Nature, "I 

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Index 



Binary Stars, Spectroscopic, Mizar, 437 ; A Pegasi, 609 ; 



Capella, 639 

 Binet (Alfred), Psychology of Reasoning, 325 

 Biology : the Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley, F. K. b., 

 by Leonard Huxley, Prof. W. T. Thiselton Dyer, F.R.S., 

 145 ; Some Recent Work on Diffusion, Lecture at Royal 

 Institution, Dr. Horace T. Brown. F.R.S., 171, I93 ; Binary 

 Fission in Ciliata, Dr. T. V. Simpson, 199; Die Mutations 

 Theorie, Versuche und Beohachtungen liber die Entstehung 

 von Arten ini Pflanzenreich, Prof. Hugo de Vries. 208; Biology 

 of Mount Shasta, 242 ; In-Breeding, Prof. Cossar Ewart, 

 271 ; Osmotic Pressure as Protection from Cold in Living 

 Cell, M. D'Arsonval, 295 ; B. Eyferth's Einfachste Lebens- 

 formend des Tier-und Pflanzenreiches, Dr. Wallher Schon- 

 ichen und Dr. Alfred Kalberlah, G. S. West, 301 ; Les 

 Problemes de la Vie, Essai d'une interpretation scientifique de 

 phenomcnes vitaux, La Substance Vivante et la cytodierese, 

 Dr. Eimanno Giglio-Tos, 321 ; Bliitengeheimnisse : Eine 

 BUitenbiologie in Einzelbildern, Georg Worgitzky, 444 ; 

 Death of Martin Fountain Woodward, 528 ; Hamburg 

 Meeting of German Association, 609 ; Marine Biology : 

 the Marine Resources of the British West Indies, Dr. J. E. 

 Duerden, 31 ; Luminous Bacteria, 57 ; Coloration of Marine 

 Animals, Prof. W. C. Mcintosh, 62 ; Marine Biology in 

 Liverpool, Prof. W. A. Herdman, F.R.S., 115; Rate of 

 Growth of Corals, T- S. Gardiner, 143; The Second Inter- 

 national Conference for the Exploration of the Sea, 218 : the 

 Marine Mollusca of Tasmania, Prof. Ralph Tate and W. L. 

 May, 548; Marine Poisons and Burrowing Habit, G. Bohn, 644 

 Birds : the Song of Birds, Henri Coupin, 20, 62 ; Der Ges- 

 ang der Vogel, Dr. Valentin Hacker, 52 ; the Birds ofSiberia, 

 A Record of a Naturalist's Visit to the Valleys of the Petchora 

 and Venesei, Henry Seebohm, 32 ; Bird-destruction in New 

 South Wales, A. J. North, 165 ; How to know the Indian 

 Ducks, F. Finn, 27S ; A Handbook of British Birds, J. E. 

 Harting, 297 ; Bird Watching, Edmund Selous, 325 ; Album 

 de Aves Amazonicas, Dr. Emilio A. Goeldi, 397 ; Manual 

 of the Birds of Iceland, Henry H. Slater, 443 ; the Colours 

 of Guillemots' Eggs, Captain G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton, 

