INDEX 



Abbott, Helen C. De S., autobiographical 

 fragment, 8-18; lectures, 23; scientific 

 pilgrimage, 26. 



Abbott, James, 5, 8, 12. 



Abbott, Dr. William Louis, 8. 



Absorption, method of, in plants, 235. 



Academy of Natural Sciences (Phila- 

 delphia), 15. 



Acetic ether, action of, 137. 



Acids, table of, 332. 



Acrose formed by Emil Fischer, 321. 



Aldol condensation, 339. 



Aldose, name for aldehyde sugars, 321. 



Algae, relative position of, 245. 



Alizarin, coloring-matter of madder, 202. 



Alkaloids, appearance of, 273 ; distribu- 

 tion of, 112. 



Alps, views of, 74, 77; Drude's, 58. 



American Association for Advancement of 

 Science, n, 14, 22, 101. 



Ames, Joseph S., criticism of, 27. 



Amides, 265. 



Ammidown, E. H., on tariff revision, 

 197. 



Amylomycin, 247. 



Analogies, force of, 258. 



Arabinose, discovery of, 337. 



Aristotle and Browning, 405. 



Armstrong, Professor, 85, 86. 



Aromatic nitrils, new syntheses of, 286. 



Art, Science and Philosophy in (paper), 



349- 

 Ash-ingredients, 240, 243, 261. ' 



Bacilli in chemical change, 344. 



Baeyer, A. von, observations of, 286, 321. 



Bagasse, disposition of, 216. 



Bale, visit to, 78. 



Bartoletti, discovers milk sugar, 341. 



Baumann, Professor, visit to, 78; investi- 

 gations of, 241. 



Beet-sugar, production of, 212. 



Benzole ring, worship of, 47. 



Berlin, Agricultural School, 52; Botanical 

 Garden, 54; Chemical Society, 47; Eth- 

 nological Museum, 49. 



Berne, visit to, 73. 



Berzelius, Professor, 32. 



Beyer, C., experiments of, 297. 



Biedermann, authority of, sustained, 298. 



Bing's Japanese curios, 82. 



Blaschka glass-works, 55. 



Blockley Hospital, accident at, 13. 



Bokorny, observation of, 321. 



Bonn, visit to, 81. 



Botany, chemical basis of, 112. 



Bovallius, Dr., as cicerone, 32. 



Brendel's botanical models, 53. 



Brinton, Dr. Daniel G., 16, 79, 102. 



Brinckmann, Dr. J., 40. 



Browning, Robert, 17; the apostle of truth, 



366; dramas of, 367, 393. 

 Brugsch Bey, 87. 



Buckwheat, nutritive value of, 195. 

 Buddha, quoted, 393. 

 Bunsen, Professor R. W., visit to, 81. 



Calcium in green leaves, 241. 



Candolle, De, cited, 169. 



Carbohydrates, Synthetic Work in (paper), 



318; division of, 322; synthetic work 



in, 88. 



Carlsberg Laboratory, 37. 

 Carmen Silva, 70. 

 Carnaiiba wax, description of, 124. 

 Cascara amarga, 207; solid hydrocarbons 



in, 280. 



Catechin in Saraca, 173. 

 Celin Sabbrin (pen name), 17, 349. 

 Cereal products of U. S., 192. 

 Chalmot, De, theory of, 337. 

 Chemistry, importance of, in botany, 175. 

 Chichipate, analysis of, 21, 22, 281; yellow 



dye from, 206. 



China, use of sorghum in, 215. 

 Chlorophyll, 52; function of, 244. 

 Chocolate, importance of, 190. 

 Cholesterin, 187. 



Ciamician and Silber, experiments of, 316. 

 Clarke, Professor Hugh A., 7. 

 Claus, Professor, visit to, 78. 

 Cleve, Professor, 32. 

 "Coefficient of purity," 221. 

 Coffee, importations of, 192. 

 Cohn, Professor, on production of starch, 



208. 



