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Poultxy manures, their treatment and use, Haskins and Walker 820 



The action of green manures, IVIielck 820 



Fertilizers and fertilizing, Hoffmann 821 



Agricultural fertilizers and fish life, Butterfield 821 



Kesults of long-time experiments with fertilizers, Clausen 821 



Soil and fertility, Wenz 821 



The relation of fertilizer consumption to crop production, Kilgore 821 



The future of the fertilizer industry in the United States, Cameron 821 



The commercial value of nitrogen, Messier 821 



Utilization of atmospheric nitrogen by natural and artificial means, Marshall. . 821 



The industrial synthesis of nitric acid and ammonia, Matignon 822 



Formation of aluminum nitrid from alumina, carbon, and nitrogen, Fraenkel. . 822 



The fixation of air nitrogen by means of boron compounds, Stalilerand Elbert. 822 



Fixation of nitrogen by barium oxid and charcoal, Ewan and Napier 822 



Tectonics of the potash deposits of Kalusz, eastern Galicia, Kossmat 822 



Potash from siKcates, Friedensburg 822 



White rock phos^ hates of Decatur Coimty, Tennessee, Maynard 822 



Discovery and opening of a new phosphate field in the United States, Jones. . 822 



Th e composition of phosphatic slag, Rousseaux and Joret 822 



The valuation of basic slag, Edwardes-Ker 823 



The action of lime in Thomas slag 823 



Calcium fluosilicate as a new lime fertilizer or amendment, Alvisi 823 



Injurious effect of heavy applications of lime on upland moor soils, Densch. . . 823 



Causes and character of injury of large amounts of lime on peat, Ritter 823 



Chemical composition of garbage and street sweepings of Montevideo, Schroder. . 823 



Analyses of registered fertilizers, Willard, Swanson, and Wiley 823 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, Kastle and Curtis 823 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, Hartwell et al 823 



AGRICULTURAL BOTANY. 



Methods for bacteriological examination of soils, Brown 824 



A new method for the bacteriological examinations of soils. Brown 824 



Nitrogen collecting bacteria, fallow, and exhaustive culture, Pfeiffer 824 



Can fungi liAong in agricultural soil assimilate free nitrogen? Goddard 824 



Sporulation in Aspergillus niger and A./umigatus, Sauton 825 



The water requirements of plants, Briggs and Shantz 825 



Summer evaporation intensity as factor in distribution of vegetation, Nichols. . 826 



Calcareous chlorosis of green plants: Role of root excretions, Maz6 et al 826 



The formation of anthocyanin in mitochondria, Guilliermond 827 



Glucosamin hydrochloric! as a source of nitrogen for com and beans, Hamlin . . 827 



Variations of carbohydrates in the development of leaves, Durand 827 



The effect of formaldehyde on living plants, Baker 827 



The power of gi'owth in plants, Stone 827 



On the germination of the seeds of some dicotyledons, Adams, 828 



Germination of seeds after chemical treatment and exposure to light, Simon . . 828 



The reactions of the leaf hairs of Salvinia nutans, Andrews and Ellis 828 



Osmotic pressm-e in plants, I, II, Dixon and Atkins 828 



The phj'siology of the pollen of Trifolium pratense, Martin 829 



Nimiber of ovules formed and capacity of ovary for maturing its ovules, Harris. . 829 



Bud variations in Solanum, Heckel and Verne 829 



FIELD CROPS. 



^Fertilizer experiments with field crops], DeJong 829 



New publications on the subject of plant breeding 830 



Report of the Mmnesota Field Crop Breeders' Association, compiled by Bull. . 830 



Annual report upon the agricultural department, Johnson 830 



Annual report of the department of agriculture, Bombay Presidency, Smart. . . 830 



Annual report of Cuttack Agricultural Station, 1911-12, Shen-ard 830 



Report of the agricultural department, Assam, McSwiney 830 



Bermuda [grass], Churcliill 830 



The MendeHan chemical characters in maize. Pearl and Bartlett 830 



Corn culture. Bearing 830 



Field trials with varieties of mangels, Stokes 830 



Field trials on top-dressings for mangels, 1912, Wakerley and Stokes , . . 830 



