Nature, "I 



September 28 



Index 



XXV 



Physiology of Plants : Elective Power of Plant Cells 

 towards Dextrose and Levulose, 167 ; Der Stoffwechsel 

 der Pflanzen, Prof. A. Nathansohn, 240 ; Detection of 

 Maltose in the Tissues of Certain Angiosperms, S. 

 Mangham, 573 



Picton (T.), Incandescent Lime Kathodes, 371 



Pi^ron (Henri), Experimental Contribution to the Physio- 

 logy of Sleep, 67; I'Evolution de la M^moire, 342 



Pigeon (L.), New Form of Stereoscope, 372 



Pine-wood, Chemical Composition of, Prof. Klason, 259 



Pinkerton (Dr. P.), Elements of Analytical Geometry, 445 



Plague : Dr. Petrie and Dr. Farrar's Departure for Man- 

 churia, 18; Plague, Prof. W. J. Simpson, 486 



Plants : Diseases of Economic Plants, Prof. F. L. Stevens, 

 J. G. Hall, 376; Metabolism of Plants, Prof. A. Nathan- 

 sohn, 240 



Plimmer (H. G.), Report on the Pathological Examination 

 of Rats Caught in Regent's Park and the Zoological 

 Gardens, 607 



Plumage Bill, the, 19 ; J. Collinson, 45 ; Facts and 

 Fallacies in Connection with the Trade in Fancy 

 Feathers, C. F. Downham, 81 ; the Pros and Cons of 

 the Plumage Bill, J. Buckland, 82 ; the Extinction of 

 the Egret, W. M. Webb, 518 



Pocock (R. I., F.R.S.), the Skin-glands of Ruminants, 

 158 ; Palatibility of some British Insects : Significance 

 of Mimetic Resemblances, 471 



Poschl (Dr. v.), an Introduction to the Chemistry of the 

 Colloids, 141 



Poincar^ (H.), Speech at Bologna Philosophical Congress, 



399 

 Pole, the North, Commander Robert E. Peary, R. A. 



Harris, 373 

 PoUok (Dr. J. H.), the Vacuum-tube Spectra of the 



Vapours of some Metals and Metallic Chlorides, 269 

 Pope (Prof.), Attempts to Resolve Asymmetric Nitrogen 



Compounds of Low Molecular Weight, 541 

 Porter (Dr. Annie), Diseased Bees and Combs Infected 



with a Minute Protozoal Parasite, 234 

 Porter (H. L.), Energy Transformations of X-rays, 470 

 Potatoes, Wart Disease of, 126 

 Pougnet (J.), Action of Ultra-violet Rays upon the Green 



Pods of Vanilla, 406 

 Praeger (R. Lloyd), Clare Island Survey (Botanical), 66, 



575 

 Pratt (R. W.), Sewage Disposal, 510 

 Priestley (J. H.), the Mechanism of Carbon Assimilation, 



540 

 Professors and Practical Men, Prof. Arthur Smithells, 



F.R.S., 127 

 Promsy (Mile. G.), Influence of Acidity on Germination, 67 

 Protheroe (E.), New Illustrated Natural History of the 



World, 418 

 Prunet (A.), Various Methods of Plant Pathology and 



Therapeutics, 609 

 Przibram (Dr. H.), Experimental-Zoologie, Phylogenese, 



238 

 Psychology : Subconscious Phenomena, H. Miinsterberg 



and Others, 40 ; Emotion and Morals, Dr. W. Brown, 



125 ; I'Evolution de la M^moire, Henri Pi^ron, 342 ; 



Vorlesungen iiber Tierpsychologie, Karl Camillo 



Schneider, Dr. Wm. Brown, 342 ; the Psychology of 



Genius, Prof. Carveth Read, 471 ; the World of Dreams, 



Havelock Ellis, 515 ; Introduction to Experimental 



Psychology, Dr, C. S. Myers, 552 

 Ptomaines of Tinned Fish, A. Desgrez, F. Caius, 202 

 Purvis (Prof. F. P.), the End of the Beagle, 447 

 Purvis (J. E.), Absorption Spectra of the Vapours of 



Sulphur Compounds, 167 ; Non-nitrification of Sewage 



in Sea-water, 541 

 Punnett (R. C), Interrelations of Genetic Factors, 199 



Quiggin (A. H. O.), History of Anthropology, 308 



Rabut (M.), Partial Tunnelling under the Rue de Rome, 



439 

 Radiations of the Alkaline Metals, E. Henriot, 201, 473 

 Radio-activity : Traits de Radioactivity, Prof. Mme. P. 



