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Alkali .studies, V. \'>. C. Huffum and K. K. Sl()ss( )ii lOUS 



Tln' jiiTinination and jirowth of pea?? in .solutions of fatty aciil sails Ici thi' 



exclusion of niini-ra! salts, O. Lovison lOOiJ 



Till' toxic action (jf ai'iils and their .sodium salts I m Iniiincs, U. H. True lOlU 



The relation of seedlings of gyninospernis to light and darkness, A. Hergerstein. 1011 



Dlwervations on latex and its functions, J. Parkin 1011 



The metabolism of proteids in plants, K. Schulze 1012 



The artificial inoculation of beans with pea tnln'tclc bacteria, F. Nobbc and L. 



Hiltner lOb; 



Fungi of Florida, M. 11. Hume 1015 



Oyptogams of Wyoming, A. Nelson 1015 



MKTKOHOLO(!Y CLIM ATOLlXiY. 



Monthly Weather Review, Vol. XX VIII, Nos. 10-12 1015 



Meteorological observations, C. S. Phelps 1016 



Meteorological tables, T. S. Outrain 1017 



Meteorological observations, H. L. Price ■. 101 7 



Meteorological report for 1899, C. B. Ridgaway 1016 



Rainfall in the west and east of F'ngland in relation t'l altitude above sea level, 



W. Marriott 1017 



Ancniometry, V. ¥. Marvin 1018 



WATER SOILS. 



River and artesian waters, R. H. Forbes 1 019 



A preliminary report on the artesian basins of AV'yoniing, W. C Knight 1019 



Lysimeter experiments in 1899, J. Hanainanu 1020 



The lime compounds of cultivated soils and the determination of assimilable 



lime in soils, D. Meyer 1020 



The distribution of alkali in the .soil of the experiment farm, FL E. Slosson .. 1021 



8oils of Mississippi, W. L. Hutchinson, W. R. Perkins, and K. P>. Ferris 1022 



A .study of the agricultural value of the soils of ^ladagascar, A. Miintz and K. 



Rousseaux 1022 



The composition of some Herzegovinian and Macedonian soils, W. Busch 102o 



The geological agronoiuic charting of soils as a basis for their general valu- 

 ation, J. Hazard 102o 



KKKTILIZEKS. 



An experiment on soil improvement, C. 8. Pheljis 1025 



I'liusphorite and green maiun-ing, A. N. Engelhardt 1024 



On tlu! utilization of fiuorin gas obtained in the manufacture of super|)hos- 



phates, C. Elschner 1025 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, ISI. A. Scovell, A. M. Peter, and H. F,. 



Curtis 1026 



Report of analyses of comnu^rcial fertilizers for the spring and fall of 1900, 



L. L. Van 81yke and W. H. Andrews 1()2() 



FiKi.i) ri{<ii's. 



Various conditions affecting tln^ iiialting(]uality n( barley,,!. .M. II. Miuiro and 



E. S. Beaven '. '. 1026 



Some te.sts relating to the culture of barley, A. Pagnoul 102S 



Results of various culture and fertilizer experiments, II. K. 'Stockbridge...... 1036 



