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 Applied Microscopy 



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Vol. II. No. 2. 



FEBRUARY, 1899. 



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Leading Subjects. 



General Methods in Botanical Microtechnique, II. 



JOHN H. SCHAFFNER .... 257 



OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. 



Carbolic Acid as a Clearing Agent. 



G. H. BRYAN 260 



UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NORTH WALES. 



An Interesting Abnormalty. 



EDITH J. CLAYPOLE .... 261 



V/ELLESLEY COLLEGE. 



A Simple Gasometer for Fermentation Tubes. 



W. D. FROST 263 



UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN. 



Test Tube Suspender for Cleaning Diatoms. 



G. H. BRYAN 264 



UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NORTH WALES. 



Dishes for Infiltrating Tissues in Paraffin. 



S. H. GAGE 265 



CORNELL UNIVERSITY. 



A Convenient Washing Apparatus. 



JOHN H. SCHAFFNER .... 266 



OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. 



Laboratory Methods in Bacteriology. 



VI. The Cultivation of Anaerobic Bacteria. 



DR. F. G. NOVY 267 



UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. 



Current Botanical Literature. 



CHARLES J. CHAMBERLAIN 273 



UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. 



Animal Biology. AGNES M. CLAYPOLE .... 278 



CORNELL UNIVERSITY. 



News and Notes 284 



Saturday Night Club of Microscopists— A Rapid Stain— Use of 

 Meat Juice Extractor — St. Louis Microscopical Society — Picro- 

 Anilin-Blue — American Microscopical Society — Ohio State Acad- 

 emy of Science — Picro Carmine and Alum Carmine — Improved 

 Movement for Microtome Knife— Blood Plates— Methyl-Acetic 

 Stain and Fixative — Picric Acid with Delafield's Haematoxylin. 



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