vi. TRANSACTIONS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. fVOI,. VII. 



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Introduction ............. 140 



Topography of the Fre-Sedimenlary Floor ....... 142 



The Palccozoic Series ........... 157 



Post-Carboniferous History .......... 162 



Literature ............. 185 



Observations on Blood Pressure, with Special Reference to Chloroform . 1B7 

 R. D. Rudolf, M.D., M.R.C.P. 



Introduction ............. 187 



The Normal Effects of Gravity ......... 189 



Abdominal Pressure ........... 194 



The Effect of Certain Drugs on the Blood Pressure . . . . .199 



Complications arising during the Administration of Chloroform . . 211 



Methods of Resuscitation in Chloroform Poisoning ..... 215 



Rev. Henry Scadding-, D. D. . . . . . . . . . . . 235 



An Investigation into the Effects of Water and Aqueons Solutions on some of the 



Common Inorganic Substances on Foliage Leaves ..... 237 



Jame.s B. Dandeno, A.m. 



Introduction ............. 238 



Historical Resume . . . . . . . . . . 241 



Absorption of Water by Foliage Leaves ....... 248 



Incrustations, Guttation Drops, Dew ....... 257 



Does Distilled Water become Alkaline when placed upon Leaves of Plants? 263 

 The Effects of a Nutrient Solution and of Distilled Water upon Leaves of 



Plants ............. 269 



The Effects of Strong Solutions applied to the Cut Ends of the Petioles of 



Foliage Leaves ........... 292 



On the Effect of a Solution applied to the Leaf Surface ..... 308 



Tobacco-Leaf " Spot" .......... 320 



Some of the Effects of Sea- Water on the Air ....... 329 



On the Effects of Water and Nutrient Solutions upon Developing Buds of 



Willow Twigs ........... 339 



Summary of Results and Conclusions ......:. 344 



Bibliography ............. 346 



The Windward Lslands of the West Indies ........ 351 



J. W. Spencer, M.A., Ph.D., F.G.S. 



Introduction and How to Reach the Islands . . . . . 351 



Sombrero _ 353 



The St. Martin Archipelago ......... 354 



The St. Kitts Chain, Montserrat and the Saba Banks ..... 356 



Antiqua and Barbuda ........... 359 



The Guadaloupe Archipelago . . . . ' . . . . . . 360 



Dominica . ' . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 



Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadnies .... 363 



