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Index 



Bonjean (Ed.), Hydrogen Peroxide in the Nascent State, 

 and its Bactericidal Activity on Organisms in Waters, 263 



Boolis, Dates of Publication of Scientific, R. P. Paraiypye, 

 320 ; B. Hobson, 440 



Books of Science, P'orthcoming, 473 



Boole (M. E.), the Preparation of the Child for Science, 

 316 



Booth (Wm. H.), Smoke Prevention and Fuel Economy, 



74 



Boraston (J. M.), Birds by Land and Sea, the Record of 

 a Year's Work with Field Glass and Camera, 179 



Bordier's (M.) Supposed Demonstration of n-Rays by 

 Photographic Methods, M. Chanoz and M. Perrigot, 287 



Borneo, Wanderings in the Great Forests of, Travels and 

 Researches of a Naturalist in Sarawak, O. Beccari, 203 



Borrelly (M.), Another New Comet (1904 c), 233, 281 ; 

 Observations of Comet 1904 d, 281 



Borrelly Comet 1904 e. Dr. E. Stronigren, 518; Revised 

 Elements for, M. Fayet, 400 ; see also .'\stronomy 



Botany : the Bionomics of E.xotic Flowers, Prof. Percy 

 Groom, 26; the Pollination of Exotic Flowers, Ella M. 

 Bryant, 249 ; the Direction of the Spiral in the Petals of 

 Selenipedium, George Wherry, 31 ; the Available Plant 

 Food in Soils, H. Ingle, 70; the Desiccation of Plants 

 and Vegetable Tissues, M. Berthelot, 71 ; Changes in 

 Stems of Plants under Influence of Desiccation, M. 

 Berthelot, 119; the Pine-apple Gall of the Spruce, E. R. 

 Burdon, 71; Linnean Society, 70, 239, 430, 550, 599; 

 New South Wales Linnean Society, 72, 263 ; Sexual 

 Reproduction of the Mucorinese, A. F. Blakeslee, 61 ; 

 Handbuch der Laubholzkunde, Camillo Karl Schneider, 

 Prof. Percy Groom, 76; Method of Preparing Clayed 

 Cocoa in Trinidad, 87 ; Trehalase in Fungi, Em. Bour- 

 quelot and H. H^rissey, 119; Law of Variation of 

 Weight of Penicillium glaiictim as a Function of its 

 Age, Mile. W. Stefanowska, 120; Vegetation in Atmo- 

 spheres Rich in Carbon Dioxide, E. Demoussy, 120; 

 die Sinnesorgane der Pflanzen, G. Haberlandt, 123 ; the 

 Flora of the Presidency of Bombay, T. Cooke, 124; on 

 the Shape of the Stems of Plants, Lord Avebury, 142 ; 

 Formation and Distribution of the Essential Oil in an 

 Annual Plant, Eug. Charabot and G. Laloue, 144 ; Floral 

 Abnormalities produced by Parasites acting at a Dis- 

 tance, Marin Molliard, 144 ; Plants and Spore-infection, 

 E. S. Salmon, 157 : the Mistaken Idea that Birds are 

 Seed-carriers, F. Nicholson, 167; the Dissemination 

 of Seeds by Birds, C. Oldham, 334 ; a New South African 

 Cypress, Callistric schwarzii. Dr. R. Marloth, 168; 

 the Plant .Associations of the Auckland Isles, Dr. 

 Cockayne, 183 ; the Flowering of the Bamboo, A. Tingle, 

 183 ; Proteid Digestion in Animals and Plants, Prof. 

