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AGRICULTURAL BOTANY. 



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Respiration experiments with sweet potatoes, Hasselbring and Hawkins 426 



Studies on chicory, Grafe 427 



The physiological value of the reserve in chestnut seeds, Manicardi 427 



Translocation of mineral constituents of seeds and tubers, Buckner 427 



Vai'iations in mineral composition of grapevine and sugar maple, Shedd 428 



Boron — its absorption and distribution in plants and effect on growth. Cook. . 428 



Plant enzyms. — III, Alterations in the amylase of potatoes, Doby and Bodnar. 428 



The toxicity of saccharin, Verschaffelt 429 



The effect of alkali on permeability, Osterhout 429 



The effect of acid on permeabihty, Osterhout 429 



Antagonism between acids and salts, Osterhout 429 



Physiological conditions in the large kelps of the Pacific Coast, Rigg 429 



Quasi-experimental formation of ascidia in cotton leaves, Lloyd 429 



End results of desiccation and respiration in succulents, MacDougal et al... 430 



Distribution of cacti with reference to role plaj^ed by root response. Cannon. . 430 



Distribution and succession of the flowers of the giant cactus, Johnson 430 



Personation and multiplication of the fruits of certain Opuntias, Johnson 430 



FIELD CROPS. 



First aid to the settler, Delwiche 431 



Economy in feed products, Larsson 431 



Report of the department of agriculture, Pagliery 431 



Alfalfa growing in Wisconsin, Moore and Graber 431 



Inheritance of length of pod in certain crosses, Belling 431 



Further experiments on inheritance in maize, Hayes and East 431 



Tests of corn varieties on the Great Plains, Zook 433 



The production of a new variety of giant sugar corn, Heckel 434 



[FertiUzer, varietal, and cultm-al experiments with corn], Kilgore et al 434 



Community production of Diu^ango cotton in the Imperial Valley, McLachlan. . 434 



Flax culture for seed in Argentina, Girola 434 



The fiber industry of Maiiritius, Stockdale 434 



Growing Irish potatoes in Georgia, McHatton 435 



Low temperature in Vercelli and effect on cultivation of rice, Marcarelli 435 



Ash composition of upland rice at various stages, Gile and Carrero 435 



Character of the milled rice imported into the United States, Wise 435 



The romance of teff, Burtt-Davy 435 



HORTICULTURE. 



The Bradley bibliography. — III, Arboricultm'e, Rehder 435 



[Economic plants at the Agronomic Experiment Station, Havana], Roig 436 



PhiUppine plants and propagation by cuttings and marcottage, Miraflores. . . 436 



Report on revision of catalogue of fruits and vegetables, Firor et al 436 



FertiUzers for fruits and vegetables. Hoy. 436 



Spray and practice outline for 1915, Eustace and Pettit 436 



Analyses of materials sold as insecticides and fungicides. Patten and Kellogg. 436 



Vegetable gardening in Georgia, McHatton and Firor 436 



The home vegetable garden for southern British Columbia, Thornber 436 



Cultural experiments with vegetables on the Schleswig-Holstein moors. Worth. 436 



The bonavist, lablab, or hyacinth bean. Piper and Morse 437 



The Bermuda onion, Mally 437 



Peas as an orchard green manure and cover crop, Garcia 437 



The top-working of fruit trees, Thornber 437 



Varieties of fruit recommended for commercial planting, compiled by Winslow. 437 



[Varieties of fruit at Agronomic Experiment Station, Havana], Van Hermann. 437 



Methods of fruit picking and handling, Smith 437 



Economies in apple harvesting, Shepard 438 



Know orchard costs, Twitchell 438 



Precooling and experimental fruit storage. — Cherry package test, 1915, Smith. 438 



Culture of small fruits for interior British Columbia, Middleton 438 



Notes on economic plants, Jones 438 



Tropical and semitropical fruits, exclusive of citrus fruits, Fenzi 438 



Progress in the chief industries, Jones 438 



