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Limestone: North Island analyses, Aston 24 



A waste lime product, Thorne 24 



The use of peat in commercial fertilizer, Wildeman 24 



AGRICULTURAL BOTANY. 



Relation of green manurea to the failure of certain seedlings, Fred 24 



Activities of the micro-organisms of the soil 25 



Fission fun^ which decompose urea and form nitrates, Diiggeli 25 



Enzym act ion in the marine algae, Davis 25 



On the action of poctaso, Ball 25 



Osmotic pressures in plants. — IV, Dixon and Atkins 25 



Osmotic pressures in plants. — ^V, Dixon and Atkins 26 



Some researches in experimental morphology. — I, Doyle 27 



The cause of autonomic movements in succulent plants, Shreve 27 



Relation of evaporation and soil moisture to plant succession, Ullrich 27 



Relalion of transpiration to the size and number of stomata, Muenscher 27 



Utilization by plants of acids and bases from different nitrates, Arnoldi 28 



Influence of alkaline reactions shown by solutiona after use, Starodubowa 28 



Toxicity of galactose for certain of the higher plants, Knudson 28 



Effect of highly diluted sulphur dioxid on a growing grain crop, Wells 28 



New crdauometer for measuring expansive force of seeds, Butler and Sheridan. 28 



Inventory of seeds and plants imported from October 1 to December 31, 1913. . 29 



International catalogue of scientific literature. M — Botany 29 



International catalogue of scientific literature. M— Botany 29 



FIELD CROPS. 



Influence of relative area in intertilled and other crops on yield, Brodie 29 



Contributions to agronomic terminology, I, Ball and Piper 30 



Progressive agiiculture, Campbell 30 



Experiments with field crops, Woods 30 



"The Woburn field experiments, 1914], Voelcker 30 



Field experiments at the Cuttack Experiment Station, 1914-15], Sherrard ... 31 



Field experiments], Sil 31 



Field experiments at Dumraon Experiment Station, 1914-15], Sherrard 32 



Experiment station work in New South Wales, 1914-15] 32 



Effect of inoculation material on wheat, rye, oats, and barley] 32 



Forage crops in central Washington, McCali 33 



Soy bean and cowpea. Hall 33 



Comtesse and Sarah, new French varieties of barley, Blaringhem 33 



Alexandrian clover, Carrante 33 



[Experiments with oats]. Woods 33 



Oats in Washington, Schafer and Gaines 34 



[Experiments with potatoes], Woods 34 



The culture of the peanut, De Souza 34 



The botanical origin of the cultivated varieties of rice, Roehrich 34 



Varieties of soy beans, Welton 35 



Variety tests with sugar beets 35 



The weeds of central Iowa, northern Minnesota, and Wisconsin, Pammel 35 



[Eradication of quack grass] 35 



HORTICULTURE. 



[Report of horticiiltiu*al investigations] 35 



A B C of vegetable gardening, Rexford 36 



Spraying programs for the small orchard and fruit garden, Gossard and Green. . 36 



Spray formulas for the town lot, Thayer 36 



Culture of cabbage, Wellington 36 



New or noteworthy fruits, IV, Hedrick 36. 



Fifteenth report of Woburn Experimental Fruit Farm, Bedford and Pickering. 37 



Winter washes tried at Wisley, 1914^15, Lefroy 38 



Experiment in setting apple trees. Woods 38 



Fertilizer experiments on apple trees at Highmoor Farm, Woods 38 



Field experiments in spraying apple orchards, Pickett et al 39 



Varieties of apples in Ohio, Green, Thayer, and Keil 40 



