11 CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Botanical work in the Philippines, E. D. Merril 1 553 



Distin^'iiisliiiig charactoristics of oat varieties, Dufour and Dassonvillc 554 



Till' effi'ct (if {iascs and fuiiics upon cultivati'd plants, V. lirizi 554 



Iiifiufnce of nicdiuni on tliu acids of plants, K. Charal)ot and A. Hubert 554 



Inllucnce of iiuMliuiu (jn the perfumes of jilants, K. Charabot and A. Hebert.. 555 



Influence of formaldehyde on white nmstard, Bouilhac and Giustiniani 555 



( )n the nutrition of plants deprived of their cotyledons, G. Andre 555 



The nutrition of tissues in plant ^alls, C. Houard 555 



Cyanogencsis in plants, W. R. 13unstan and T. A. Henry 55(5 



Teratological forms of Steriginaloajstis nigra, M. INIolliard and H. Coupin 556 



A study < )f a unicellular green alga, Harriette Chick 556 



Present status ( >f knowledge concerning root tubercles, K. Stormer 557 



A contribution to the mycorrhiza problem, L. Hiltner 557 



A contribution to the mycorrhiza subject, F. W. Neger 557 



Mycorrhiza formations on pine trees and high moors, C. von Tubeuf 557 



Form of root tubercles on moor plants, C. von Tubeuf 557 



(^)ntril)ution to the knowledge of the purple melic-grass, C. von Tubeuf 557 



Form and structure of the mycodomatia of Myrka ccrifera, J, W. Harshberger . 557 



ZOOLOGY. 



Cusack's glossary of biological terms, W. E. Clarke 558 



First lessons in zoology, V. L. Kellogg 558 



A review of papers on agricultural zoology, J. Poskin 558 



Zoological yearbook for 1902, P. Mayer 558 



Index to zoological yearbooks for 1891-1900, E. Hentschel and E. Schoebel . . 558 



International catalogue of scientific literature. L — General Biology 558 



Animals useful ti i agriculture, C. Landes 558 



Catalogue of Canadian birds, II, J. Macoun 558 



The economic value of birds to the State, F. M. Chapman 558 



The economic value of our native birds, H. A. Surface 558 



Birds in relation to agriculture. Gunning 559 



The bird as the lalwrer of man, W. T. L. Travers 559 



Observations on birds, S. P. James 559 



Our smallest birds and their habits, W. Why te 559 



Report of the Ornithological Society of Munich for 1901-2, C. Parrot 559 



The duck hawk ( Palco j)eregrinus anatiun ) in Iowa, B. H. Bailey 559 



A rabbit drive in Riverina, New South Wales, Daisy M. Bates 559 



Soil and topographical influence upoii the European mole, V. P. Vradi 559 



The destruction of rats on ships, Nocht and Giemsa .' 559 



The monthly bulletin of the division of zoologv, H. A. Surface 559 



Game laws for 1903, T. S. Palmer, H. Oldys, and R. W. Williams, jr 560 



METEOROLOGY — CLIMATOLOGY. 



Monthly Weather Review, Vol. XXXI, Nos. 7-9 560 



Report of the meteorologist, W. H. Bishop 560 



Meteorological summary for 1901, C. A. Patton 561 



Meteorological observations by the use of kites, W. N. Shaw and W. H. Dines. . 561 



Meteorology, J. L. Soutter et al 562 



Meteorology of New Zealand 562 



Observations on agricultural meteorology at experiment stations, B. B. Viner. . 562 



Climate of the Argentine Republic, W. G. Davis 562 



Agricultural climatology, Gregoire and Vandervaeren 563 



Rainfall observations in Australia from 1881 to 1900, V. Raulin 563 



A cheap and simple rain gauge, S. F. Lundstrom 563 



Daily and yearly periods ( if storms and hail, J. Hann 563 



Harmonic analysis of the diurnal movement of air over Hamburg, J. Schneider. 563 



Height of the atmosphere, T. J. J. See 563 



WATER — SOILS. 



The industrial uses of water, H. de la Coux, trans, and rev. by A. Morris 563 



Soil temperatures and vegetation, D. T. ]\IacDougal ' 563 



Influence of volume of soil on yield and composition of plants, O. Lemmermann. 564 



On the lime requirements of soils and its determination, Immendorff 564 



