II CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Drv(.'l()]>ment and strnctiiro of vejietation, F. E. Clements 955 



XitroL'cu hactiTia ami It^'unies, C. (J. Hopkins 955 



Three e(lil>le toadstools, J. C. Arthur _ - 956 



Cirowth of hi-i^her plants in presence of alg.e and bacteria, R. Bouilhac and 



K. Uiustiniani 956 



MKTEOKOI.OliV^tLIMATOLOtiY. 



iMeteorological observations, C. 1). Woods 956 



]\Ieteorolo<:ical observations, J. E. Ostrander and F. F. liensliaw 956 



Mcteorolo-ical siiniiiuiry for 1902, C. A. Patton 956 



.AIeteorolo<,dcal chart of the Great Lakes, A. -J. Henry and N. B. Conger 957 



Rainfall at variety experiment stations, Barbados 957 



ComiKisition of Barbados rainfall - . 957 



The weather during the agricultural year 1902-3, F. J. Brodie 957 



The IMiilippine Islamls and their people, H. (Tannett 957 



Simultanet)us solar and terrestrial changes, J. N. Lockyer 957 



A IR WATER SOI LS. 



On the preseuc'e of formaldehyde in the atmosphere, H. Fleiiriet 957 



!'( ital lie waters in southwest Lancashire, J. C. Brown 957 



Soil treatment for peaty swamp lands, C. G. Hopkins 957 



Treatment and utilization of ilood-damaged lands, A. M. Ten pA'ck et al 958 



On tlie distrilmtion of potash in cultivated soil, J. Dumont 958 



Analyses of soils of Siio Paulo, G. d'Utra 958 



FERTILIZERS. 



The preservation of hen manure, C. D. Woods and J. iNl. Bartlett 958 



Barnvard manure, W. H. Beal 958 



Fertilizers, A. M. Muckenfuss '. 958 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, M. A. Scovell et al 958 



Licensed commercial fertilizers, F. W. Woll 959 



Phosphates and the causes which modify tlieir assirailabihty, C. Schreiber. . .• 959 



On the role of iihosphorus in mineral deposits, L. De Launay 959 



The saline deposits of California, G. E. Bailey .^ - - . - 959 



The Chilean nitrate trade 959 



The most profitable agriculture with the cheapest manuring, H. Droop 959 



FIELD CROPS. 



Alfalfa in Alabama, J. F. Duggar 959 



Directions for the breeding of corn, L. H. Smith 960 



Kherson oats, T. L. Lyon - 960 



Experiment station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, C. F. Eckart. 960 



The sugar cane in Egypt, W. Tiemann 963 



The complete story of Vineland sweets 963 



Wheat growing oii the Laramie Plains, B. C. Buffum 963 



The manuring of grass lands, A. D. Hall 964 



Estate of Quednau, an example of modern methods of cultivation, A. Backhaus. 964 



HORTICULTURE. 



Experiment on the manuring of cabbages 964 



Experiment on tlie manuring of carrots 964 



Burbank's new rhubarb 964 



Iron absorption by S|>inach; manuring with iron salts, O. von Czadek 964 



Field culture of watermelonsandmuskmelons in southern Russia, N. Kitschunow . 965 



The garden and the orchard 965 



Report of the School of Horticulture of Nova Scotia, F. C. Sears 965 



Fruit trees frozen in 1904, INL B. Waite 965 



Securing hardy apple roots, A. T. F^rwin 966 



StriiiglVllow trees, IL \V. Collingwood 967 



Picking and packing apples, C. S. Crandall 967 



The apple package, J. C. Blair 967 