 600 ; Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British 

 Museum (Natural History), E. W. Gates, 600 ; Bird Life in 

 the Canaries and South Africa, H. E. Harriss, 603 

 Bison at Woburn Abbey, Musk-Ox and, 63 

 Bison of Great Slave Lake, the Wood, Dr. J. A. Allen. 135 

 Bituminous Deposits of Cuba, the, H. E. Peckham, 365 

 Bizzozero (Prof. Giulio), Death and Obituary Notice of, 59 

 Black Spot on Jupiter, 216 



Black (Dr. J. "Sutherland), Encyclopaedia Biblica : Critical 



Dictionary of the Literary, Political and Religious History, the 



Archaeology, Geography and Natural History of the Bible, 3 



Black (Dr. Sinclair), Empusa acrides, the LocOst-destroying 



Fungus, 357 

 Blackman (Dr. F. F.), Recovery of Foliage Leaves from 



Surgical Injuries, 143 ; on Natural Surgery in Leaves, 619 

 Blake (R. F.), on the Chemical and Biological Changes occur- 

 ring during the Bacterial Treatment of Sewage, 612 

 Blanc (M. ), Conversion of Uncoloured into Coloured Compounds 

 of Sodium Tetrazotolylsulphite with Ethyl-/3-Naphthylamine, 

 272 

 Blatchford (T.), Geology of Kanouna Gold-mining District, 61 

 Bleicher (Prof.), Death and Obituary Notice of, 164 

 Bles (E. J.), on a Method for Recording Local Faunas, 588 

 Blondel (Andre), Oscillographs, 30S, 40S 

 Blood, a Ciyitribution to the Study of the, and Blood-pressure, 



George Oliver, M.D., I 

 Blood-tain, F. H. Perry-Coste, 55 ; the Dust of Blood-rain, 



Prof. Arthur W. Riicker, F.R.S., 30 

 Blount (Bertram), Electro-chemistry, 77 

 Blue Sky Light, the Colour and Polarisation of, Dr. N. E. 



Dorsey, 138 

 Bliitengeheimnisse : Eine BUitenbiologie in Einzelbildern, 



Georg Worgitzky, 444 

 Blyth (iSir James), Viticulture, 452 

 Bocher (Prof.), Non-oscillatory Linear Differential Equations of 



Second Order, 198 

 Bodding (Rev. P. O. ), Thunderbolts as Charms, 264 

 Bodroux (F.), Action of Isobutylene Bromide on Benzene in 



Presence of Aluminium Chloride, 176 

 Bohm (Dr. G.), L'Evolution du Pigment, 28 ; Marine Poisons 

 and Burrowing Habit, 644 



Bolton (Henry Carrington), Evolution of the Thermometer, 

 1 592- 1 743, 25 ; a Select Bibliography of Chemistry, 1492- 

 1897, 430 

 Bone-beds : on the Bone-beds of Pikermi, Attica, Dr. A. Smith 

 Woodward, 566-; on a Newly-discovered Bone-bed at 

 Achmet Aga, North Eubrea, Dr. A. Smith Woodward, 566 ; 

 on the Discovery of Bone-beds of Early Tertiary Age in the 

 Fayum Depression, H. J. L. Beadnell, 566 

 Bongert (A.), Product of Nitration of Aceto-acetic Ether, 296 

 Books of Science, Forthcoming, 593 

 Boomerangs, Gilbert T. Walker, 33S ; Ottavio Zanotti Bianco, 



400 

 Borchgrevink (C. E.), Snow Conditions in the Antarctic, 257 ; 



First on the Antarctic Continent, 279 

 Bordier (M.), Electrolysis of Animal Tissues, 120 

 Bornstein (Dr. R.), Leitfaden der Wetterkunde, iSo 

 Borradaile (L. A.), on the Land Crustaceans of a Coral Island, 



588 

 Borthwick (A. W. ), on the Diameter Increment of Trees, 619 

 Bosanquet (Mr.), on the Praesos E.xcavations, 615 

 Bose (R. C. L.), Karabin, 47 



Botany : Assimilation Chlorophylienne et la Structure des 

 Plantes, Dr. Ed. Griffon, 28 ; the Voandzou plant, M. 

 Balland, 48 ; Two New Genera of Chinese Trees, W. B. 

