n CONTENTS. 



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The microscopy of cereals and its application in brewing, Winton 715 



The examination of Belgian varieties of honey, Ledent 715 



A new method for delcrininint,' the total solids in wine, Njegovan 715 



The specific heat of milk and milk derivatives, Hammer and Johnson 715 



A rapid method for determining crude fiber, Kalning 716 



Colorimotric test for nric acid in the urine. Host 716 



A source of error in the Clerget polarization, Stanek 717 



Comparative value of germic'ides for cane sugar factories, Owen 717 



METEOROLOGY. 



Temperature rec-ords, Thomp.son 717 



Ohio weallier for iOlS, Smith and Fatten 717 



Meteorological summary for the year 1913 717 



Salient features in the geological history of Australia, Woolnough 718 



SOILS — FERTILIZERS. 



The present status of soil chemistry, Jodidi 718 



On tne origin of the loes.s of southwestern Indiana, Shaw 718 



Composition and origin of some South Russian soils and subsoils, Nabokikh 718 



Value of excavated subsoil for the improvement of upland moor soils, Tacke. . . 719 



A simple method for determining the critical moisture content of soils, Davis. . 719 



Two equipments for investigation of soil leachings, Wooers and Maclntire 719 



Ammonification and nitrification in Hawaiian soils, Kelley 719 



The lime-magnesia ratio, I and II, Kelley 720 



Influence of arsenic on nitrogen fixing powers of soil. Greaves and Anderson . . . 720 



Bacteriological effects of green manures, Briscoe and Earned 721 



Effect of applying stable manure with green manures, Lemmermann and Einecke 721 



[Investigations on soils and fertilizers in Hawaii], Wilcox and Kelley 721 



Radio-active fertilizers 722 



Dogfish and how it is made into fertilizer, Martell 722 



The fertilizing value of feathers, Pilz 722 



Substitutes for rab. Knight .-. . . 722 



Germany's artificial fertilizers 722 



Air nitrate, Jurisch 722 



Red soils and phosphatic manures, Ari6 723 



The white phosphates of Tennessee, Hook. 723 



Phosphatic feJilizers and the deposits of apatite of Freirina, Briiggen 723 



American imports of potash salts 723 



The economic value of Paci fie coast kelps, Burd 723 



The relation of sulphur to soil fertility, Shedd 724 



The action of salts of manganese on the growth of plants, Andouard 725 



[Inspection of fertilizers in Alabama], Ross 725 



[Inspection of fertilizers in Florida], Rose and Wilson 725 



Inspection and analysis of fertilizers, 1914, Mumford and Trowbridge 725 



AGRICULTURAL BOTANY. 



The evolution of sex in plants. Coulter 725 



Mode of inheritance of semisterility in offspring of hybrid plants. Belling 725 



Plant chimeras, Popenoe 726 



Heredity in chimeras, Chapin ' 726 



Bud variations in Coleus, Stout 726 



Inheritance of certain seed characters in corn, Harper 726 



Inheritable variations in the yellow daisy, Blakeslee; 726 



Oenothera lamarckiana and the CEnotheras of Fontainebleau. Blaringhem 726 



A study of the genus Panicum, Belov 727 



Coloration of glumes, in Panicum miliaccinn, Arnold 727 



The relationships of root bacteria in the Legumiuosa>. Simon 727 



Isolation of Bacillus radicicola from soil. Lipman and Fowler 727 



Physiological studies of Bacillus radicicola of soy bean, Wilson 727 



Influence of certain salts on nodule production in vetch, Kno 727 



Assimilation of elementary nitrogen by yeasts and mold fungi, Kossowicz. . . . 728 



Distribution of nitrates in Phytolacca, Spallino 728 



The role of calcium in forest vegetation, Chancerel 728 



