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Index 



IX 



J9; Our Country's Flowers, W. J. Gordon, 247 ; Obituary 

 liotice of Cardinal Haynald, 256 ; Flora of Tropical Africa, 

 ; New Indian Labiatae, Dr. D. Prain, 258 ; the Vegeta- 

 jn of Tibet, 260 ; are Seedlings of Hemerocallis fulva 

 ecially Variable ?, Prof. Marcus M. Hartog, 274; the Origin 

 the Flora of Greenland, Clement Reid, 299 ; Relation 

 'tween Insects and Forms and Characters of Flowers, T. 

 leehan, 335 ; Pines and Firs of Japan, Dr. Maxwell T. 

 lasters, 339 ; Botanical Survey of India, 347 ; Geo-Botanical 

 Jotes on the Flora of European Russia, D. J. LitvinofT, 

 59 ; Aerial Roots of the White Mangrove, 304 ; Alfred W. 

 Jennett, 370 ; A climatization in Russia, 388 ; Botanical 

 Exchange Club of the British Isles, 391 ; Francis Darwin, 

 F.R.S., on Growth-Curvatures in Plants, 407 ; Embryology 

 of Flowering Plants, Mdlle. C. Sokolowa, 437 ; Botany of 

 the Chinese Classics, 438 ; Abbildungen zur Deutschen Flora, 

 H. Karsten's, 467 ; Elementary Text-book of Botany for the 

 Use of Schools, Edith Aiiken, 467 ; Some of the Possibilities 

 of Economic Botany, Prof. Geo. L. Goodale, 469 ; on the 

 ''ulure of Systematic Botany Prof. John M. Coulter, 472 ; 

 jposed Conference on Conifers, 475 ; Californian Trees 

 Flowers, 477 ; Francis Darwin, F. K.S., on the Artificial 

 Dduction of Rhythm in Plants, 484 ; Flowers and Insects, 

 \. F. Scott- Flliott, 488 ; Sleep Movements in Plants, A. G. 

 insley, 493 ; Acclimatization of the Lacquer-Tree at Frank- 

 Prof. Rein, 500 ; American Expeditions to Investigate 

 lora of Mexico, 501 ; Olive-growing in Australia, Principal 

 Tjomson, 501 ; Cultivation of Tobacco in German New 

 linea, 502 ; " Kamme," a New Species of Truffle, A. 

 latin, 512 ; Bush PViends in Tasmania, Mrs. L. A. Meredith, 

 17 ; the Fertilization of South African and Madagascar 

 lowering Plants, C. F. S. Elliott, 528 ; the Distribution of 

 irine Algae, G. Murray, 528; Oesterreichische Botanische 

 itung, 528 ; Dr. Palmer's Collections in Western 

 Mexico and Arizona, 528 ; Some of the Possibilities of 

 Dnomic Botany, Prof. George Lincoln Goodale on, 

 JO ; the Cereals, 531 ; Vegetables, 532 ; Fruits, 532 ; Tim- 

 and Cabinet Woods, 534 ; Vegetable Fibres, 534 ; 

 fanning Materials, 534; Resins, &c., 534 ; Fragrant Plants, 

 J5 ; Exhibition of Cone-bearing Trees, Royal Horticultural 

 :iety, 548 ; Dr. Prain and the Investigator Cruise, 549 ; 

 )tanical Sur*rey in Assam and Burmah, Dr. King, 549 ; 

 battles and Wattle-barks, J. H. Maiden, 579 ; Projected 

 International Botanical Congress at Genoa, 598 ; M. Paul 

 Maury's Expedition to Mexico, 598 ; Variation of Compo- 

 sition of Jerusalem Artichokes at Different Periods of Growth, 

 G. Lechartier, 608 

 Boulenger (G. A.), Anatomy of Heloderma, 444 

 Bournemouth, Meeting of the Briiish Medical Association at, 



161 ; Earthquake at, Plenry Cecil, 614 

 Boutroux (Leon), the Fermentation of Bread, 336 

 Bouty (E.), Dielectric Properties of Mica at High Temperatures, 



168 

 Bower (Frederick Orpen), Proposed Fellow of the Royal Society, 



IS 

 Boys (C. v.). Pocket Electrometers, 262 

 Brackett (R. N.), Newtonite and Rectorite, New Minerals of 



the Kaolinite Group, 310 

 Brandis (Sir D., F. R.S.), a Manual of Forestry, William 



Schlich, 265 

 Brass Sheets, T, Turner on Red Blotches in, 455 

 Brauner (Dr.), on Lanthanum, 68 

 Brazil, H. Morize on the Climatology of, 437 

 Brazil, Projected Agricultural Mechanical College at San Paulo, 



549 

 Bread, the Fermentation of, Leon Boutroux, 336 

 Brezina (Dr. A.), Capture of a Supposed Gem Thief at Vienna, 



598 

 Breweries : Proposed Utilization of Carbonic Acid produced 



in Fermentation of Sugar, 303 

 Brighton Aquarium, Birth of Sea Lion at, 185 

 Brinton (Dr. Daniel G.): Races and Peoples, 124 ; Vocabularies 



from the Musquito Coast, 600 

 Bristol University College Calendar, 438 

 British Art, Gallery of, at South Kensington and the Science 



Museum, 37, 255 

 British Association : Meeting at Cardiff, General Pro- 

 gramme, 65, 371 ; Preliminary Arrangements, 204, 280 ; 

 Grants of the, 423 ; Arrangements for the Meeting at 

 Edinburgh in 1892, 161, 398 ; Inaugural Address at 

 Cardiff by William Huggins, LL.D., F.R.S., 372 



Section A {Mathematics and /"/ijovVj)— Opening Address by 

 Prof. Oliver J. Lodge, LL.D., F.R.S., President of the 

 Section, 382 ; Prof. Newton on the Action of Jupiter on 

 Comets, 453 ; W, E. Wilson on the Absorption of Heat 

 in the Solar Atmosphere, 453 ; Prof. Oliver J. Lodge, 

 F.R.S., on whether the Eiher behaves as a Viscous 

 Fluid, 454 ; Prof. D. E. Jones on Electric Waves in Wires, 



454 ; Papers on Electrolysis, 454 ; Dr. Johnstone Stoney, 

 F.R. S., on Double Lines in the Spectra of Gases, 454 ; Dr. 

