CONTENTS 



OHAP. PAGE 



I. FOUNDATION AND OBJECTS .... 1 

 II. THE ASSOCIATION AND TEE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE 44 



III. ORGANISATION 79 



IV. ANNUAL MEETINGS : THE ASSOCIATION OVER- 



SEAS ... 115 



V. THE ASSOCIATION AND KESEARCH : KEW 



OBSERVATORY 147 



VI. SOME BRITISH ASSOCIATION RESEARCHES . . 170 



VII. THE ASSOCIATION AND THE STATE . . .211 



VIII. RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT .... 241 



APPENDICES 



I. CLASSIFIED LIST OF GRANTS PAID BY THE 

 BRITISH ASSOCIATION IN AID OF RESEARCH, 

 1834-1921 256 



II. (1) DATES AND PLACES OF ANNUAL MEETINGS, 

 WITH BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON PRESIDENTS 

 OF THE ASSOCIATION (IN CHRONOLOGICAL 



ORDER) 282 



(2) ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES . . 293 



INDEX 311 



