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Index 



IX 



ami Atmosphere, K. F. Blacknian, 238 ; Death of Dr. J. G. I 

 Hrinton, 251 : Monocotyledonous Saprophytes, I'crcy Groom, 

 J63 ; Kcmarkahle Oak Trees in Kssex, J. C. Shenslone, 280 ; 

 Death "f Dr. Kliickiger, 298 ; KoN-tail (Irass Test in .America, 

 301 ; Nitrogen Fixations in .^Iga-. Kiitlolf Hcer, 302 ; Deve- 

 lopment of Sieve-tubes in .•\ngiosperms, M. Chauveand, 336; 

 I.ehrliuch <ler Botanik, Drs. K. .Sirashurger, F. Noll, II. 

 Schenck, am! .■\. F. W. Schiimper, 339: Oliitiiary Notice of 

 I'ierre Duchartre, 344: \'ariations in Number of Stamens and 

 Carpels, L. II. Burkill, 359; Variation in Floral Symmetry 

 of I'oteiililla tormenti/la, .K. G. Tansley and K. Dale, 359; 

 Death of Marquis de Saporta, 370 : Death of Dr. F. Schmitz, 

 392: Obituary Notice of Nathanacd I'ringsheim, I). H. Scott, 

 399; .\luniina in I'lants, MM. Herthelot and .Xndrc, 407; 

 Volatile Constituents of Coca Leaves. Dr. P. v<^n Romburgh, 

 408: liidletin of the Botanical Department, Jamaica, 412; 

 Ksperintents with Dormant .See<ls, Dr. A. Peter, 422 ; the 

 .\buri Gold Coast Station, 423 ; Journal of Botany, 23, 430 ; 

 the Finger and Toe Disease, Geo. Massee, 453 ; Conspectus 

 Flora; -Vfric;!; ou Enimieration des Plantes d".'Vfrique, Th. 

 Durandet Hans Schinz, 459 ; Variaiiim in Caltha paliislris, 

 I'rof. T. D. .\. Cockerell. 487: .\ddition to Kew Gardens, 

 4,S9 ; Botanic G.ardens in South .\frica, 491 : Botanical 

 l',s|ndilion to .\sia .Minor, W. Siel)e, 513; Green Glass in 

 I'lani-IIouses, 514; Cassava as P'ood, II. W.Wiley, 515; 

 Death of Isaac Sprague. 53S ; Death of \. G. Mc.e, 538; 

 I'olyenibryony, M. Tretyakow, 540; Polyenibryony, Frank 

 I. Cole, 558 : a Popular Treatise on the Physiology of Plants, 

 I)r. Paul Sorauer. 554; the Terminal Flower in Cypcrace<c, 

 C. B. Clarke. 575 : a .Monograph of the Myceiozoa, being a 

 Descriptive Catalogue of the Species in the British Museum, 

 .\rthur Lister, 603 ; the (Jrigiu of the Cultivated Cineraria, W. 

 Hateson, F. U.S., 605 



Boulliau (Ismael), First Mercury Thermometer used by, Abbe 

 Maze, 576 



Bourne {(\. C. ), Zeit-und Streitfragen der Biologic, I'rof. Dr. 

 Oscar llerlwig, 265 



]; pvey (Dr. II.),' Experiments on .Strength of Canadian Timber, 

 492 



Brackett (S. H.), Magnetic Properties of Trillium, 158 



Brady (G. Stewardson), the Natural History of the Sohvay, 

 322 



Brandis (Sir D. ), a New Revision of the Dipterocarpeoe, ^14 



Hrauner (Dr. B. ), .-\rgon in Nebul.v, 513; .\tomic Weight of 



Tellurium, 620 

 Brazil, the New Capital of, H. Faye, 599 



Bredichin (Dr.), the Perseid .Meteors, 301 ' 



Briggs (William), a Text-book of Dj-namics, a Text-book of '. 