 Copeland on Bright Streaks on the Moon, 454 ; Prof. 

 Oliver J. Lodge, F.R.S , on Light in Modifying the Effect 

 of the Gravitational Attraction of the Sun, 454 ; Units and 

 their Nomenclature, 454 ; Prof. S. P. Thompson, F.R.S., 

 on the Measurement of Lenses, and on a New Polarizer, 



455 ; F. T. Trouton on the Propagation of Magnetization 

 in Iron, 455 



Section B (Chemistry) — Opening Address by Prof. W. C. 

 Roberts-Austen, C.B., F.R.S. , President of the Section, 

 399 ; Report of the Committee on the Formation of Haloid 

 Salts, 455 ; Prof. Vivian B. Lewes on the Spontaneous 

 I-^nition of Coal, 455 ; Ludwig Mond on Nickel- carbon 

 Oxide and Metallic Nickel obtained therefrom, 455 ; Iron- 

 carbon Oxide, 455 ; William Crookes, F.R S , on the 

 Electrical Evaporation of Metals and Alloys, 455 ; T. 

 Turner on the Cause of th^ Red Blotches on the Surface of 

 Brass Sheets, 455 ; A. P. Laurie on the Electromotive 

 Forces of Various Alloys, 456: Prof. Roberts- Austen, 

 F.R.S., on his Self recording Pyrometer, 456 ; A, Vernon- 

 Harcourt and F. W. Humphery on the Relation between 

 the Composition of a Double Salt and the Composition and 

 Temperature of the Liquid in which it is formed, 456 ; 

 Report on the Isomeric Naphthalene Derivatives, 456 ; 

 Profs. Riicker and Roberts- Austen on ihe Specific lleat of 

 Basalt, 456 ; Prof. F. Clowes on an Apparatus for testing 

 Safety-lamps, 456 ; Prof. C. M. Thompson on Rare 

 Earths and New Elements, 456 ; Prof. Ramsay on the 

 Liquids obtained by passing Excess of Hydrogen Sulphide 

 into Solutions of c.rtain Metals, 456: J. J. Sudborough 

 on the Action of Nitrosyl Chloride on Unsaturated Carbon 

 Compounds, 456 ; C. G. Moor on the Disposal of Sewage, 



456 ; A. H. Allen on treating Glycerides with Alcoholic 

 Potash, 456 



Section C (Geology)— Frof. Boyd Dawkin?, F.R.S., on the 

 Channel Tunnel Boring and the Discovery of Coal, 479 ; 

 W. Topley, F.R.S., on the Origin of Petroleum, 479 ; Sir 

 Archibald Geikie, F.R.S., on the Discovery of theOlenellus 

 Zone in the North- West Highlands of Scotland, 479 ; Sir 

 Archibald Geikie, F.R.S., on the Recent Work of the 

 Geological Survey in the Archaean Gneiss of the North- 

 West Highlands of Scotland, 480 ; Sir R. S. Ball on the 

 Cause of an Ice Age, 480 ; Rev. Dr. Crosskey o;i 

 Distribution of Erratics in England and Wales, 480 ; Prof. 

 Wright on the Ice Age in North America, 480 ; Report on 

 the Elbolton Cave near Skipton, 480 ; Dr. Hicks on the 

 Silurian and Devonian Rocks of Pembrokeshire, 480 ; 

 Palaeontological Papers, 481 



Section D {Biology)— O^tMVig Address by Francis Darwin, 

 F.R.S., President of the Section, 407; Grenfell on the 

 Structure of Diatoms, 481 ; Calderwood on Sea Fisheries, 



481 ; J. T. Cunninjjham on the Reproduction of the 

 Pilchard, 481 ; J. T. Cunningham on the Rate and 

 Growth of Age of Sexual Maturity in F"ish, 482 ; Prof. 

 Herdman and J. A. Clubb on the Innervation of the 

 Epipodial Processes of some Nudibranchiate Mollusca, 



482 ; Prof. W. N. Parker on Respiration in Tadpoles, 

 482 ; Prof. Howes on the Classification of Fishes by their 

 Reproductive Organs, 483 ; Prof, Howes on the Gills of 

 Fishes, 483 ; Dr. Arthur Robinson on the Development of 

 the Rat and the Mouse, 483 ; Ptof. Marcus Hartog on 

 Protoplasmic Rejuvenescence, 483 ; Francis Darwin, 

 F.R.S., on the Artificial Production of Rhythm in Plants, 

 484 



Section E {Geography)— Of tviva^ Addres; by E. G, Raven- 

 stein, F.R.G.S., F.S.S., President of the Section, 423 ; 

 Mrs. French Sheldon on East Africa, 508 ; Dr. Robert 

 Felkin on Acclimatization, 508 ; Colonel Holdich on the 

 Application of Indian Geographical Survey Methods to 

 Africa, 508 ; H. T. Crook on our Ordnance Survey, 508 ; 

 J. Scott Kellieon Geographical Education, 509 



Section G {Mechanical Siiencc) — G. Chatterton on Sewerage, 

 509 ; W. Key on Ventilation, 509 ; Sir Edward Reed on 