 S. H. Vines, F.R.S., 189; some Peculiar Features in 

 Seedlings of Peperomia, A. W. Hill, igi ; the Resist- 

 ance to Desiccation of some Fungi, Madame Z. Gatin- 

 Gruzewska, 191 ; on the Native Flora of New South 

 Wales, part ii., R. H. Cambage, 192 ; a Treatise on 

 the British Fresh-water Alga;, Prof. G. S. West, 194; 

 a Monograph of the British Desmidiacea?, W. West and 

 Prof. G. S. West. 104 : Morphologic und Biologie der 

 Algen, Dr. Friedrich Oltmanns, George Murray, F.R.S., 

 362 ; the Morphological Nature of the Ovary in the 

 Genus Cannabis, Dr. Prain, 209 ; Mountain .'\sh Berries 

 and Sorbierite, M. Bcrtrand, 210; Mimicry among 

 Plants, Dr. R. Marloth, 232 : Flora of Hampshire, in- 

 cluding the Isle of Wight, Frederick Townsend, 245 ; 

 Plant Associations in Moorland Districts, Francis J. 

 Lewis, 257 : the Ascent of Water in Trees, Dr. Alfred 

 J. Ewart, 261 : a Yellow Race of Bacillus pseudarabinus 

 from the Quince, Dr. R. Greig Smith, 263 ; Plant Radio- 

 activity, Paul Becquerel, 26-j' : the Bacterial Origin of 

 Macrozamia Gum, Dr. R. Greig Smith, 264 ; Death and 

 Obituary Notice of J. G. Luehmann, 270: Trees, Prof. 

 H. Marshall Ward, 290; Cassava Poisoning, Sir Daniel 

 Morris, 305 ; Chlorophyll Assimilation in the .Absence of 

 Oxygen, Jean Fricdel,' 312 : the Culture of Fruit Trees 

 in Pots, Josh Brace, 314; Hints on Collecting and Pre- 

 serving Plants, S. Guiton, 317; the Fertilisation of 

 Jasminum nudiflorum. Prof. John G. McKendrick, 

 F.R.S., 319; the Cultivation and Preparation of Para 

 Rubber, W. H. Johnson, 321, 352; C. Simmonds, 321; 

 New Indiarubber Euphorbia, Henri Jumelle, 600; Tea 



and Rubber Cankers, J. B. Carruthers, 615; the Limit 

 of an Antarctic Phytogeographical Zone, C. Skottsberg, 

 326 ; R(5sultats du Voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 1897, 

 1898, 1899, sous le Commandeniant de A. de Gerlache 

 de Gomery, 337; Abbildungen der in Deutschland und 

 den angrenzenden Gebieten Vorkommenden Grundformen 

 der Orchideen-arten, Dr. F. KriJnzlin, 341 ; Chemical 

 Composition of Aleurone Grains, S. Posternak, 359-60 ; 

 the Species of Dalbergia of South-eastern Asia, Dr. D. 

 Prain, 363 ; Action on Plants of Rontgen and Radium 

 Rays, Dr. M. Koernicke, 373 ; Botanical Collecting, 

 Dr. A. Henry, 380 ; some New Species and other Chinese 

 Plants, W. J. Tutcher, 381 ; use of Leucine and Tyro- 

 sine as Sources of Nitrogen for Plants, L. Lutz, 383 ; 

 Utilisation of the Essential Oils in the Etiolated Plant, 

 Eug. Charabot and Alex. Hubert, 408 ; Relations between 

 Bougainvillia fruticosa and Boiigainvillia ramosa, Paul 

 Hallez, 408; the Genus Eucalyptus, J. H. Maiden, 422; 

 Central Nucleus in the Cells of the Cyanophycese, Dr. 

 O. P. Phillips, 422 ; Revised Classification of Roses, 

 J. G. Baker, F.R.S., 430; Assimilation outside the 

 Organism, Ch. Bernard, 431 ; Effect of Low Tempera- 

 tures on the Zoospores of the Algae, E. C. Teodoresco, 

 432 ; Praktikum fiir morphologische und systematische 

 Botanik, Dr. Karl Schumann. 436 ; Comparative 

 Anatomy and Phylogeny of the Coniferales, Prof. E. C. 

