Supplement to NatnreC\ 

 December 8, 1898 J 



Index 



Bonnefoi (J.), the Amnioniacal Chlorides of Lithium, 432 ; 

 Combinations of Lithium Chloride with Methylamine, 612 



Bonney (Prof., F.R.S. ), Garnet- Actinolite Schists on South Side 

 of St. Gothard, 141 



Bonnier (Gaston), Alpine Character in Plants produced by 

 Alternation of Extreme Temperatures, 384 



Bondsdorff(Dr. E. J.), Death of, 396 



Books of Science, Forthcoming, 535 



Book Worms, Facts about, Rev. J. F. X. O'Connor, 435 



Bordage (M.), Relation of Colour of Lepidopterti Chrysalids to 

 Colour of Environment, 425 



Bordas (L.), Arborescent Organs of Holothuria, 635 



Boruttan (Prof.) Recent Advances in Electrophysiology, 483 



Bosnia, Fall of a Meteorite in, 375 



Botany : Nitrogenous Nutrition of Phanerogamous Plants, L. 

 Lutz, 24 ; the Ceara Rubber Plant at Kew, 40 ; New Rubber- 

 Extracting Machine, 58 ; Gutta-percha and India-rubber, 

 236 ; Fiji Rubber, 302 ; Sources of India-rubber and Gutta- 

 percha, Dr. D. Morris, 514 ; the Supply of Amazonian 

 Rubber, W. A. Churchill, 603 ; Jacquin's Oxlip, Charles 

 Bailey, 46; Linnean Society, 46, 141, 189. 215; Structure 

 of Dendroieros, A. Gepp, 46 ; the Present Position of some 

 Cell Problems, Prof. ]. B. Farmer, 63 ; Missouri Botanical 

 c'.arden. Ninth Annual Report, 77 ; Economic Botany in the 

 West Indies, J. H. Hart, 87 ; Lenticels, H. Devaux, 96 ; 

 journal of Botany, 117, 264, 635 ; Growth of Algte Nostoch 

 in Darkness, R. Bouilhac, 143 : Open-air Studies in Botany, 

 R. Lloyd Praeger, 150 ; on the Use of Methylene Blue as a 

 Means of Investigating Respiration in Plants, Prof. J. B. 

 Farmer, 185, 215 ; Psychrometer applicable to Study of Plant 

 Transpiration, 187 ; New South Wales Linnean Society, 192, 

 240, 359, 492, 635 ; the Making of a Daisy, Eleanor Hughes- 

 Gibb, 198 ; Death of Prof. Anton Kerner, 206 ; Obituary 

 Notice of. Dr. Otto Stampf, 251 ; Death of Prof. Ferdinand 

 Cohn, 206 ; Obituary Notice of. Prof. J. B. Farmer, 275 ; 

 Preservative Solution in Use at Ghent Botanic Garden and 

 Prof. Errera's Process, J. M. Hillier, 208 ; Notes on Ashanti, 

 Surg.-Capt. Cummins, 208; the Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice 

 Group : its Zoology, Botany, Ethnology, and General Struc- 

 ture, based on Collections made by >Ir. Charles Hedley of 

 the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W., 221 ; Vegetable 

 Application used to Inflame Eye by Malingering Egyptian 

 Soldiers, Kenneth Scott, 255 ; Ingredient of Chinese Herbal 

 Prescription, J. B. Davy, 255 ; Geological History of Recent 

 British Flora, Clement Reid, 278 ; Death of Prof. Suringar, 

 :q9 ; Report of Royal Gardens, Ceylon, J. C. Willis, 329 ; 

 luomatolysis in Plants, Dr. B. Longo, 329 ; on the Depletion 

 f the Endosperm of the Horditim vulgare during Germination, 

 lIoraceT. Brown, F.R.S., and F. Escombe, 331; Winter Con- 

 liiion of Reserve Food in Lirioi/endton Stems, E. M. Wilcox, 

 335 ; Physiological Function of Iron in Vegetable Organism, 

 lules Stoklasa, 359 ; Pietine in Wheat, Louis Mangin, 359 ; 