Statics, 76 ; an F^lementary Text-book of Hydrostatics, 509 

 Brigham, (R. P.), Drift Boulders between Mohawk and Susque- i 



hanna Rivers, 525 

 Brightmore (.X. W.), the Principles of Waterworks Engineering, 



I. II. Tudsbery Turner, 146 

 Brine (\'ice-.\(lmiral Lindesay), Travels among .American 1 



Indians, their .Ancient Earthworks and Temples, 26 

 Hrinton (Dr. |. G. ), Death of, 251 



Pritain, Twenty-five Vears of Geological Progress in. Sir 

 Archib.ald Geikie, F.R.S., 367 ; a History of Epidemics in, 

 Dr. Chas. Creighton, 579 

 British Birds, the Nests and i:ggs of Non-Indigenous, Charles 



Dixon. ;o 

 P.rilish Birds, Claude W. Wyatt, 318 

 British Butterflies and Moths, W. Furneaux and W. I'. Kirby. 



.?.>9 

 I'.ritish Central .\frica Protectorate, H. II. Johnstone. 66 

 llritish Museum Herbarium, .Xddidons to, 206 

 Uritish .Museum, a Monograph of the .Mycetozoa, being a 



Descriiitive Catalogue c)f the Species in the, Arthur Lister, 



603 

 British Races, Early, Dr. J. G. Garson, 67, 90 

 lirochet (.A.), .-\ction of Chlorine on Seccmdary .\Icohols, 264 ; 



.\clion of Formaldehyde on .\mmoniacal Salts, 503 

 llrooke (Sir Victor), Sportsman and Naturalist, O. L. Stephen, 



76 

 l;ro,.ker(A.), Electrical Engineering, 318: Problems .and Solu- 

 tions in Elementary Electricity and Magnetism, 580 

 brooklvn Summer School of Marine Biology, 537 

 Urooks ( Prof. W. K.), the Fauna of the Lower Cambrian, 423 

 lirorsen (Theodor), Death of, ^61 

 lirorsen's Comet, Comet 1894 I., (Denning) and, Dr. Hind, 302; 



Dr. i:. Lam)!, 302 



Brorsen's Comets, the Identity of Denning's and, 425 



Brown _(.\ddison). Endowment for Scientific Rcse^tr'->i 01. 1 l'ii!i. 

 lication, 164, 186 



Bruce (L. C. ), Dual Brain Action, 441 



Brunache (P.), Le Centre de I'.Afrique ; -Autour du Tchad, 29 



Brunhes (Prof. Julien), Death of, 488 



Bruyn (M. Lobry de). Isolation of Free Hydrazine, NnH,, 544 



Bryan (G. H.), Prof. Boltzmann and the Kinetic Theory of 

 Gases, 31, 152, 176, 319 ; a Text-book of Dynamics, a Text- 

 book of Statics, 76 ; Maxwell's Law of Partition of Energy, 

 262 ; Mechanical .Analogue of Thermal Equilibrium between 

 Bodies in Contact, 454 ; an Elementary Text-book of Hydro- 

 statics, 509 



Buchanan (J. V., F. R.S.), on the Use of the Globe in the Study 

 of Crystallography, 184; the Relative Densities, &c. of 

 .-\tlantic and .Mediterranean Waters, 468 



Buckland (William, D.D., F.R.S.), the Life and Correspondence 

 of, Mrs. (lordon, 457 



Buckinan (S. .S. ), Instinctive -Attitudes, 31 



Bulletin de r.Academie Koyale de Belgitjue, 46, 167, 477, 620 



Bulletin de r.Academie Royale de St. I'eterstxjurg, 477 



Bulletin of American Mathematical Society, 46, 167, 261. 430, 



525- 573 

 Bulletin de la .Socicte de Naturalistes de Moscou, 334. 357 

 Bunbury (Sir Edward), Death of, 468 

 Burbury (S. H. F. I\..S.) Boltzn-.ann's Minimi:m Function, 7S, 



320: the Ratio of the Specific Heats of Gases, 127 ; the 



Kinetic Theory of Gases, 175 

 Burkill (L. H.), Variations in Number of Stamens and Carpels, 



359 

 Burmese Chipped Flints, the, Pliocene not Miocene, Dr. W. T. 



