II CONTENTS. 



BOTANY. 



Page. 



Some native forage plants of the State, E. V. Wilcox 827 



Some new species of the genus Cratsgus and notes on some dichotomous Pani- 



cums, W. W. Ashe 827 



Flowers and fruits of common trees and shrubs, F. H. Hillman 827 



Recent investigations concerning the effect of perchlorates on the growth of 



crops, P. de Caluwe 824 



Electricity in plant culture 825 



On the embryo of mummy wheat and barley, E. Gain 825 



Injuries to plants by London fogs and smoke, G. Henslow 826 



ZOOLOGY. 



The food of the bobolinks, blackbirds, and grackles, F. E. L. Beal 828 



Results of the biological reconnoissance of the Yukon River region, W. H. 



Osgood and L. B. Bishop 830 



Information concerning game: Seasons, shipment, and sale, T. S. Palmer and 



H. W. Olds 830 



Wild animals and birds which may be imported without permits, J. Wilson . . 830 

 Laws regulating the transportation and sale of game, T. S. Palmer and H. W. 



Olds 831 



METEOROLOCJY — CLIMATOLOGY. 



Monthly Weather Review, Vol. X XVIII, Nos. 7-9 831 



Report on the international cloud observations, F. H. Bigelow 831 



Climatological atlas of the Russian Empire 834 



Amount of chlorin in rain water collected at Cirencester, E. Kinch 832 



Rain, river, and evaporation observations in New South Wales, 1898, H. C. 



Russell 833 



Sununary of weather at the North Louisiana Experiment Station during 1892- 



1899, J. G. Lee 834 



Meteorological summary for 1899 834 



WATER — SOILS. 



Principles of water analysis as applied to New Mexico waters, A. Goss 834 



The purification of water, especially the removal of lime and magnesia, K. 



Schierholz 835 



AVater supply and sewerage 835 



Nitrification and catch crops, P. Boname 836 



New researches into Pouillet's phenomenon (the heat developed in wetting 



powders), T. Martini 837 



Recent observations on the diluvial formation in the Netherlands with special 



reference to charting, II, H. Van Cappelle 837 



On the causes of the treeless conditions of the steppes, S. Kravkov 838 



FEKTILIZEKS. 



The influence of the distribution of fertilizers on their action, J. M. Pomorski. 839 

 Field experiments with phosphoric acid in various forms, F. W. Dafert and O. 



Reitmair 839 



The action of burnt lime and marl <hi light sandy upland soils, Neul)erth 840 



Inspection and analyses of fertilizers, W. F. Hand et al 841 



Analyses and valuations of fertilizers, L. A. Voorhees and J. P. Street 840 



Another warning in regard to compost peddlers, W. A. Withers 841 



