II CONTENTS. 



METEOKOLOGY. 



Page. 



Monthly Weather Review G14 



Climalolojjical data for the United States by sections 614 



Meteoroloi,ncal ol)servations at Massachusetts Station, Ostrander and McLain. . 614 



[Meteorological observations], Seeley 614 



Meteorological records for 1 913 614 



Response to rainfall in India, Packard 615 



Nitrogen compounds in rain and snow, Shutt 615 



Nitrogen and chlorin in rtiin and snow, Knox 616 



SOILS — FERTILIZEUS. 



Soil survey of Goodhue County, Minn., Smith et al 616 



The soils of Pennsylvania, Shaw G16 



Soil survey of Oranj^eburg (^ounty, S. C, Agee et al 616 



Soil survey of Washington (^ounty, Tex., Meyer et al G17 



Soil survey of Boone County, W. Va., Latimer 617 



The properties of soil grains and the plasticity of soils, Atterberg 617 



Denitrification in soils of different Avater content, Lemmermann and Wichers.. 618 



The chemistry of soils: Evolution of purins, Chardet 618 



Effect of deciduous and evergreen trees on the soil and its vegetation, Koch 618 



Field test with toxic soil constituent: Vanillin, Skinner 619 



The number and growth of protozoa in soil, Sherman 019 



Methods of soil sterilization for beds and greenhouses, Selby and Humbert 620 



The present position of the science of manuring in Germany, Hoffmann 020 



Some facts about commercial fertilizers in New York State, Van Slyke 021 



Fertilizer facts for farmers. Hall 622 



Action of sulphate and superphosphate of ammonia in calcareous soils, Wiodeck . 622 



The cyanamid works at Niagara Falls 622 



Silicates and carbonates as sovu'ces of lime and magnesia, Maclntire and Willis. 622 



Effect on different plants of liming an acid soil, Hartwell and Damon 622 



The use of lime on land, Gardner 624 



Fertilizer analyses. Patten, Winter, and Jensen 024 



The fertilizer inspection for 1914, Cinry and Smith 024 



Analyses and valuations of fertilizers, supplies, and mixtures, Cathcart et al. . 624 



AGRICULTURAL BOTANY. 



Handbook of technique for teachers and students of natural science, Schmid. . 625 



Culture media for use in the plate method of counting soil bacteria, Conn 625 



The chemical dynamics of living protoplasm, Osterhout 625 



The mechanism of exchange between plants and external media, Maz6 625 



Evaporation and plant succession in Washington and Idaho, Weaver 626 



Efft'cts of acid and alkaline solutions on metabolism of plants, Dachnowski.. 626 



Root habits of desert plants and reaction of roots to soil temperature. Cannon. . 626 



Determination of exosmosis from roots of anesthetized plants, Merrill 626 



The germination of belladonna seed, Sievers 626 



Pollen development in the gi'ape with special reference to sterility, Dorsey 627 



Injm-y and abscission in Impatuns sultani, Lloyd , 627 



Relations of plants to distilled water and dilute toxic solutions, Merrill 627 



A study of vanadium and the action of vanadates in ve,2;ctables, Rarati'cz 628 



Arsenic and manganese in products serving as food, Jacjin and Astruc 628 



On the correlation l)etween somatic characters and fertilitj^ Harris 628 



Hybrids of (Enothcra biennis and (E. franciscana, Davis 628 



Inventory of seeds and plants imported from October 1 to December 31, 1912 . . 628 



FIELD CROPS. 



Grass pastures for irrigated lands, Welch 628 



Soil fertility investigations, Wiancko 629 



Report of the division of farm crops, Shoesmilh 630 



[Experiments with field crops], Van Hoek 630 



Varietal tests 1914 — ground nuts, maize, and rice, Stockdale 630 



On the plant food absorption and growth of Agropyrnm rcpcm, Burmester 630 



Cultivation and composition of comfrey {Symphjtum asperrimum) 631 



Corn judging, Moore 631 



