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Index xi 
of a Mixture of Algz and Bacteria, MM. Bouilhac and 
Giustiniani, 359; Morphology of Angiosperms, J. M. 
Coulter and C. J. Chamberlain, 361; on the Assimilation 
of Alcohols and Aldehydes by Sterigmatocystis nigra, 
Henri Coupin, 384; New Lessons in Elementary Botany 
(Saishin Shokubutsugakk6 Kwasho), Ité  Tokutard, 
Rigaku Hakushi, F. Victor Dickins, 389; the Con- 
jectured New Androsace in the Valle Anzasca, Prof. 
Ardissone, 422; Cultural Experiments with ‘‘ Biologic 
Forms ’’ of the Erysiphacez, Ernest S. Salmon, 406; 
Physiology of the Yeast-plant, Prof. S. H. Vines, F.R.S., 
430; Specialisation of Parasitism in the Erysiphacez, 
E. S. Salmon, 430; Development of the Vascular Crypto- 
gams, G. Chauveaud, 432; Systematic Position of the 
Endophytes of Orchids, I. Gallaud, 432; Vegetations- 
bilder, Dr. G. Karsten and Dr. H. Schenck, 435; 
Ansichten und Gesprache uber die individuelle und 
specifische Gestaltung in der Natur, Franz Krasan, 435; 
Action of Anzesthetics on Plants, 440; Photograph of 
Amorphophallus Riviert, 445 ; Vegetable Gums, Dr. Greig 
Smith, 450; Aérial Tubers on the Potato, W. Traylen, 
405; M. T. M., 465; the Gaseous Exchanges between 
the Atmosphere and Plants Deprived of their Roots and 
Kept in the Dark, M. Berthelot, 479; Mycelium Latent 
in Vine during Winter, Gy de Istvanffi, 480; the Heart- 
wood of Trees, Prof. M. C. Potter, 494; Determination 
of Sex in Plants, R. P. Gregory, 527; Laboratories for 
Botanical Research, 538; the Endophytic Fungus of 
Orchids, Noel Bernard, 552; Desert Botanical Laboratory 
of the Carnegie Institution, F. V. Coville and D. T. 
MacDougal, Prof. Percy Groom, 569; the Pests and 
Blights of the Tea Plant, Sir G. Watt and H. H. Mann, 
580; Botany Rambles, 605; Influence of .Weak Solutions 
of Poisonous Salts on Flowering Plants, M. Kanda, 618; 
Fibre Plants in Hawaii, L. G. Blackman, 618; Morph- 
ology of Elodea canadensis, R. B. Wylie, 618; see also 
British Association 
Bottle and Ocean Currents, John Paterson, 539 
Bottomley (J. F.), the Molecular Formulz of Fused Salts 
as Determined by their Molecular Surface Energy, 165 
Bouchonnet (A.), the Preparation of the Sesquiselenide of 
Iridium, 192 
Bouilhac (M.), Culture of Higher Plants in the Presence 
of a Mixture of Alga and Bacteria, 359 
Bouin (P.), Action of the Interstitial Gland of the Testicle 
on the Economy, 287 
Boule (Marcellin), Chronology of the Cave Near Mentone, 
287; Age of the Human Skeletons from the Caves of 
Mentone, 432 
Boulton (E. Springfield), Geometry on Modern Lines for 
Elementary Students, 434 
Boulton (W. S.), Igneous Rocks at Spring Cove, Weston- 
super-Mare, 407 
Boulud (M.), the Virtual Sugar of the Blood, 47; Action of 
the X-Rays upon Animal Tissues, 287; Glycuronic Acid 
in the Blood, 479 
Bourion (F.), General Method for the Preparation of 
Anhydrous Chlorides, 480; Transformation of Oxides and 
Oxygenated Salts into Chlorides, 528 
Bourne (A. A.), Elementary Graphs, 146 
Bousfield (E. G. P.), a New Primary Cell, 598 
Bousfield (W. R.), Purification of Water- by Continuous 
Fractional Distillation, 478 
Bouty (E.), the Dielectric Cohesion of Gases at Low 
Temperatures, 72; Dielectric Cohesion of Argon and its 
Mixtures, 479 
