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Synthetic medium for colon bacilli in ice cream, Ayers and Johnson, jr 415 



Determination of added Hodium chlorid in feed.s, Strigel and llandschuh. . . 415 



Use of bacterial rusts of flaxseed for determining fiber and waste, Domi-acheva. . 415 



Standard specifications for raw linseed oil from North American seed 416 



The analytical constants of hydrogenated oils, Ellis 416 



[lydrogenation of oils, Ellis 416 



Effect of pressure in preserving fruits and vegetables, Hite et al 416 



The coagulation of aloumin by pressure, Bridgman 417 



METEOROLOGY. 



The change in the climate and its cause, Marriott 417 



Meteorological observations at Massachusetts Station, Ostrander and McLain. . 418 



Climate of historical times with mediaeval weather phenomena, Norlind 418 



(Meteorological observations in Canada], Grisdale et al 418 



[Weather conditions in the British Isles in 1914] 419 



Meteorology, Leather 419 



Night radiation, Tochidlovsku 419 



The fertilizing value of rain and snow, Shutt 419 



SOILS — FERTILIZERS. 



Petrography of various soils derived from volcanic ejecta. Fry 419 



Some unusual soils that occur in Oregon, McCool 420 



The Hauraki Plains: Some notes on the soils, Aston 420 



Malayan rubber and coconut soils, Barrowcliff 420 



Nature of colloidal aluminum silicates containing water, Gans 420 



Nature of colloidal aluminum silicates containing water, Wiegner 421 



Nature of colloidal aluminum silicates containing water, Gans 421 



Solution and absorption in the soil, Mitscherlich 421 



The effect of carbon dioxid on plant growth and soil formation, Mettler 422 



The effect on plant growth of saturating a soil with carbon dioxid, Noyes 422 



Origin of smoke acids in rain water and influence on the soil, Gerlach 422 



The partial sterilization of soils, Russell 423 



Inoculation with especial reference to upland moors, Densch 423 



Green manuring, Lonsdale 423 



Green manures 423 



Results of fertilizer experiments conducted at Summerville, S. C, Keitt 423 



The rational utilization of ammonia 423 



The conversion of ammonia into nitric acid or ammoniimi nitrate, Donath. . . . 424 



Lime and its uses on land, Thompson and Grantham 424 



The position of the fertilizer supply in south India, Bernard 424 



Sewage disposal and use of tannery wastes, Smoot, III • 424 



Fertilizer and oil manufactm'ed from dogfish. Young 424 



Fertilizing materials, Shutt 424 



[Fertilizer production and imports of- United States], compiled by Thom 424 



The international movement of fertilizers - - , , , . 425 



AGRICULTURAL BOTANY. 



Fundamentals of plant breeding, Coulter 425 



A contribution to a knowledge of the mutating ffinotheras, Gates 426 



Inheritance in plant hairs. Belling 426 



Immunity to fungus diseases as a physiological test, Vavilov 426 



Fasciation, Brannon 426 



Transpiration of emersed water plants: Its measurement and relationships. Otis. 426 



Chemical modifications of plant organs undergoing autofermentation, Molliard. 427 



Assimilation of colloidal iron by rice, Gile and Can-ero 427 



Oil content of seeds as affected by the nutrition of the plant. Garner et al 427 



The relation of food supply to fungus development, Pringsheim 428 



The pigments of Fusarium, Bezssonoff 428 



Chondriosomes and anthocyanin pigment in vegetable cells, Pensa 428 



More concerning chondriosomes and anthocyanic pigment in cells, Pensa 428 



On a supposed synthesis of anthocyanin, Wheldale and Bassett 428 



Electrical injuries to trees. Stone 428 



Department of botanical research, MacDougal 429 