 Jeffery, 447; "Biologic Forms" of Erysiphe graminis, 

 E. S. Salmon, 468 ; Endophytic Adaptation shown by 

 Erysiphe graminis, D.C., under Cultural Conditions, 

 E. S. Salmon, 598; the Giant Trees of Victoria, N. J. 

 Caire, 468 ; Comparative Assimilability of Ammonia 

 Salts, Amines, Amides, and Nitriles, L. Lutz, 480 ; the 

 Uses and Wonders of Plant-hairs, Kate E. Styan, 486 ; 

 Place-constants for Aster prenanthoides, G. H. Shull, 

 493 ; Fungi, Prof. H. Marshall Ward, F.R.S., at the 

 Royal Institution, 496; Unsere Pflanzen, F. Sbhns, 510; 

 Children's Wild Flowers, Mrs. J. M. Maxwell, 510; 

 Burbank's Fruit-hybrids, W. S. Harwood, 516; Sweet 

 Potatoes, H. H. Cousins, 542 ; Citrus Parasitic Fungus, 

 CoUetotrichum gloeosporioides, P. H. Rolfs, 542 ; Origin 

 and Composition of the Essence of Herb-Bennet Root, 

 Em. Bourquelot and H. H^rissey, 551 ; Varieties of 

 Cacao Trees existing in Ceylon, R. H. Lock, 567 ; Index 

 Kewensis Plantarum Phanerogamarum, W. T. Thiselton- 

 Dyer, 581; Geotropism in Plants, Dr. Linsbauer, 590; 

 Peloynyxa pahistris. Mrs. L. J. Veley, 599 ; Axillary 

 Scales of Aquatic Monocotyledons, Prof. R. J. Harvey 

 Gibson, 599 ; Action of Ether and Chloroform on Dried 

 Seeds, Paul Becquerel, boo; Function of Fatty Material 

 in Fungi, A. Perrier, 600 ; Flora of the Calcutta District, 

 Dr. Prain, 615 



Bouchonnet (A.), Fluorides of Indium and Rubidium, 287 



Boudouard (O.), Influence of Steam on the Reduction of 

 the Oxides of Iron by Carbon Monoxide and Dioxide, 263 



Bougault (J.), Action of Iodine and Yellow Oxide of Mer- 

 cury on Unsaturated Acids, 119 



Boule (Prof. Marcellin), Recent Exploration in the Men- 

 tone Caves, 276 



Boulud (M.), Modifications of Glycolysis in the Capillaries 

 caused by Local Modification of the Temperature, 23 ; 

 the Reduction of Oxyhremoglobin, 599 



Bourne {A. A.), Elementary .Algebra, 507 



Bournemouth, Blue Flints at, J. W. Sharpe, 176 



Bourquelot (Em.), Trehalase in Fungi, 119; Origin and 

 Composition of the Essence of Herb-Bennet Root, 551 



Bousfield (W. R.), Electrical Conductivity and other Pro- 

 perties of Sodium Hydroxide in Aqueous Solution, 141 



Bouveault (L.), Methylcamphenylol, 287 



Bouvier (E. L.), Eumedoti convictor, a Crustacean accom- 

 panying a Sea-urchin, 479 



Bovell (Mr.), Sugar Cane Cultivation in Barbadoes, 304 



Brace (Josh.), the Culture of Fruit Trees in Pots, 314 



Bradley (O. C), Trapezium of the Carpus of the Horse, 326 



Brake, a Synchronising Electromagnetic, Henri Abraham, 

 383 



Brame (J. S. S.), Action of Acetylene on Aqueous and 

 Hydrochloric Acid Solutions of Mercuric Chloride, 598 



Brandy? What is, 11 ; Dr. V. H. Veley, F.R.S., 53; Dr. S. 

 Arch. Vasey, 53 



Brewing Students, Laboratory Studies for, A. J. Brown, 173 



Bright Meteor, a, J. Ryan, 329 



