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Nature, 



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-its Therapeutic Importance 



Biot (M.i, Nen Method of Chlorination of Aromatic Hydro- 

 carbons, 192 



Birds : London Birds and Oilier Sketches, T. Digby Pigott, 

 [02 1 '.I. 11 y of Popular, Local, and Old-Fashioned 

 ties of British Birds, C. H. Hett, 125; the Birds of 

 Bempton Cliffs, E. \V. Wade, 472 ; Birds of North and 

 -Middle America, R. Ridgway, 501; Lord Lilfonl on 

 Birds. 1. Digby Pigott, C.B., Supp. February 5, ion, iii 



Birds' Eggs, Wolley's Collection of, 219 



Birdwood (Sii George), Testimonial to, 135 



Birthday Hook, Our I tog's, Mr-. F. 11. Barn. 11 



Bischof (Prof. Gustav), Death of, 27b 



Bisiker (W.), Across Iceland, (46 



Black Country, the Afforestation ol the, Prof. W. Schlich, 

 F.R.S., 395 



Blackwood (Lady Alicia), My Dog Frizzie and Others, 202 



Blake (J. C.), Estimation of Bromic Acid by the Direct 

 A tion >d Arsenious Acid, 45 



Bleekrode (Dr.), the Bending of Two Alabaster Slabs in 

 the Alhambra, 135 



HI. yer (Dr. J. Mount), Light- 

 in Tuberculosis, 350 



Bloch (Eugene), the Emanation from Phosphorus, 239 



Blondlot (R.), Equality of the Velocity of Propagation of 

 the X-rays and of Light in Air, 40 ; Determination of the 

 Velocity of the X-rays, 71 ; Velocity with which the 

 Different Varieties of X-rays are Propagated in Different ! 

 Media, 239; the Polarisation of the X-rays, ",59; Action 

 of a Polarised Bundle of very Refrangible Radiations on 

 very Small Electric Sparks, 431; a New Kind of Litrht 



Blondlot (l.i, Velocity of the Propagation of the X-ray-., .'4 



Bodroux (F.), another Application of the Organo-mag- 

 nesium Compounds to Organic Synthesis, 233 ; a Mode of 

 1' urination of Phenols, 311 



Boll (Franz), Sphaera; neue griechische Texte und Unter- 

 suchungen zur Geschichte der Sternbilder, 481 



Bombay Presidency, the Trees, Shrubs, and Woody 

 Climbers of the, W. A. Talbot, 148 



Bones: Can these Bones Live? Prof. Dr. Bernhard 

 Schwalbe, Prof. Grenville A. J. Cole, 530 



Bonney (Prof. T. G., E.R.S.), Secular Changes of Climate, 

 15" : Magnetite-mines near Cogne, 262 ; the Holy Shroud! 

 296; More Letters of Charles Darwin, 529; March Dust 

 from the Soufriere, 584 



Borchgrevink (M.), the Southern Cross Antarctic Expedi- 

 tion, 539 



Bordas I.M.i, Diminution 

 Heated Milks, 21.4 



Bordier (M.), the Temperature of Calefaction and on its 

 Use in Alcohol Determinations, 407 



Bormand (J. A.), Cavitation in Screw Steamers, 24 



Borneo, Central, Geological Explorations hi (1893-94), Dr - 

 G. A. F. Molengraaff, Prof. Grenville A. J. Cole, 506 



Bort (M. Teisserenc de), Results of Observations of the 

 Decrease of Temperature in the High Atmosphere, 139 ; 

 Sensitive Thermometer for Registration Balloons, 139 ; 

 Results Obtained from Continuous Soundings of the 

 Atmosphere, 140 



Bosco (Dr. Camillo), Study of the Cranium of a Beaver of 

 the Quaternary Period, 374 



Bose (E.), Zur Theorie des Auerlichtes, 82 



Bose (Prof. Jagadis Chunder), Response in the Living and 

 Non-Living, 41.0; Electric Pulsation accompanying Auto- 

 matic Movements in Desmodium gyrans, 454 



Bossert (J.), Ephemeris for Comet Temp'el, -Swift, 40; 

 Search-ephemeris for the Comet Temp. I -Swift, 307' 



Bosworth (P.), Macmillan's Short Geography of the World 

 55 



Botany: the Flora of the East Riding of Yorkshire, J. F. 

 Robinson, 5; Black-spot Disease of Pine-apple's, 13; 

 Plants of Chatham Island, L. Cockayne, 14-15; Culti- 

 vation oi Vanilla in Tahiti, 38; Report of the Dominica 

 Botanic Station during the Year ending March 31, 1902, 

 ;8; treatment of Fungoid Pests, A. Howard, 38; New 

 Crept. H-arya from Lord Howe Island, Crvptoc'arva greg- 

 I. H. Maiden, 47; New South Wales Linnean 

 Society, 47, [68, 287; Bacterial Origin of the Gums of 

 the A I. in Group, R. Greig Smith, 47; Forest Flora 

 of the School Circle, N.-W.P., Upendranath Kanjilal, 

 52: Mori of the Liverpool District, C. T. Green, 55; 



the Amount of Lecithin 



Volemite in Primulacete, J. Bougault and G. Allard, 72 ; 

 Handbook of the Trees of New England, L. L. Dame 

 and Henry Brooks, 79; Journal of Botany, 93, 214, 285, 

 405; Natural History Journey in Chile,' II.' J. Elwes, 

 F.R.S., 93; Linnean Society, 95, [91, 238, 454, 470; 

 Influence of Organic Materials on the Development and 

 Anatomical Structure of Phanerogams, Jules Laurent, 

 00; Death of Prof. Ladislava Celakovske-ho, m; 

 Obituary Notice of, 302; Death of M. Deherain, 135; 

 Obituary Notice of, 179; Flora of the Malayan Peninsula 

 No. 13, Sir George King, 1311; Pitcher riant- ..- a Trap 

 for Blatta americana, 136; a New F'ruit, itumomii 

 esculenta, 13b; Action of Certain Poisonous Substances 

 supplied as Food to Seedlings, K. Aso, [36; Enzyme 

 contained in the Secretion of Nepenthes, Prof. S. II. 

