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Index 



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I riod of Growth in Fruit of CucurUta pefio, A. P.' Ahder- 

 I. 10; Wayside and Woodland Blossoms, Kdward Step, ! 

 ; Origin of the Cultivated Cineraria, W. T. Thiselton- 

 Uyer, F.R.S., 3, 78, 128; W. Bateson, 29, 103; Prof. 

 W. V. R. Weldon, F.R.S., 54, 103, 129 ; W. Botting Ilenis- 

 ley, 54 ; Projiagation of l-'ungi by Snails and Toads, I'. \'og- 

 lino, 45 ; Bolletlino della Societa Botanica Italiana, 45 ; 

 the Loranthace.-e of Ceylon, F. W. Keeble, 46 ; the Plant 

 Individual in the Light of F.volution, Prof. L. H. Bailey, 

 59 ; Nuovo Giurnale Botanico Italiano, 94 ; the Brunissure 

 Vine Disease, Dr. U. Brizi, 94; a Handbook of Systematic 

 Botany, Dr. E. Warming, loi : Linnean Society's Gold 

 Medal awarded to Prof Ferd. Cohn, IIO; Object-Lessons 

 in Botany, Edward Snelgrove, 196 ; Death of Dr. W. 

 C. Williamson, 200 ; Chorisis in Flowers, Dr. Calavosky, 

 231 ; an Al^normal Rose, Newnham Browne, 244; W. 

 Botting Helmsley, F.R.S., 244: Death of Prof Daniel C. 

 Eaton, 249 : Obituary Notice of, 371 ; Death of J. Deby, 

 249 ; Botanical Work of American Government, J. M. 

 Coulter, 251 ; Journal of Botany, 261, 611 ; the Proposed 

 New V'ork Botanic Garden, Prof G L. Goodall, 274; 

 Starch in Embryonic Sac of Cacti and Mesembrjanthema, 



E. d'Hubert, 2S8 ; Acairia bakeri, J. \\. Maiden, 288 ; 

 Variegation in Flowers and Fruits, J. D. La Touche, 295 ; 

 Death of Prof. C. C. Babington, F". R.S., 300; Obituary 

 Notice of, 371 ; Death of Prof. Baillon, 301 ; Obituary Notice | 

 of, 371 ; the Flora of the Caucasus, JL Akinfieff, 304; 

 Laccase in Plants, G. Bertrand, 312; Laboratory E.\ercises in 

 Botany, Paul Edson, S. Bastin, 316 ; Brasilische Pilzblumen, 

 Alfred MoUer, 365 ; .Ecidium nymplnroidiis. Dr. C. B. 

 I'lowright, 382 ; Hand-list of Herbaceous Plants cultivated in 

 the Royal Gardens, Kew, 38S ; the Morphology of Moulds 

 and \'easts. Dr. Jiirgensen, 397 ; Part played by Hydrocar- 

 bons in Inter-Molecular Respiration of Higher Plants, W. 

 Palladin, 40S ; Joseph Thomson as a Botanist, W. Botting 

 Hcmsley, F.R.S., 459 ; Death of F. H. Smiles, 485 ; Altera- 

 tion in the Colours of Flowers by Cyanide Fumes, Prof. 

 T. D. A. Cockerell, 520 ; the Insect Enemies of the Tea- 

 plant, 524; Prune Rust, Dr. McAlpine, 540; Groundsel 

 Rust, Dr. McAlpine, 540 ; New Elaeocarpus, J. H. Maiden 

 and R. T. Baker, 540 ; Analytical Key to the Natural Orders 

 of Flowering Plants, Franz Thonner, 543 ; Death of Moritz 

 Wilkomm, 577 : the Elements of Botany, Francis Darwin, 

 F.R.S., 593 : the Organisms responsible for the Production of 

 Sake, 601 ; Handbook of t;ra.sse5, William Hutchinson, 617 ; 

 the Flora of the Galapagos Islands, W. Botting Hemsley, 



F. R.S., 623; Ants and Orchids, J. H. Hart, 627; Late 

 Leaves and Fruit, J. Lloyd Bozward, 644 ; Memorial to Dr. 

