n CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Analytical methods and communications regarding food materials, etc 112 



MicrografihiciU examination of meat powder, Peltriaot 112 



The e.stiniation of boric acid in licjuid eggs, Parkes 112 



The Burt^tcrt method of determining fat in cheese, Miihlbach 112 



Method for the complete analysis of vegetable products, Alhahary 112 



The estimation of starch in maize, Frauk-Kamenetzky " 112 



Oflicial analysis of Ku^isian high-grade sugars 113 



Concerning the Marpmaim reaction for honey, Utz 1 IS 



The detection of cherry juice in raspberry juice, Jonscher 118 



Examination of white wine colored with paiched chicory, Popescu 118 



Ester estimation in wine, Austerweil and Pacottet 113 



Lactic acid in wiue, Paris 113 



The precipitation method for the estimation of oils, Howard lU 



The quantitative estimation of total sulphur in urine, Schulz 113 



The methods of analysis of raw rubber, Speuce 1 13 



Miscellaneous analysis, Hartwell 113 



Modification of the Soxhlet extractor. Wood, jr 113 



METEOROLOGY — WATER. 



Precipitation, run-off, and evaporation on the earth's surface, Fritzsche 114 



Kinds aud distribution of viable micro-organisms in atmosphere, Flemming.. 114 



Monthly Weather Review 114 



Meteorological work [of the Alaska Stations] , Georgeson 115 



Climate of Kansas, Jennings 115 



Meteorological ol^servations at the Massachusetts Station, Ostrander et al 115 



Meteorological observations 115 



Report of meteorologist, Helme 115 



Weather of the year 1907 in Switzerland, Billwiller 115 



Meteorological observations in Surinam and Curagao, 1907 115 



ThecUmate of the British Isles, Watt 115 



Climate of the Bahama Islands, Fassig 115 



Forests and rainfall, Henry 116 



The level of underground water in forests and in the open, Ototzky 116 



The level of subsoil waters with regard to forest, Pearson 116 



Changes of methods in water resources work of Geological Survey, Hoyt 116 



Effect of low temperature on bacteria in ice. Sparks 116 



Sewage purification works of the State Agricultural School, Minnesota, Bass. . 116 



SOILS — FERTILIZERS. 



Soil studies, II: Acid soils, Blair and Macy 116 



Some notes on soil acidity, Morse aud Curry 117 



A natural model for the formation of dunes, Gunther 117 



Washington soils, Thatcher 117 



Summary of the soil survey of the State, Thatcher 118 



Analyses of soils [of grass lands], Taylor 118 



Humid and arid soils of Rio Verde, Garcia Oses 118 



The origin of the fertile soils of western Morocco, Gentil 118 



Notes on Egyptian and Soudan soils, Hughes 118 



Contribution to the knowledgeof the lands and agriculture of Syria, Auhagen. 1 19 



Soils [of the INIalay States] and their analysis, Bamber 119 



Classification of soils. Rebel lo da Silva 119 



The nomenclature of soils, Pardo y Urbina 119 



Physiography for high schools, Salisbury 119 



Land ruin compared with soil improvement, Hopkins 119 



On the deep cultivation of soils, Strecker 119 



Methods of soil toxicology, Schreiner and Shorey 120 



The cause of soil sickness 1 20 



Bacteriological investigations with reference to the drying of soils, Rahn 120 



Influenceof composition of medium upon solvent action of soil bacteria. Brown. 120 



On the activity of bacteria in soils, Vogel 121 



Atmospheric nitrogen, Woolcock 121 



Bacteria inoculation in the culture of leguminous plants, Simon 121 



The assimilation of free nitrogen by micro-organisms, Boullaneer 121 



Note on de Rossi's article on organisms which produce tubercles, Perotti 121 



