: body loses one ‘molecule of ee and yields aco 
tees! 
ee us pibietoe by S. Bodforss ') on -condensation-reactions of 
__with the condensation of benzaldehyde. with chloracetic anilide anc 
; with acetophenone by the action of aicoholates. Benzaldehyde | 
acid anilide, m. p. 142°. Cuminaldehyde, on condensation | with 
rise to Ld Lene Se ee which boiled at 225, so 227° Ab 
The dibromide tneltell at 119 to 11952 
eas a new synthesis of hydrowy iio. is pablehed! by P. Haren ). As t 
Gag) may be of special interest for our branch of industry we wish to rm 
we; about it... Karrer Paes to arrive at ee acids or at ketones w 
no tendency to ciystulane 
OH We i Oe 
Lig . Saponi- | 4 
HOS Br- c: NCI = HOC! \ ice NCI ——> HO< | 
Sibir. ie cues tik eg ; ~E ie e. ay : 
Resorcinol. Intermediate product. . eee y 
In the same way, the author prepared, from phloroglueinol, phloroglucylic alde 
m.p. 105°. stad : Pee 
f 
We reported, on a previous occasion”), on the occurrence. “of salicylic. 
vanillin in soils. A paper by J. J. Skinner*) brings new details on the 
__ these and some other aldehydes on the growth of plants. The author i inve: 
| of which 14 were garden soils and 60 field soils; of these latter 30 
. productive and 30 as unproductive. Of the 14 garden soils, 5 contain 
and of the 60 field soils aldehydes were present in- 12, these being 
the productive and the unproductive soils in the proportion of 1 oan 
of the the two aldehydes mentioned above, Skinner investigated the 
aldehyde, piperonal, formaldehyde, and paraformaldehyde on the growth 
water and in nutrient-culture solutions, and of SE Oe and vanillin 
and its effect was lessened shmieuiat by the presence oh cae 
was less harmful than - Saline ee dt affected the yee more 
nitrate in considerable Sanne, 
per million was injurious to plant pieces, ands in ‘this easel 
beneficial enuen oe exerted cm any of. pe nae ns, salts. 