 "a Yorkshire Moor, Prof. L. C. Miall, F.R.S., 377, 401 ; 

 Alpine Character in Plants produced by Alternation of Ex- 

 treme Temperatures, Gaston Bonnier, 384 ; Tea, Coffee, and 

 Cinchona Cultivation in India, 423 ; Handbuch der Bliiten- 

 biologie unter zugrundelegung von Hermann Miiller's werk : 

 " Die Befruchtung der Blumen durch Insekten," Dr. Paul 

 Knuth, Francis Darwin, F.R.S., 434; Corallorhiza innata 

 and its Mycorhiza, A. V. Jennings and H. Hanna, 464 ; 

 Essential Oils of Eucalyptus (lenus, R. T. Baker and H. G. 

 Smith, 464 ; Annals of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Calcutta, 

 vol. viii. : the Orchids of the Sikkim Himalaya, Sir George 

 King and Robert Pantling, 465 ; Botanisches Bilderbuch fiir 

 Jung und Alt, Franz Bley, 466 ; Anatomical Structure of 

 Beetroot Stem, G. Fron, 492 ; a Text-book of Botany, Dr. 



E. Strasburger, Dr. Fritz Noll, Dr. II. Schenck, and Dr. A. 



F. W. Schimper, 494 ; Influence of Light on Wild Grapes 

 and Ground Ivy, M. Maige, 516 ; the Attempts to fit China 

 Grass and Ramie for Manufacturing Purposes, 523 ; Blue 

 Grotto on Lake Minncwaska, N.V., Dr. H. C. Bolton, 525; 

 Botanical Exploration of Mount Kosciusko, J. H. Maiden, 

 551 ; Chlorophyll Assimilation in Maritime Plants, Ed. 

 Griffon, 564 ; Animals and Poisonous Plants, Alfred W. 

 Bennett, 571 ; Edward M. Langley, 597; Obituary Notice of 

 Surgeon-Major J. E. T. Aitchison, M.D., F.R.S. , W. 

