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Leading Subjects. 



Formalin as a Preservative of Botanical Specimens. 



G. E.STONE . 537 



MASS. AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 



Histological Fixation by Injection. 



F. M. McFARLAND 54 1 



LELAND STANFORD, JR., UNIVERSITY. 



Methods in Plant Histology, VIII. 



CHARLES J. CHAMBERLAIN . . 543 



UNIVERS(TY OF CHICAGO. 



A Convenient Method of Numbering Slides in Series. 



RUTH M. HUNTINGTON .... 548 



SMITH COLLEGE. 



An Apparatus and Method for Preparing Agar. 



CHARLES F. DAWSON, M. D., . 549 



A Convenient Micro-polariscope for Food Examination. 



A. L. WINTON 550 



COM. AGRICULTURAL EXP. STATION. 



New Laboratory Apparatus. 



w. M. COPLIN 



JEFFERSON MED. COLLEGE HOSPITAL. 



Some Helpful Laboratory Apparatus. 



C. E. McCLUNG 



UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS. 



An Adjustable Dissecting Microscope. 



E. E. BOGUE 



OKLAHOMA AG. AND MECH. COLLEGE 



A Design for a Convenient Staining Dish. 



JOHN H. SCHAFFNER 



OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. 



Current Botanical Literature. 



CHARLES J. CHAMBERLAIN 



UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. 



Animal Biology. AGNES M. claypole .... 



552 



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CORNELL UNIVERSITY. 



Current Bacteriological Literature. 



H. H. WAITE 



567 



UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. 



Normal and Pathological Histology. 



RICHARD M. PEARCE 573 



HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL. 



Neurological Literature. EDITH M. BRACE 575 



UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER. 



Notes on Recent Mineralogical Literature. 



ALFRED J. MOSES and LEA McI. LUQUER . 577 



COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. 



News and Notes 



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