Curie, i ; Report on the Separation of Ionium and 

 Actinium from certain Residues, and the Production of 

 Helium by Ionium, Dr. B. B. Boltwood, 31 ; the 

 Secondary Rays produced by j3 Rays, J. A. Gray, 32 ; 

 Radio-activity of the Artesian-water System of Christ- 

 church, New Zealand, and its Effect on Fish-life, Dr. 

 C. C. Farr, D. C. H. Florance, 59 ; Action of Slight 

 Temperature Elevation on Induced Radio-activity, E. 

 Sarasin, Th. Tommasina, 67 ; Variation of lonisation 

 with Velocity for the )3 Particles, W. Wilson, 166 ; 

 Scattering of the o and j8 Rays and Structure of the 

 Atom, Prof. E. Rutherford, 201 ; the Large Scattering 

 of the a Particles, Dr. H. Geiger, 201 ; an Extremely 

 Absorbable Ionising Radiation Emitted by Radium C, 

 L. Wertenstein, 608 



Radiography : a Method of making Visible the Paths of 

 Ionising Particles through a Gas, C. T. R. Wilson, 404 ; 

 Constipation and Allied Disorders, Dr. Hertz, 588 ; 

 Radiographic Demonstration of Lane's Ileal Kink, Dr. 

 A. C. Jordan, 588 



Radio-telegraphy : see Wireless 



Radiotherapy : the Use of Radio-active Substances in 

 Therapeutics, Prof. W. His, Dr. A. C. Jordan, 157 ; 

 New Method for the Introduction of Radium into the 

 Tissues, MM. Haret, Danne, and Jaboin, 168 ; Radium, 

 its Physics and Therapeutics, Dr. D. Turner, Dr. A. C. 

 Jordan, 339 ; Action of Radium Emanations upon some 

 of the Main Constituents of Normal Blood, Dr. Helen 

 Chambers, Dr. S. Russ, 540 



Raffety (C. ^y.), the Hydrogen Spectrum, 12 ; the Solar 

 Eclipse of April 28, 554 



Railliet (A.), Treatment of Distomatosis of Sheep, 372 



Ranc (A.), Action of Ultra-violet Light on Saccharose, 

 542 



Rankin (G.), Britain's Birds and their Nests, 552 



Ransom (E.), Action of Caffeine on Muscle, loi 



Rastall (R. H.), the Geology of the Districts of Worcester, 

 Robertson and Ashton (Cape Colony), 66 ; Geology for 

 Students, 549 



Rats : the Daintiness of the Rat, J. Y. Buchanan, 177 ; 

 Pathological Examination of Rats caught in the Zoo- 

 logical Gardens (London), H. G. Plimmer, 607 



Rathbun (Miss Mary J.), the Marine Brachyura from the 

 Indian Ocean collected in 1905, 33 



Ray (Maumatha nath). Fundamental Notions in Vector 

 Analysis, 280 



Rayleigh (Rt. Hon. Lord, F.R.S.), Breath Figures, 416 



Read (Prof. Carveth), the Psychology of Genius, 471 



Read (J.), Attempts to Resolve Asymmetric Nitrogen Com- 

 pounds of Low Molecular Weight, 541 



Reboul (G.), Transport of Particles of certain Metals under 

 the Action of Heat, 167 ; Conductivity accompanying 

 Chemical Reactions, 608 



Redgrove (H. Stanley), Alchemy, Ancient and Modern, 



375 

 Reeves (E. A.), Maps and Map-making, 478 

 Reference Books : the Green Book of London Society, 109 ; 



the Social Guide, 142 

 Reflections in Water, W. B. Croft, 45 

 Refractory Materials : Fabrication et Emploi des 



Mat^riaux et Produits r^fractaires utilises dans I'lndus- 



trie. Prof. A. Granger, Wm. Burton, 343 

 Regnault (J.), Suprarenal Optherapy : Determination of 



Sex, 474 

 Reid (Dr. Archdall), Natural Selection and Disease, 485 

 Reisner (Prof. G. A.), Archaeological Survey of Nubia, 283 



Reviews and Our Bookshelf. 



Traits de Radioactivity, Prof. Mme. P. Curie, i 



The Dynamo : its Theory, Design, and Manufacture, C. C. 



Hawkins, F. Wallis, 3 

 Ole Romer's Adversaria, Thyra Elbe, Kirstine Meyer, 4 

 Das Tie^reich, Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Prof. K. W. von 



Dalla Torre, Prof. J. J. Kieffer, 4 

 Das Kristallisationsmikroskop und die damit gemachten 



Entdeckungen insbesondere die der flussigen Kristalle, 



Prof. O. Lehmann, 5 

 The Steam-engine and other Heat-engines, Prof. J. A. 



Ewing, C.B., F.R.S., 6 



