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Termcn (jrstmi and other tcnnitos found on rubber estates, Pratt 7G4 



The brown scale of the gooseberry and cuirant, Newstead ,_ 704 



On an enchytraMd worm injurious to the seedlings of the larch, Hewitt 704 



A new cecidoniyiid on oak, Kussell and Hooker 7G4 



Life history of N//(///r///.s' intntilciis, a fern-eating weevil, Mangan 704 



A new speeies of tick from the Transvaal, Neumann 704 



The structure, development, and bionomics of the house fly, II, Hewitt 704 



Observations on fleas with special reference to Piilcv cheopis 703 



The part played by insects in the epidemiology of plague, Verjbitski 705 



Insect transmission of bubonic plague: San Francisco, Mltzmain 705 



I'reservation of plague bacillus in bedbug, .Tordansky and Kladnitsky 705 



Report on the anatomy of the tsetse fly (Glossina pdlpalis), Minchin 705 



lieproductiou and variations in the development of (I. ixilimlit^, lloubaud- 705 



(lUissiiKi iiiilpiilis! in its relation to trypanosomes, ]Minchin et al 705 



The ability of tsetse flies to c(mvey Tn/panosoma gambiense, Ross 700 



Hescriptions and records of bees. Cockerell 700 



Winter ventilation of hives, Dadant 706 



[A digest and discussion of papers on bee keepingj__ 766 



Keiiort of the State insiiector of apiaries, Darby 766 



The Argentine ant, a possible pest of the apiary, Benton 706 



The silk industry, Penafiel 707 



FOODS — HUMAN NUTRITION. 



Rearing of the metabolism of Bengalis on problems of nutrition, McCay_ 767 



Parsimony in nutrition, Crichton-Browne 769 



I''ads and feeding. Read 709 



Retail prices of food, 1S90 to 1907 709 



Cost of living of working classes in industrial towns of Great Britain 709 



Studies of the dinners served in Berlin restaurants, Kifskalt 709 



Food in Asiatic Turkey : 709 



The feeding of school children 770 



'i'he f(XMling of the soldier 770 



Diets in tulierenlosis, Bardsman and Chapman 770 



Notes on scurvy in South Africa. Macrae 770 



IIow to cure si)leens for food, Williams 770 



The cooking of legumes 770 



Tlie book of fruit l)ott]ing, P.radle.v and Crooke 770 



Reciiies for the preserving of fruit, vegetables, and meat, Wagner 770 



The household gas-cookery book, Edden and Moser 771 



The up-to-date home. Labor and money saving appliances 771 



Refrigeration on the homestead, Jackson and Lea 771 



fanned meats, McCJill 771 



On the nature and causes of taint in miscured hams, Klein 771 



Dr.iwn V. undrawn poultry. Burke 771 



The water content of sausage, Ilohrig 771 



Water content of sausage. Kreis 771 



Xnt sausage, Kappeller and Theopold 771 



The origin, manufacture, and nses of extract of meat 772 



Meat extract, Rfihrig 772 



The food value of the herring, ^lilroy , 772 



Added preservatives in fi si i goods, Kozyu 772 



The i»enguin egg 772 



Preserved egg goods, Rfihrig 772 



Preserved o^i: yolk. Benz 772 



lOxperiments on l)read fermentation, Vandevelde, Bosnians and Revljn 772 



Tlie use of sugar in l)read making, Dnpont 772 



A new type of bread for )icas.iiits, (;il)elli and Oriiner 772 



Potei\tialities of ])lantain meal 772 



How to prevent checking in l>iscuits jind crackers, Crocker 772 



Tlie molecular weiglit ((f dexti-in of honey from Conifera», Barschall 773 



The comiiosilion of pinea|)ples, Bonewitz 773 



S|>oile<l plum Jam, Kfipcke __ 773 



fHive oil, Mc(;ill 773 



New exi)eriments on olive preservation. Frezzonittl 773 



Treatment of olives which have undergone fermentation, Kossowicz 773 