Bouveault (L.), New Method for the Preparation of Alde- 
hydes, 168; Preparation of Primary Alcohols by Means 
of the Corresponding Amides, 311; Purification and 
Characterisation of Alcohols, 624 
Bowden (Joseph), Elements of the Theory of Integers, 
246 
Boyce (Prof.), Mosquitoes and Malaria in Ismailia, 471 
““ Boyla’’ Tube, the, Newton and Co., 36 
Brachin (M.), New Synthesis of the Isoxazols, 96 
Bradley (J. W.), Results of Tests on the Different Lamps 
Employed in Street Lighting, 493 
Brains, the ‘*‘ Affenspalte ’’? in Human, Dr. W. L. H. Duck- 
’ worth, 104 
Bramwell (Sir Frederick, F.R.S.), Death and Obituary 
Notice of, 110 
Branner (J. C.), Geology of Canyons in the Volcanic Rocks 
of Hawaii, 37 
Brauner (Prof. Bohuslav), the Complex Nature of Thorium, 
606 
Bray and Environs, 559 
Brewer (W. M.), the Rock-slide at Frank, Alberta Terri- 
tory, Canada, April 29, 1903, 349 
‘Brewing and Research, Transactions of the Guinness Re- 
search Laboratory, 451 
Brigham (Albert Perry), Geographic Influences in American 
History, 315 
Bright Bolide, a, W. E. Rolston, 259 
Bright Meteor, a, Roland Mott, 543 
Brillouin (Marcel), Measurement of very Small Angles of 
Rotation, 95 
British Association (Continued) : Dr. Shaw’s Address at the, 
Dr. R. T. Omond, 6; Dr. W. N. Shaw, F.R.S., 7 
Section A (Subsection of Astronomy and Meteorology), 
Continued.—Astronomy and Meteorology at the British 
Association, Dr. W. N. Shaw, F.R.S., 42; Work of the 
International Committees, 42; on the Use of the Hair 
Hygrometer in Place of the Psychrometer for Purposes 
of Ordinary Observations of Humidity, Prof. Pernter, 
43; Was the New Star in Gemini Shining Previously 
as a very Faint Star? Prof. Turner 43; on the Results 
of the International Cloud Observations and their Effect 
upon the General Theory of the Circulation of the 
Atmosphere, Prof. Hildebrandsson, 43; on a Series of 
Photographs made with the New Rumford Spectro- 
heliograph Mounted on the qo-inch Refractor, Prof. 
Hale, 44; on Radiation from a Foggy Atmosphere, 
Prof. Schuster, 44; on Solar Prominences and 
Terrestrial Magnetism, Father Cortie, 44; Investi- 
gation of the Variation of Temperature in the Water 
of the Levant, Dr. Buchan, 44; on the Results of Ex- 
periments at Blue Hill upon the Effect of Meteorological 
Conditions upon the Audibility of Sounds between a 
High-level and Low-level Station, Dr. A. L. Rotch, 44 
Section K (Botany), Continued.—On Heredity, W. Bate- 
son, F.R.S., 18; on Recent Experiments on the Hybrid- 
isation of Orchids, C. C. Hurst, 18; on the Origin of 
the Monocotyledons, Miss Ethel Sargant, 18; on the 
Structure of the Embryo Sac and the Phenomena of 
Fertilisation, E. N. Thomas, 18; on Stimulus and 
Mechanism in Organisation, Prof. J. B. Farmer, 
F.R.S., 18; on the Vegetation of the Sandhills, Dr. 
Otto v. Darbishire and Henry Ball, 18; on the Asco- 
carp in Ryparobius, B. T. P. Barker, 19 ; on the Results 
of Culture Experiments with Biologic Forms of the 
Erysiphacee, E. S. Salmon, 19; on Eriksson’s Myco- 
plasm Hypothesis, Prof. H. Marshall Ward, F.R.S., 
19; on the Occurrence of Ulva latissima and Entero- 
morpha compressa in Sewage Effluents, and on Vari- 
ations in the Compositions of the Tissues of these and 
Allied Seaweeds, Prof. Letts and J. S. