n CONTENTS. 



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Some rare (ixcd oils, (r. K. I'ancoast and W. ( Iraliain 851 



Jsxaiii illation of coniniorcial pcpiHTH, J. \V. (iladliill 851 



ExisttMice of salicylic aci<l in wines, grapes, and otlu'r frnits, II. Masthauni... 851 



Tiiirty yi-ars' pro^a-css in water analysis, Klien II. Iiirliards 851 



St'cond annual nieetin;.' (jf the Assoeiation of (ierinan ImjihI Cheinists 851 



I'livsical and niicroseopieal examination of coniniercial i)roducts, K. liassaek. 851 



rniftical i)liysiolofiical chemistry, J. A. and T. H. ]\Iilroy 852 



Text-book oi physioiofrieal and pathological chemistry, K. Salkow.-^ki 852 



I'ractical jrnide to nrine analysis, F. r^ignnnid 852 



Progress in the field of agricultural chemistry in IIHI.", A. Stntzer 852 



Report of the ])rogress in animal c-heniistry, R. Andreasch and K. Sjiiro 852 



Report of the division of chemistry, A. M. Peter 852 



Chemical division, B. C. Aston 852 



Adulterated drugs and chemicals, L. F. Kebler 852 



BOTANY. 



Tlie maple sap flow, C. H. Jones, A. W. Edson, and W. J. Morse 853 



The maple sap flow, J. L. Hills 854 



Range conditions and range improvement, J. J. Thornber 854 



The wheat grasses of Wyoming, A. and E. E. Nelson _ 854 



Pathogenic fungi, E. Pinoy 854 



FKKMEXTATIOX BACTEKIOUKIY. 



Tests for bacteria as an index of pollution, H. W. Clark and S. De^SI. < Jage. . . 854 



The practical \alue of tests for BaciUn^ coll in water, (i. C. AVhii)ple 855 



AVater molds and lime imritication, H. Schreib 855 



Some problems in fermentation, J. H. Long 855 



METEOROLOUY CLIM ATOLOCi Y. 



Amiual summary of meteorological observations in the United States, lOOo... 855 



Monthly Weather Review 855 



Meteorological observations, W. A. Stocking, jr 856 



Meteorological summary for 1 899, V. E. Muncy 857 



Meteorological observations in Jamaica 857 



Meteorology of the fall of 1903, G. Ginestous 857 



WATER SOILS. 



Rural water supply, C. D. Howard 857 



Poison in water from a gold and silver mill, P. A. Yoder 857 



Rain, river, and evaporation observations in New South Wales during 1900, - 



H. C. Russell 857 



Soil surveys in the United States, J. A. Bousteel 857 



Reports on the soils of Dorset, J. Percival and C. M. Luxmoore 857 



The fertility lialance in soils, S. Gueraud de Laharpe 857 



Imj)ortance of certain physical properties of soils in plant culture, V>'. Bagger. 858 



Review of more important fertilizer experiments on black soil, AV. von Wiener. 858 



Factors of availability of potash and phosphoric acid in soils, G. S. Fraps 858 



Reply to an address: Present status of soil investigation, F. K. Cameron 858 



The nitrogen of the soil, Viljrans 859 



Bacteriologii'al studies of the soil, T. Remy 859 



Reclamation of salt and alkali lands, T. H' Means 859 



Reclamation of alkali land near Salt Lake City, TTtah, W. H. Heileman 859 



The geomorphogeny of the Upper Kern Ijasin, A. C. Lawson 859 



FERTILIZERS. 



A treatise on manures, A. B. Griffiths 860 



Green manuring on the better class of soils, W. Schneidewind 860 



The i)reparation and use in agriculture of lime nitrogen, ]\I. Gerlach 860 



Sulphate of annnonia or nitrate of soda? Lilienthal 860 



By what means may ainmoniacal nitrogen be made most effective? P. Watrner. 860 



Influence of liming and marling on the vield of serradella, R. Ulbriiht 860 