 Robert Brown, 625 ; Death and Obituary Notice of Dr. 

 Robert Brown, 651 {Sec also Section K of the British 

 .Vssociation). 



Bothamley (C. H.), on the Sensitising Action of Dyes on 



Gelatino-bromide Plates, 538 

 Bouchard (Ch. ). Argon and Helium found in Nitrogen of 



I'yrcnean Sulphurous Waters, 487 

 Boule (M.), on the Finding of Remains of Elephas ineridioiiahs 



and E. aii/ii/iiiis in association with Worked Flints, 560 

 Boulger (G. S. ), Geology of Norway Coast and Northern 



Russia, 166 

 Bousey, France, Dam burst at, 9 

 Boussinesq (J. ), Laws of Extinction of Simple Waves on High 



■^cas, 264 

 1. Li^singauit, Statue to, 275 

 Ijuutan (L.), Pelagic Deep-Sea Fishing, 312 

 Boutrovix (Leon), Causes of Colour of Brown Bread, 48 

 Bouveault (L. ), Condensation of Aldehydes and Saturated 



Ketones, 192 ; the P'ssence of Linaloe, 312 

 Bowden (Mr.), an Electro-magnetic Effect, 263 

 Bower(Prof F. A., F.R.S.), Remarks on the Archesporium, 584 

 Bower (J. A.), Simple Methods for Detecting Food Adultera- 

 tion, 642 

 Boyce (Prof. R. ), on Oysters and Typhoid. 562 

 Boys (Prof C. V., F.R.S.), the Projection of Ripples, 180; 



Scale Lines on the Logarithmic Chart, 272 

 Boys (H. \.), the Great Gale of March 24 in the .Midlands, 45 

 Bozward (J. Lloyd), Late Leaves and Fruit, 644 

 Brain of the Microcephalic Idiot, the. Prof. D. J. Cunningham, 



F. R.S , and Dr. Telford-.Smith, 11 1 

 Hranly (M.), Rate of Loss of Electric Charge due to Effect of 



Light in Badly-Conducting Bodies, 10 ; Electrical Resistance 



at Contact of Two Metals, 24 



Brasilische Pilzblumen, Alfred Moller, 365 



Bray (R. A.), a Remarkable Flight of Birds, 415 



Brazil, Black Diamond from, H. Moissan, 564 



Bread, Brown, Causes of Colour of, Leon Boutroux, 48 



Brebner (G.), on the Prothallus and Embryo of Dannei, 584 



Bredikhine (Th. ), the Perseids ob.served in Russia in 1894, 261 



Breslauer (Dr.), Antiseptic Properties of different Disinfectant 



Ointments, 524 

 Brinton (Daniel G. ), a Primer of .Mayan Hieroglyphics, 387 

 Brisbane : Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, 540 

 Bristowe (Dr. J. S., F.R.S.), Death of, 41S 

 Britain's Naval Power, Hamilton Williams, 173 

 British Associ.ation : Meeting at Ipswich, 370, 415, 461,. 

 489 ; Inaugural Address by Sir Douglas Gallon, F.R.S.^ 

 President, 461 

 Section A (Mathematics and Physics). — Opening Address by 

 Prof. W. M. Hicks, F.R.S. (President of the Section), 

 472 ; Prof. Henrici on the Teaching of Geometrical Draw- 

 ing in Schools, 532 ; Dr. J. Murray on Cosmic Dust, 533 ; 

