Index 



Boss (Prof.), Proposed New Observatories, no 

 Bosworth (George F.), Round the Coast, 395 

 Botany: Linnean Society, 22, 118, 142; \'ariations in Parts 

 of Flower of Primrose during Current Year, W. Coniery, 

 38 ; the Primrose and Darwinism, E. A. Bunyard, 395 ; 

 Number of Fungus Spores Present in the Air,' K. Saito, 

 38; Alien Plants Spontaneous in the Transvaal, Joseph 

 Burtt-Davy, 43 ; Food Substance Obtained from the Pith 

 of the Madagascar Palm, R. Gallerand, 48; Origin of 

 Plants Common to Europe and America, A. T. Drum- 

 "lond, 55 ; Resistance of Certain Seeds to the Action of 

 Absolute Alcohol, Paul Becquerel, 72 ; Diospyros Ehemnn 

 m Ceylon, H. Wright, 86; Second Stage Botany, J. M. 

 Lowson, 100; Death of E. D. del Castillo, 107; Function 

 of the Nucleolus in Plants, Harold Wager, 109 ; Death 

 and Obituary Notice of Frederick A. Walpole 129 • 

 Mycoplasm Theory of Rust Fungi, Prof. Eriksson, 131 ; 

 Permeability of Tegument of Certain Dried Seeds to 

 Atmosphere, Paul Becquerel, 144; I.ehrbuch der Pflanzen- 

 kunde fur hohere Lehranstalten, Dr. Karl Smalian, 148; 

 on the Statolith Theory of Geotropism, Francis Darwin, 

 F.R.S., and D. F. M. Pertz, 165; Constituents of Chaul- 

 moogra Seeds, F. B. Power and F. H. Gornall, 166; 

 Gynocardm, F. B. Power and F. H. Gornall, 166 ; Acci- 

 dental Production of an Intralibernian Generating Layer 

 m the .Roots of Monocotyledons, Gaston Bonnier 167 ■ 

 Church Stretton, Flowering Plants, R. de G. Benson' 

 :\losses, W. P. Hamilton, 175 ; Nuclear Fusion in Vege- 

 tative Cells, Dr. Nemec, 185 ; New South Wales Linnean 

 Society, 192, 264, 476, 596; Botany Rambles, Ella Thom- 

 son, 222, 528; the Colouring Matter of the flowers 

 Biitea frondosa, A. G. Perkin, 239 ; Cvanomaclurin, A. G. 

 Perkin, 239 ; a Constituent of Java Indigo, A. G. Perkin 

 239 ; the Flora of the Parish of Halifax, W. B. Crump 

 and C. Crossland, 245 ; Bacterial Origin of the Gums 

 of the Arabin Group, Dr. R. Greig Smith, 264: Ecological 

 Observations of Swamp Areas in Michigan and Arkansas, 

 Dr. S. M. Coulter, 284; Diglucoside in Eucalyptus, H. G. 

 Smith, 288 ; Eucalyptus Kinos, H. G. Smith, 548 ; Some 

 Natural Grafts between Indigenous Trees, J. H. Maiden, 

 288; Development of Acid in Oily Seeds, Maurice Nicloux! 

 311; Development of Black 'Rot, P. Viala and p! 

 Pacottet, 312; Harriman Alaska E.xpedition, vol. v., 

 Cryptogamic Botany, 314: Botanical Nomenclature, Prof! 

 T. D. A. Cockerell, 318; Paradisi in Sole Paradisus 

 terrestris, John Parkinson, 338 ; the Flowering of the 

 Bamboo, A. Tingle, 342; Prof. J. B. Farmer, F.R.S., 

 342; J. S. Gamble, F.R.S., 423; the Fruit of Melo- 

 canr^a Bamboos, Dr. O. Stapf, 535 ; Difference in Rate 

 of Growth of Giant Bamboos between Day and Night 

 due to Change in Conditions of Moisture, 'R. H. Lock, 

 632 ; the Red String of the Sugar-cane, Dr. R. Greig- 

 Smith, 392 ; the Earliest Mention of Hvdrodictvon, 

 Kumagusu Minakata, 396; the Soluble Phosphorus of 

 Wheat-bran, Messrs. Patten and Hart. 446; Die Keim- 

 pflanzen der Gesneriaceen, Dr. Karl Fritsch, 453 ; Par- 

 thenogenetic Development of Embryos of Ihalictrum 

 purpurascens. Mr. Overton, 4vS ; Assimilation of Sugars 

 by the Higher Plants, P. Mazf'' and A. Perrier, 476; 

 Formation of Root-hairs in the Vascular Cryptogariis and 

 Flowering Plants, R. G. Leavitt, 486 ; ' Reproductive 

 Apparatus of the Mucorina;, J. Dauphin, 500; Occurrence 

 of Aluminium in Vegetable Products, &c., C. F. Lang- 

 worthy and P. T. Austen, 505 ; Kritische Nachtrage 

 zur Flora der Nordwestdeutschen Tiefebene, Dr. 

 F. Buchenau, :;52 ; Plant-geography upon a Physi- 

 ological Basis, Dr. A. F. W. Schimper, 573 ; Spines' on 

 Cactacea?, Dr. Darbishire, ■i82 ; the Classification of 

 Flowering Plants, A. B. Rendle, 598; Death of Dr. 

