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1. Russell, E. J. and Richards, E. H. The amount and composition 



of rain falling at Rothamsted. (Based on analyses made by the 



late Norman H. J. Miller.) (Four figures in text) . . 309 



2. Purvis, 0. N. The effect of potassium salts on the anatomy of 



Dactylis glomerata. (Twenty-three figures in text) . . 338 



3. Griffith, J. J. Influence of mines upon land and livestock in 



Cardiganshire. (Plates IV— XVI) 366 



4. Keen, Bernard A. A note on the capillary rise of water in soils 396 



5. Keen, Bernard A. A quantitative relation between soil and 



the soil solution brought out by fireezing-point determinations. 

 (Four figures in text) 400 



6. Annett, H. E. and Sen, Jatindra Nath. The use of poppy seed 



cake as a cattle food and its effect on yield of milk and com- 

 position of the butter fat. (With seven charts) . . . 416 



7. Cutler, D. Ward. Observations on soil protozoa. (One figure 



in text) 430 



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