Blanford, F.R.S., 608 

 Burnside ( Prof W., F. R.S. ), the Theory of Groups of Finite; 



Order, iii. and iv. , 478 

 Burrows (W. H. ), .Melhylisobutykacctic Aciil, 526 

 Burton (Dr. C. V. ), Subjective Lowering of Pilch of Note, 550 ; 



(Objective Demonstration of Combination Tones, 550 

 Burton (W. K. ), the Water .Supply of Towns, 146 

 Butler (Gerard \V. ). De.alh-feigning in Snakes, 153 

 Butterflies: Butterflies from China, J.ajian, and Corel, J.)h;i 

 Henry Leech, 6 ; the Bird-Winged Butterfiie-, of the Eas., 

 W. F. Kirby. 254, Robert II. F. Ri|)pr>n, 343; Butterflies 

 and .Moths (British). W. Furneaux, W. F. Kirby, 339: the 

 Black-Veined White Butterfly, W. Warde Fowler, 367, 

 H. Cioss, 391 ; Geographical Distribution (»f Butterflies, I'rof. 

 .Meldola, Dr. Sharp, F.R.S., and .Mr. McLachlan, F.K..S., 

 478 ; New Indo-Malayan Butterflies, L. de Nic^ville, 500 



Cailletet (L.), the Condens-ation of Electrolytic Gases by Metals 



of Platinum Group, 95, 113 

 Cain (I. C. ), Incomplete Combustion of some Gaseous Carlwn 



Compounds, 143 

 Calabria Ultra, Seismic Ili.story of. Dr. Mario Baratta, 468 

 Calderwood (W. L. ), Muscle Culture and the B.ail Supply, 578 

 California, the Mountains of. John Muir, 125 

 Callaway (Dr. C. ), the Barrenne.ss of Pre-Cambrian Rocks, 462 

 Caiman (H. T. ), Julina, New .Antarctic Compound .Ascidian, 213 

 C<i////rt /«/«-'■/'■/.', Variation in, Prof. T. I). A. Cockerell. 487 

 Cambier (R.), -Action of Form.aldehyde on .Anunoniacal .S.ilts, 503 

 Cambridge Philosophical Society, 95, 119, 167, 407, 431. 480 

 Cambridge (Rev. O. P., F. R.S. ), .American .Spiders and their 

 Spinning Work : a Natural History of the Orb- Weaving Spiders 

 of the United Stales, with sjwcial regard to their Indu.str)- and 

 Habits, Dr. Henry C. .McCook, 505 

 Camerer ( R. ), Total Reflection of Light in Dense Crystalline 



Subst.ances, 357 

 Cameron (Jas.), Cod-liver (Jil .and Chemistry, K. Peckell .Mdller, 



508 

 Camerton Explosion, Coal-dust an Explosive Agent, as shown 



by an Examination of the, Donald M. D. Stuart, 268 

 Campbell (Mr.), the Supposed Magnetic F.atigue, 614 

 CamjibelMProf. W. W. ), the Spectrum of Mars, 1 32 ; the Satel- 

 lites of Mars, 443 

 Canada : Scientific Investigation in Cana<la, Dr. G. M. Dawson, 

 F.R.S., 236 : Canadian Geological Survey, 236 : Canadian 

 .Meteorological Service, 237 : Canadian Exiierimental Farms, 

 237 ; F^xperimenls on Strength of Canadian Timber, Dr. H. 

 Barrv, 492 

 Cancan'i (Dr. .A.), the Constantinople Earthquake of July 10 

 I 1894, 440 



