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Determinntinn of glycerol in wino, with now metborl. Rothenfusser 20 



A new metb(xl for differentiating human from cow's milk, Davidsohn 20 



The so-called nitrogen-free extractive substances, Konig 21 



Some effects of feeds upon the jiroperties of lard, I, II, Hare 21 



Identification and detenuinalion of sodium chlorid in feeds, Strigel 22 



Action of refinoHl sugar on Fehling's solution, Strohmer 22 



Bacteriological investigations of sugar-cane products, Owen 22 



Progress in cocoa and chocolate manufacture, 1905-1912. Bohme 23 



Protein substances of barley during the brewing processes, Schjerning — 23 



Thirty-first meeting of Society of Starch Interests in Germany, Pa row — 23 



METEOROLOGY. 



Treatise on meteorology, Yincent 24 



Bulletin of the Mount Weather Observatory 24 



Solar radiation intensities and temperature, Kimball 24 



The thunderstorm and its phenomena, Ilmnphreys 24 



Monthly Weather Review 24 



Weather records, Georgeson 25 



Climate and meteorology, Connor 25 



British rainfall, 1913, Mossman and Salter 25 



SOILS FERTILIZERS. 



Soil mapping and soil insti'uction. Wilhelm Graf zu Leiningen 26 



The question of soil maps, Graf zu Leiningen 26 



Soil survey of Pinellas County, Florida, Jones and Morrison 26 



McDonough County [Illinois] soils. Hopkins. Mosier, Pettit, and Fislier_- 26 



Chemical analyses of some Kansas soils, Swanson 26 



Geologic origin and history of the New York State soils, von Engeln 2S 



The soils of New York State, Buckman 28 



Soil survey of Bamberg County, South Carolina, McLendon 28 



Fruit soils of the Great Interior Yalley, Nelson 28 



The nitric nitrogen content in the country rock, Stewart and Peterson 28 



Assimilation of nitrogen of air by lower organisms in soil, Schneidewind-. 29 



Ammonifying power of soil-inhabiting fungi, McLean and Wilson 29 



The environment of soil bacteria, Yan Suchtelen 29 



Soil acidity, Harris 29 



Soil acidity and methods for its detection. Harris 30 



Soil denudation and conservation of moisture, Howard l 30 



Coast sand dunes, sand spits, and sand wastes. Case 30 



Reclamation of waste land. Hall 30 



[Reclaiming land injured by volcanic ash], Georgeson 31 



The improvement of marsh soils, Whitson, Weir, and Ullsperger 31 



Effect of fertilizers on proi'yerties of soil, Mausberg 31 



The maintenance of fertility. — Liming the land. Thorne 31 



Effect of lime oxid and carbonate on soils. Hutchinson and MacLennan 32 



New fertilizer materials and by-products. Haskins 32 



The synthetic production of ammonia. Ilaber 33 



AGRICULTURAL BOTANY. 



A manual of bacteriology. Reed 33 



Classification of nodule bacteria, Klimmer and Kriiger 33 



A morphological and cultural study of some Azotobacter, Jones 33 



The influence of calcium on soil bacteria. Miller 33 



Bacteria of frozen soil. Conn 33 



Radio-activity and vegetation. Trufl'aut 34 



A summer's evaporation and precii)itation in Lancaster County. Rnmbold- .'H 



Specialization in vegetation and in environment in California, Cannon 34 



On the density of the cell sap in some desert plants. Cannon 34 



Influence of the order of development of fruits of Passiflora gracilis on 



the frequency of teratological variations, Harris and Gortner 35 



Inheritance of leaf coloration in Melandrium, Shnll 35 



Immunity of plants to their own poisons. D'lppolito ^ 35 



Antitoxic action of chloral hydrate on copper sulphate, Hibbard 35 