 Botting Hemsley, F.R.S., 578; Death of Dr. C. G. Gibeli, 

 603 ; New York Botanical (iarden, 603 ; Flora of County 

 Donegal, H. C. Hart, 615; Silphium among the Ancient 

 Greeks, Dr. Kronfeld, 628 ; the Temperature of Tree-stems, 

 F. Schlechert, 629 ; the Knight- Darwin Law, Francis 



Darwin, F R.S., 630 ; Cause of Spiral Structure of Cheno- 

 podiaceae Roots, G. Fron, 635 

 Bothamley (C. H.), on the Action of certain Substances on the 



Undeveloped Photographic Image, 557 

 Bottone (S. R ), Radiography and the X-Rays, 292 

 Boubee (Prof. P.), the Disposal of the Town Refuse of Naples, 



524 

 Bouchard (M.), Increase of Weight of Body by Transformation 



of Fat in Glycogen, 588 

 Bouchard's Theory of the Transformation of Fat into Glycogen, 



Daniel Berthelot, 612 

 Boudouard (O. ), Limit of Inflammability of Carbon Monoxide, 



71 ; Radiation of Incandescent Burners, 240 

 Bouilhac (R. ), Growth of Alg?e Nostoch in Darkness, 143 

 Boulenger (G. A., F.R.S.), the Tailless Batrachians of Europe, 



567 ; Hibernating Reptilian Embryos, 619 

 Bourget (Henry), Transference of Heat in Cooled Metal, 200, 



521 

 Boutan (Prof. Louis), Submarine Photography, 18 

 Boyce (Prof.), on the Physiological Structure of the Brain of 



the Fowl, 485 

 Boys (C. v., F.R.S.), on Laboratory Arts, Richard Threlfalt, 



145 

 Brabrook (E.W., C.B., F.S.A.), Opening Address in Section H 



of the British Association, 506 

 Brambilla (Prof.), Steiner's Surfaces, 627 



Branly (E. ), Hertzian Oscillations arrested by thin Metallic 



Envelope, 264 ; Wireless Telegraphy and Collisions at Sea, 



312 ; Electrical Resistance at Contact of Two Discs of same 



Metal, 336 



Braun (Dr. C), New Determination of the Earth's Density, 



160 

 Braun (F.), Thermophones, 335 

 Briggs (W.), Chemical Analysis, Qualitative and Quantitative, 



366 

 Bright (Charles), Submarine Telegraphs, 289 

 Bristol, Meeting of the British Association at, 471, 498; 

 Sectional Forecast, 436 ; Inaugural Address by Sir William 

 Crookes, F.R.S., V.P.C.S., President of the Association, 

 438. See also British Association 

 Bristol and Mechanical Science, Sir John Wolfe Barry, K.C.B., 



LL.D., F.R.S., 506 

 Bristol : Novel Plan of Increasing Dock-Capacity, 582 

 British Association : Bristol Meeting of the, 36, 205, 392, 

 412, 471, 408 ; Sectional Forecast, 436 ; Inaugural Address, 

 Sir William Crookes, F.R.S., V P.C.S., President of the 

 Association, 438 ; Monium, 556 ; International Conference 

 of Terrestrial Magnetism and Atmospheric Electricity, 

 Opening Address by Prof. A. W. Rilcker, Sec. R.S., 

 President of the Conference, 473 ; International Con- 

 ferences and the British Association, 522 ; Phosphorescence, 

 Mr. Herbert Jackson, 559 

 Seclion A {Mathematics and Pkysics). — Opening Address by 

 Prof. W. E. Ayrton, F.R.S., President of the Section, 

 448 ; Prof. Rosa and Prof. Atwater on whether the Law of 

 Conservation of Energy holds good for the Vital Processes 

 going on in the Human Body, 532 ; Dr. A. Gait on the 

 Heat of Combination of Metals in the Formation of Alloys, 



532 ; Mr. W. N. Shaw on Dalton's Law, 532 ; Dr. C. H. 

 Lees on the Thermal Conductivity of Rocks at Different 

 Pressures, 532 ; Mr. S. R. Milner and Prof. Chattock on 

 the Thermal Conductivity of Water, 532 ; Mr. J. W. 

 GifTord on Lenses not of Glass, 532 ; Prof. T. Preston on 

 Radiation in a Magnetic Field, 532 ; Prof S. P. Thompson 

 on an Experiment by Righi on the Production of the Zee- 

 man Phenomenon by Absorption, 533 ; Mr J. Burke on 

 the Luminosity produced by Striking Sugar, 533 ; Mr. S. 

 Skinner on the Carbon-Consuming Cell of Jaques, 533 ; 

 Messrs. Cahen and Donaldson on the Results of some 

 Comparisons of the Output and Efficiency of a Secondary 

 Cell (Tudor Type) when charged at Constant Current and 

 Constant Electromotive Force respectively, 533 ; Mrs. 

 Ayrton on the Drop of Potential at the Terminals of the 

 Electric Arc, 533 ; Prof. Chattock on Experiments to De- 

 termine the Velocity of Electricity in the Electric Wind, 



533 ; Prof. Lodge on a New Magnifying Telephone, 533 ; 

 Prof. S. Lemstriim and Dr. E. H. Cook on the Action of 

 Electricity on Plants, 533 ; Dr. Schott, Prof. Riicker, Dr. 

 Eschenhagen, Prof, von Bezold, W. H. Preece, Signor 

 Palazzo, Prof. Fleming, Prof. S. P. Thompson, Prof. 

 Ayrton on the Magnetic and Electrolytic Actions of 