 Hemsley, F.R.S., 70; the Flora of Tibet, W. B. Hemsley, 

 F.R.S., and H. H. Pearson, 70; Linnean Society, 70, 142, 

 223 ; Specimens of Aeiidiuin herberidis,]. Lewton Brain, 77 ; 

 Chlorophyll Assimilation, Jean Friedel, 88 ; the Sporulation 

 of Yeasts, A. Guilliermond, 96 ; Glucoside Characteristic of 

 Germinating Period of Beech, P. Tailleur, 120; New South 

 Wales Linnean Society, 143, 272, 416, 548 ; Recovery of 

 Foliage Leaves from Surgical Injuries, F. F. Blackman and 

 G. L. C. Matthaei, 143 ; a Raid on Wild Flowers, Pfof. 

 L. C. Miall, F.R.S., Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.S., 126 ; a 

 Raid upon Wild Flowers, David Houston, 156 ; Dr. George 

 Watt, the Hanbury Medallist for 1901, 162 ; the Scientific 

 Study of Commercial Crop Cultivation, R. H. Wallace, 164; 

 Die Mutationstheorie, Versuche und Beohachtungen liber die 

 Entstehung von Arten im Pflanzenreich, Prof. Hugo de Vries, 

 20S : Death and Obituary Notice of Maxime Cornu, Sir 

 W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, F.R.S., 211 ; Biochemical Differenti- 

 ation of Two Ferments of Vinegar, G. Bertrand and 

 R. Sazerac, 224 ; Catalase, a New Vegetable Enzyme, Dr. 

 O. Loew, 239 ; Vitality of Seeds, Dr. Henry H. Dixon, 256 ; 

 Shade in Coffee Culture, O. F. Cook, 264 ; Sources of Insect 

 Attraction in Flowers, Prof. F. Plateau, 264 ; Chemical 

 Relationship between Hemoglobin and Chlorophyll, Herren 

 Nencki and Marchlewski, 265 ; Saccharification of Legu- 

 minous Seeds Favoured by Sodium Fluoride, H. Herissey, 

 272 ; Vegetation of Punctiform nostoc in Presence of Carbo- 

 hydrates, R. Bouilhac, 272 ; Generality of Metal-fixation by - 

 Cell-wall in Plants, H. Devaux, 272 ; Bacteroids of Legu- 

 minous Nodules and Culture of Rhizobiutn leguminosariim, 

 R. Greig Smith, 272 ; Osmotic Pressure as Protection from 

 Cold in Living Cell, M. D'Arsonval, 295 ; Attempt to 

 Render Vegetables Immune against Cryptogamic Diseases, 

 J. Beauverie, 296 : Plant Studies, an Elementary Botany, 

 John M. Coulter, 300 ; Possible Provision of Nature against 

 Hybridisation, Dr. W. Burck, 310 ; the Story of Wild 

 Flowers, Rev. Prof. G. Ilenslow, 350 ; Empusa acridis, the 

 Locust-destroying Fungus, Dr. Sinclair Black, 357 ; the 

 Prothalli of Opkioglossitm pendulum, Helmiiilhostaihys 

 zeylanica and Psihlum, W. H. Lang, 365 ; Poison of 

 Lolus arahiats, W. R. Dunstan, F.R.S., and T. A. 

 Henry, 367 ; Die Reizleitung und die Reizleitenden 

 Strukturen bei den Pflanzen, Dr. B. Nemec, 371 ; 

 lUusi rations of the Botany of Captain Cook's Voyage Round 

 the World in H.M.S. Eiidcazwtrm 1768-1771, Right Hon. Sir 

 Joseph Banks and Dr. Daniel Solander, W. Botting Hem.sley, 

 F.R.S., 374; Flowers and Ferns in their Haunts, M. O. 

 Wright, 375 ; Curious Incrustations on Roots in Littoral 

 Sand-dunes of Victoria, 4C9 ; the Mechanism of Etherifica- 

 tion in Plants, E. Charabot and A. Hebert, 440 : Bliitenge- 

 heimnisse, Eine BUitenbiologie in Einzelbildern, Georg Wor- 

 gitzky, 444 ; New Garden Plants : a Study in Evolution, 

 446 : the Jarrah and Karri Woods of West Australia, 453 ; 

 the Moon and Vegetation, 454 ; Bacterial Disease of Potato, 

 G. Delacroix, 464 ; Stream Invasion by Jussia;a Grandiflora 

 in France, P. Carles, 464 ; the " Weeping " Habit in Trees 

 the Result of Diminished Vitality, T. Meehan, 528 ; Botany 