 Selim Lemstrtim, 607; Sisymbrium strictissimum estab- 

 lished at Heaton Mersey, Charles Bailey, 620; Distri- 

 bution of the (brasses in South Africa, Dr. Stapf, 6?2 ; 

 Life-history of Enaltis acornides, Dr. Svedelius, b"52 ; 

 Origin of the Carbonic Acid of the Seed during Germina- 

 tion, Edouard Urbain, 644 ; see also British Association 



Bottone (S.), Radium and All About It, 09 



Bouchard (Ch.), Physiological Action of the Emanation of 

 Radium, 167 



Boudouard (O.), Alloys of Zinc and Magnesium, 420 



Boulton (Prof. W. .S'.), Igneous Rocks" of Pontesford >Iill 

 (Shropshire), 262 



Bourdeau (Louis), Histoire de THabillement et de Parure, 



130 

 Bourne (.\. A.), Elementary Algebra, 478 

 Bouty (E.), the Dielectric Cohesion of the Saturated 

 Vapour of Mercury and its Mixtures, 240 ; Dielectric 

 Cohesion of Argon, 457 

 Bouveault (L.), Application of the Grignard Reaction to the 

 Halogen Esters of Tertiary Alcohols, 48; Synthesis of 

 Rhodinol, 240 ; Reactions of the Esters of 2 ; 3-Butarronic 

 Acid, (i) Action of Phenyl Hydrazine, 311 

 Bowker (W. R.), Dynamo, Motor, and Switchboard Cir- 

 cuits, 122 

 Box (Rev. C. F.), Effects of a Lightning Stroke at Earl's 



Fee on April 13, 191 

 Boynton (W. P.) Applications of the Kinetic Theory to 



Gases, Vapours, and .Solutions, 295 

 Branner (J. C), the Stone Reefs of Brazil, 334 

 Braun (Dr. F.), Herstellung doppelt brechender Korper aus 



isotropen Bestandteilen, 457 

 Brauner (Prof. B.), Acid Sulphates of the Rare Earlhs, 39 ; 



Cerium Compounds, ibo 

 Bredichin (Prof. T.), Death of, 228 : Obituary Notice of, 252 

 Bresciani (M.), Method for the Preparation of Nitrosyl 



Chloride, 446 

 Breuil (Pierre), Relations between the Effects of Stresses 

 Slowly Applied and of Stresses .Suddenly Applied in the 

 Case of Iron and Steel, Comparative Tests with Notched 

 and Plain Bars, 022 

 Brewster, Smith and Co. (Messrs.), New Laboratory 



Apparatus, 3S9 

 Briggs (S. H. C), Ammoniacal Double Chromates ana 



Molybdates, 47 

 Brightwen (Mrs.), Quiet Hours with Nature, 20 

 Brillouin (Marcel), Propagation de I'Electricit^, 450 

 British Academy, 71 



British Association Meeting at Cambridge, Preliminary 

 Arrangements, 277 ; Sectional .Arrangements, 323, 367, 

 426; Inaugural Address by the Rt. Hon. A. J. Balfour, 

 D.C.L., LL.D., M.P., FiR.S., Chancellor of the Uni- 

 versity of Edinburgh, President of the Association, 

 Reflections Suggested by the New Theory of Matter, 

 368 ; Conference of Delegates of Local .Scientific Societies, 

 542 



Section A {Mathematics and Physics) — Opening Address 

 by Prof. Horace Lamb, LL.D., D.Sc, F.R.S., Presi- 

 dent of the Section, 372 ; Radiation in the Solar 

 System, Prof. J. H. Poynting, I'.R.S., 512, 515; 

 Physics at the British Association, Dr. C. H. Lees, 

 515; L'nits Used in Meteorological Measurements, Dr. 

 \\'. N. .Shaw, 515; Apparatus for A'erifving Newton's 

 Second Law, Mr. Eggar, 515; on the Coefficient of 

 Expansion of Hydrogen at Various Pressures Down to 

 Low Temperatures, Prof. Witkowski, 515 ; Recent 

 Work of the National Physical Laboratory, Dr. Glaze- 

 brook, 515 ; Optical Properties of Metals for Long 

 Waves Obtained by Prof. Rubens' Method of " Rest- 

 strahlen," 510; Question as to Whether the Ether 

 Moves w-ith the Earth or not. Prof. Wien, 516; the 

 Defects of Row'land's Scale of \\'ave-lengths in view of 

 the Accuracy now Attainable by Interference Methods 

 of Measuring Wave-lengths, Prof. Kayser, 516; 

 Parallel Plate .Spectroscope for the Resolution of Close 

 Spectral Lines, Dr. Lummer, 516; Preparation of the 

 Plates of the .Spectroscope, Lord Ravleigh, 51(3; Inter- 

 ference Method to Determine the Dispersion of Sodium 

 Vapour, Prof. Wood, 516; Models of Radium Atoms 

 to give out a and ;8 Rays Respectively, Lord Kelvin, 

 516; Apparatus in which Radium is Utilised in 

 Measuring the Rate of Production of Ions in the 

 Atmosphere, Prof. Schuster, 516; Recent Work at the 

 Cavendish Laboratory to determine whether Ordinary 

 Matter Possesses to a Small Extent the Property of 

 Radio-activity so Strongly Shown by Radium and 

 Polonium, Prof. Thomson, 516: .Apparatus for Measur- 

 ing the Lengths of Hertzian Waves such as are L'sed 

 in Wireless Telegraphy, Prof. Fleming, Jih; Recent 

 Improvements in the Diffraction Process of Colour 

 Photography, Prof. R. W. Wood. (114 

 Section A (Subsection Cosmicnl Physics) — Opening .Ad- 

 dress by Sir John Eliot, K.C.l'.E., M.A., F.R.S., 

 Chairman of the Subsection, 399 ; Astronomy and Cos- 