 Prof. RUcker and W. Watson on the Results of a Com- 

 parison of Magnetic Standard Instruments, 533 ; Lord Ray- 

 leigh on the Refractivity and Viscosity of Argon and 

 Helium, 533 ; Prof Schiisteron the Evidence to be gathered 

 as to the Simple or Compound Character of a Gas from the 

 Constitution of its Spectrum, 533 ; Lord Keh-in on the 

 Translational and Vibrational Energies of Vibrators after 

 Impacts on Fixed Walls, in which he sought to find an 

 exception to the Maxwell-Boltzmann Theorem relating to 

 the Average Translational Energy of the Molecules of a 

 Gas, 533 : Prof. Hicks on a Spherical \'ortex, 533 ; Colonel 

 Cunningham on Mersenne's Numbers, 534 ; Eric S. Bruce 

 on a New Theory of Lightning Flashes, 534 : Earth 

 Tremors, 534 ; Prof. John .Milne on Seismological Pheno- 

 mena in Japan, 534 ; Prof. Michie Smith on Indian 

 Thunderstorms, 534 : Prof Schuster, Observations on the 

 Atmospheric Electricity near the Ground at different Heights 

 above Sea-level, 534 ; Prof. Riicker on the Nature ot 

 Combination Tones, 535 ; E. II. Griffiths on the Desir- 

 ability of a New Practical Heat Standard, 535 ; Dr. C. H. 

 Lees on the Method and Results of Experiments on the 

 Thermal Conductivity of Mixtures of Liquids, 535 ; Prof. 

 Ramsay and Miss Dorothy Marshall on a Method of Com- 

 paring Heats of Evaporations of Liquids at their Boiling- 

 points, 535 ; Lord Kelvin on the Results of Experiments 

 for the Electrification and Diselectrification of Air and 

 other Gases, 535 ; Prof. Rucker on Vertical (Earth-air) 

 Electric Currents, 535 ; Mrs. Ayrton on the Connection 

 between Potential Difference, Current, and Length of .-Vrc, 

 in the Electric Arc, 535 ; Prof Ayrton and Mr. Mather» 

 Arguments against the Existence of a Back Electromotive 

 Force in the Electric Arc, 536 : Messrs. Edser and Starling 

 on the Velocity of Light in \'acuum Tubes conveying an 

 Electric Discharge, 536 ; F. G. Baily on Hysteresis of Iron 

 in an Alternating .Magnetic Field, 536 ; Dr. Gladstone and 

 W. Hibbert on the Change of Molecular Refraction in 

 Salts or Acids Dissolved in Water, 536 ; Report of the 

 Electrical Standards Committee. 536; E. H. Griffiths on 

 the Apparatus Designed for the Calibration of High- 

 temperature Thermometer at Kew Observator)-, 536 ; Lord 

 Kelvin, Magnus Maclean, and Alexander Gait on Electri- 

 fication and Diselectrification of Air and other Gases, 60S 

 Section B (C/(t^/HM/ry).— Opening Address by Prof Raphael 

 Meldola, F.R.S. (President of the Section), the State of 

 Chemical Science in 1851, 477 ; Sir Henry Roscoe and Dr. 

 A. Haden on Dalton's Discovery of the Atomic Theor)-, 



536 ; Report of the Committee on the Teaching of Science 

 in Elementary Schools, 536 ; II. .■\. Auden and G. J. 

 Fowler on the .Action of Nitric Oxide on certain Salts, 536 : 

 Prof. Clowes on Further Experiments on the Respirability 

 of Air, in which a Candle Flame has burnt till it is extin- 

 guished, 537 ; D. J. P. Berridge on the Action of Light 

 upon the Soluble Metallic Iodides in presence of Cellulose, 



537 ; How shall Agriculture best obtain the Help of 

 Science? Prof R. Warington, 537; C. H. Bothamley on 

 the Sensitising Action of Dyes on Gelatino-bromide Plates, 

 53S ; Dr. J. J. Sudborough on Organic Chemistry-, 538 ; 

 H. J. H. Fenton on a New Organic Acid obtained by 

 Oxidising Tartaric Acid under certain Conditions in presence 

 of a Ferrous Salt, 53S ; Dr. M. Wildermann on Physical 

 Chemistr)-, 53S ; C. F. Cross and C. Smith on the Chemical 

 1 listory of the Barley Plant, 538 