 Vines, F.R.S., 142 ; the Trees, Shrubs, and Woody 

 Climbers of the Bombay Presidency, W. A. Talbot, [48; 

 Death of Prof Mill. ml. t, 135; Phellomya 

 phorus Potato Scab, Prof. T. Johnson, 166; Formation 

 of Chlorophyll in Rarefied Air and in Rarefied Oxygen, 

 Jean Friedel, 108 ; Immunisation of the Lettuce against 

 the Fungus Bremia lactucae, E. Marchal, 168 ; Flora 

 Simlensis : a Handbook of the Flowering Plant- of Simla 

 and the Neighbourhood, Sir H. Collett, K.C.B., 170; 

 Botany prior to Linnaeus, Dr. B. Schorler, 1S1 ; Larch 

 and Spruce Fir Canker, George Massee, 181; Photosyn- 

 thesis outside the Organism, Luigi Macchiati, 102 ; 

 Duration of the Germinating Power of Seeds Preserved 

 in a Vacuum, Emile Laurent, 192; a Pot of Basil, A. E. 

 Shipley, 205 ; Prof. Percy Groom, 271 ; Papaw-trees and 

 Mosquitoes, E. Ernest Green, 487 ; the Resolution of 

 Compound Characters by Cross-breeding, W. Bateson, 

 215; Local Floras of India, W. Botting Hemsley, F.R.S., 

 223 ; the Reviewer, 223 ; Birches, M. L. Fernald, Plants 

 of the Galapagos Islands, Dr. B. L. Robinson, Calo- 

 chortus, Carl Purdy, Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell, 234 ; 

 Flora of the Galapagos Islands, B. L. Robinson. W. 

 Botting Hemsley, F.R.S., 5(11 ; Experiments on the Effect 

 of Mineral Starvation on the Parasitism of the Uredine 

 Fungus, Puccinia dispersa, on the Species of Bromus, 

 Prof. H. Marshall Ward, F.R.S., at the Royal Society, 

 235 ! Germinating Power of Seeds Eixposed to Sunlight, 

 Emile Laurent, 230: Influence of Formaldehyde upon the 

 Vegetation of some Freshwater Alga-, Raoul Bouilhac, 

 240; Plants used for Food during Periods of Drought, 

 Mr. Gammie, 252; Buckley a quadriala, S. Kusano, 253; 

 Theories of Plant Evolution, Prof. Schwendener, 253 ; 

 Methods of Botanical Teaching, Prof. Farmer, F.R.S., 

 260; Swede-rot from County Down, Prof. T. Johnson, 

 263 ; Death of Prof. Sirodot, 27b, 324 ; Development of 

 Cauloglossum transversarium, J. R. Johnston, 279; the 

 Herbarium of Ferrante Imperato at Naples, Prof. Italo 

 Giglioli, 296 ; Cultivation of Scottish Larch, Hawie 

 Brown, 305 ; Botanical Survey of the Dismal Swamp 

 Region, T. H. Kearney, 305 ; Influence of the Nature of 

 the External Medium on the State of Hydration of the 

 Plant, Eug. Charabot and A. Hebert, 311; a Kinase in 

 some Basidiomycetes, C. Delezenne and H. Mouton, 311 ; 

 Thomson's Gardener's Assistant, 315: Hypopeltis Tea- 

 pest, E. E. Green, 328 ; Insects and Petal-less Flowers, 

 Prof. Plateau, G. W. Bulman, 319; E. Ernest Lowe, 

 368; Pericaulom Theory of the Structure of Plants, Prof. 

 Potoni£, 351 ; the Genesis of Giant Cells, V. Babes, 330 ; 

 the Working of a Peasant's Garden, Antigua, 353 : 

 Comparative Structure of the Point of Junction in Grafted 

 Plants, Lucien Daniel, 360; Vegetation in Atmospheres 

 Rich in Carbon Dioxide, E. Demoussy, 360; Nutrition 

 of Sterigmatocystis nigra, Henri Coupin, 3S4 ; Sir 

 William Hooker's Scientific Work, 404; Freshwater 

 Alg.c, New British Forms, W. West and G. S. West, 

 405 ; Cultural Experiments with Isolated Plant Cells, 

 Prof. Haberlandt, 420: two Peculiar Effects of Light, 

 Chromophyton Rosanoffi; Micrococcus phosphoreus, Dr. 

 II. Molisch, 426; Poisonous Effects of Leaves of Primula 

 obconica, Dr. A. Nestler, 42b ; Electromotive F'orce in 

 Plants, A. B. Plowman, 420 ; the Cohesion Theory of the 

 Ascent.of Sap, Dr. Henry H. Dixon, 431 ; Phyllobiologie, 

 nebst Ubersicht der biologischen Blatt-typen von ein und 

 sechzig Siphonogamenfamilien, Prof. Dr. A. Hansgirg, 

 438 ; Possible Uses of Essential Oils in the Economy of 

 Plant Life, Dr. George Henderson, 434 ; Electric Pulsa- 



