 233 



Report of the Prickly Pear Experimental Station, Dulacca, White 233 



The prickly-pear problem in Australia, Juritz 233 



Some observations on Upper Burma paddy (grown under irrigation) , Thompstone . 234 



The transplanting of [rice], McGowan 234 



Notes on the hydrocyanic acid content of sorghum, Willaman and West 234 



Soy beans, an important West Virginia crop, Cook and Kemp 235 



Saccharose formation in the sugar beet, Cohn 235 



Sweet potato [experiments]. Watts 235 



The early agricultural history of timothy, Piper and Bort 235 



A text-book on tobacco, Werner 235 



Relation between dry matter and winter resistance of winter wheats, Sinz 235 



Hard wheats winning their way, Carleton 235 



HORTICULTURE. 



g'rogress report on horticultural investigations] 235 



ivision of horticulture. — Summary of results, 1914, !Macoun et al 236 



The university farm garden, Dacy 237 



Cabbage, cauliflower, turnip, rape, and other crucifers. Brooks 238 



How to grow muskmeions, Lloyd 238 



Arboriculture in Spain, Priego 238 



Annual report on the Fruit Experiment Station, Shillong, 1914, Holder 238 



[Final reports of the Royal Commission on the Fruit Industry] 238 



New or noteworthy fruits. III, Hedrick 238 



Experimental results in young orchards in Pennsylvania, Stewart 238 



Making old orchards profitable, Greene 240 



