Supplement to Nature,~\ 

 June 2, 1892 J 



Index 



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Bois-Reymond (Prof. R. du), Prof. Pictet's Laboratory at 



Berlin, 31 

 Boisbaudran (Lecoq de) : Researches on Samarium, 504; the 



Spark Spectra of Gallium, 575 

 Bollettino della Societa Botanica Italiano, 478 

 Boltzmann-Maxwell Law of Partition of Kinetic Energy, on 



the, Rev, H, W. Watson, P\R.S., 512 

 Bombay Natural History Society, Account of the Taming of a 



Heron, 588 

 Bonaparte's (Prince Louis Lucien), Collection of Metals, 348 

 Bonaparte (Prince Roland), Measures of Variations in Lengths 



of Dauphiny Glaciers, 576 

 Bonavia (E.), Philosophical Notes on Botanical Subjects, 483 

 Bonney(Prof. T. G., F.RS.): With Axe and Rope in the 

 New Zealand Alps, George Edward Mannering, 147 ; Note 

 on Specimens of Rock Exposed to High Temperature, 357 ; 

 the Hornblende Schists, Gneisses, and other Crystalline 

 Rocks of Sark, 359 ; Cirques, 391 ; Travels among the 

 Great Andes of the Equator, Edward Whymper, 561 ; the 

 Year-book of Science, 1891, 604 

 Bonnier (Dr. G.), the Relation of the Mistletoe to its Parent 



Tree, 42 1 

 Bonvalot (Gabriel), Across Thibet, 269 

 Books, Forthcoming Scientific, 476 



Boquet (M.), Astronomy at the Paris Academy, April il, 589 

 Borkovsky (M.), the Grain Production of Russia, 67 

 Boston, Fossils Recently Discovered near, Warren Upham, 622 

 Bosweli (Samuel), Modern Lancashire Boilers, 22 

 Botany: Biology of Seaside Plants, \V. BottingHemsley, F.R.S., 

 3 ; Botany of the Emin Relief Expedition, W. T. Thiselton 

 Dyer, F.R.S., 8 ; Major J. A. M. Jephson, 9 ; Handleiding 

 tot de Kennis der Flora van Nederlandsch Indie, Dr. J. G. 

 Boerlage, 28 ; B. Daydon Jackson's Index of Genera and 

 Species of Flowering Plants, 39 ; Wild Maize found in 

 Mexico, 39 ; Government Mission to Investigate the Botany 

 of Sierra Leone, 64 ; Botanical Museums and Gardens of 

 Southern Hemisphere, Prof Goodale, 65 ; the Acclimatization 

 of the Avocado Pear in New South Wales, F. Turner, 66 ; 

 Botanical Gazette, 70, 287, 478, 596 ; Third Series of Hooker's 

 Icones Plantarum, 86 ; Pupils at the Missouri Botanical 

 Gardens, 88 : Disease among the Cocoa-nuts of Jamaica, 

 88 ; Zoology and Botany of ihe West Indian Islands, 139 ; 

 Grafted Plants, W. K. Beeby, 151 ; Current Botanical 

 Expeditions, 155 ; Insectivorous Plants, R. Lindsay, 157 ; 

 the Prolongation of the Gooseberry Season, D. Thomson, 

 157 ; Revisio Genera Plantarum Vascularium Omnium, atque 

 Cellularium Multarum, secundum Leges Nomenclaturse In- 

 ternationales, cum enumeratione Plantarum in Itinere Mundi 

 Collectarum, Dr. Otto Kuntze, W. Botting Hemsley, F.R.S., 

 169 ; Some Peculiar Changes in Colour of Flower of Swain- 

 sonia procumbens, J. P. Eckert, 185 ; the Ginger-beer 

 Plant, Prof H. M. Ward, F.R.S., 190; Parasitic Fungi in 

 Fodder, F. Turner, 236 ; Chinese Fibres, 278 ; the Flora of 

 the River Gambia, Dr. Brown Lester's Collection, 278 ; 

 List of Staff of Kew and Corresponding Colonial Establish- 

 ments, 278 ; Obituary Notice of Walter Hood Fitch, 302 ; 

 Chloride of Sodium in Plants, P. Lesage, 312; the Kew 

 Bulletin, 323, 402, 586 ; Proposed Discontinuance of the 

 Kew Bulletin, 494 ; Jubilee of Kew Gardens, 378 ; Herr 

 J. Bornmiiller's Botanical Expedition, 378 ; Caoutchouc-con- 

 taining Cells of Eticommia ulmoides, F. E. Weiss, 335 ; the 

 Genus Dianthus, F. N. Williams, 383 ; Grasses of the 

 South-West, Dr. George Vasey, 390 ; Sisal Hemp, 402 ; 

 Ripe Seeds of the Monkey-Puzzle Tree {Araucaria imhrkata) 

 of Chili, grown in England, Dr. R. C. A. Prior, 421 ; the 

 Relation of the Mistletoe to its Parent Tree, Dr. G. Bonnier, 

 421 ; a New West Indian Form of Agave rigida, J. H. 

