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VOL. XV., No. 92. neon ry OCTOBER 1899. 
NATURAL 
» SCIENCE 
A MONTHLY REVIEW OF 
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS 
CONTENTS 
PAGE 
Notes AND COMMENTS . + 337 
The Scientific Spirit—More Misitlatnetde= Mackinh healer utenti. 
heritance of Malformations—The Nucleolus in Heredity—Inheritance of 
Longevity—A Verbose Vitalist—Morphology of the Sting in Hymenoptera 
—Factors in the Growth of Muscle—Water-Plants as Land-Winners—The 
Progress of a Great Work—The Hopkins Seaside Laboratory—The Morning 
of Science—Eruption of Mauna Loa—The Poison of Darnel—Coppinia— 
Scientific Explanations—An Unsolved Problem. 
THe INFLUENCE of THE NERVOUS SysTEM IN ORGANIC EVOLUTION . 258 
By R. F. Licorish, M.D. 
THE FauNA OF THE SOUND . arg) 
Abstracted by F. A. Bather from the Swedes of Dr. Hinar Lganbete 
SUGGESTIONS UPON THE ORIGIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN FLORA (continued) . 274 
By Spencer Moore, B.Sc., F.L.S. 
FreEsH Facrs . : : ; : F ; ie ROE 
Some New Books : ; ; : 4 : Si oe 
OBITUARIES ; i ‘ ; ; : ; ve SOL 
John Cordeaux. 
NEws . ‘ : ‘ : ; . . . 802 


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