 Hart, 445 ; Method of F'ertilization in Ixora, J. C. Willis, 

 455 ; the Pollen-tube of Gymnosperms, Herr W. Belajeff, 

 471 ; Rain and Mildews in India, Dr. A. Barclay, 477 ; 

 a New Capillary Theory, F. Pasquale, 478 ; Earthquakes 

 and Vegetation, A. Goiran, 478; the Relationship of 

 Autumn- to Spring-Blossoming Plants, A. F, Foerste, 478 ; 

 the Effect of Mechanical Movement on the Growth of 

 Certain Plants, H. L. Russell, 478 ; Movements of the Flower 

 and Fruit of Erodium gruinum. Dr. R. Cobelli, 478 ; Philo- 

 sophical Notes on Botanical Subjects, E. Bonavia, 483 ; 

 Award by Royal Society of New South Wales of Clarke 

 Memorial Medal to Mr. W. T. Thiselton Dyer, 495 ; the 

 Spanish Broom as a Fibre Plant, 495 ; Uganda Bark Cloth, 

 495 ; New Papuan Plants, Diagnoses of, Baron v. Mueller, 



496 ; the Oak, a Popular Introduction to Forest Botany, 

 H. Marshall Ward, F.R.S., 509; Intermediate Forms of 

 Azaleas, Mr. William Sowerby, 519; Effects of Earthquakes 

 on Vegetation, Signor Goiran, 520 ; Influence of Electricity 

 on Growth of Plants, Prof Aloi, 520 ; a New Seaweed 

 from Cape Colony {Phacelocarpiis disciger), 526 ; Extermina- 

 tion of the Wild Daffodil in the Basses Pyrenees, 595 ; 

 Botanical International Congress to be held at Genoa in 

 connection with Celebration of Quatercentenary of Discovery 

 of America by Columbus, 545 ; Remarkable Development of 

 Botanical Establishment of Harvard University by Munificence 

 of Prof. G. L. Goodale, 545 ; the Ants attracted by Cynips 

 calycis Galls, a Protection to Quercus pedunculata. Dr. Rathay, 

 546 ; a New Theory of the Morphology of the Carpel in 

 Flowering Plants, F, Pasquale, 546 ; Dr. J. T. Rothrock 

 on the Flora, &c., of the Bahamas and Jamaica, the Man- 

 grove as a Source of Tannin, 546 ; Fertilization of the Cabua- 

 rinacese, 548 ; Sets of Exsiccate Coccidse to be issued by the 

 Institute of Jamaica, 567 ; Panax Gum, J. H. Maiden, 567 ; 

 Sunflower Cultivation in Southern Russia, 568 ; Biology of 

 the Sunflower, A, Gordyaghin, 597 ; J. Carruthers appointed 

 Lecturer in Botany at the College of Agriculture, Downton, 

 586 ; Lectures on Systematic Botany at St. Thomas's Hospital, 

 586 ; Evolution in Methods of Pollination, Miss Alice Carter, 

 596 ; on the Phenomena concerned in the Production of 

 Forked and Branched Palms, D. Morris, 598 ; Our Trees, 

 John Robinson, 603 



Bothamley (C. H.) : the Ilford Manual of Photography, 460 ; 

 the Optical Lantern as an Aid in Teaching, 437 



Botocudos of Brazil, the, 615 



Boulenger (G. A.), Zoological Regions, 104 



Bourne (Dr. A. G.), Pelomyxa-viridis, 140 



Bow as Origin of Stringed Instruments, the, Dr. E. B. Tylor, 

 F.R.S., 184 



Bowman (Sir William, F.R.S.): Death of, 517; Obituary 

 Notice of, Prof. J. Burdon Sanderson, F.R.S., 564 



Bower (Capt.), Journey from China to Simla, 615 



Kra^gg (t'rof.), Mathematical Analogies between various Branches 

 of Physics, 423 



Brain, the Intracranial Circulation and its Relation to the Phy- 

 siology of the, James Cappie, M.D., 26 



Branchiate Oligochaete, Preliminary Notice of a New, Frank 

 E. Beddard, 109 



Brazil": Dismissal of Dr. Fritz MUller, 1 56 ; the Mineral Wealth 

 of, 235 ; the Botocudos of, 615 



Brebner (Mr. George), Appointment as first Marshall Scholar 

 in Biology of, 183 



Brewing, the Science of, E. R. Moritz and G. H. Morris, loo 



Briggs (J. F.)» Relative Orienting Effect of Chlorine and 

 Bromine, 525 



Briggs (W.), Synopsis of Non-Metallic Chemistry, 604 



British Art, Science Museum and Gallery of, at South Kensing- 

 ton, 348 



British Association, Arrangements for Edinburgh Meeting, 401 



British Columbia, the Salmon Industry in, 279 



British Earthworm, a Rare, Rev. Hilderic Friend, 365 



British Edible Fungi, how to Distinguish and how to Cook the m, 

 M. C. Cooke, 75 



British Flies (Diptera), an Account of, Hon. M. Cordelia E. 

 Leigh and F. V. Theobald, 173 



British Fungi, Phycomycetes and Ustilagineae, G. Massee, 41 1 



British Geology, 1890, Annals of, J. F. Blake, 77 



British Guiana, Proposed Establishment of an Agricultural 

 College in, 520 



British Isles, Volcanic Action in the, Sir Archibald Geikie, 

 F.R.S., 398 



British Museum : Catalogue of Fossil Birds in, Richard 

 Lydekker, 33 ; Bird Gallery in the, 154 ; Mr. A. S. Wood- 

 ward appointed Assistant- Keeper of the Department of 

 Geology, 566 



Broads, how to Organize a Cruise on the, E. R. Suffling, 52 



Brochet (A. ), Pyrogeneous Hydrocarbons formed in Gas Industry, 

 504 



Brodie (F. J.), the Prevalence of Fog in London, 1871-90, 215 



Bronze Age in the East and Southern Europe, the, Prof. 

 Montelius, 39 



Bronze in the London Atmosphere, Prof. Roberts- Austen, 443 



Brooks's Comet (1890 II. ), Rediscovery of, 326 



Brown (Prof A. Crum, F.R.S.), Rule for Determining whether 

 a given Benzene Mono-derivative shall give a Meta-di-deriva- 

 tive or a Mixture of Ortho- yid Para-di-derivatives, 525 



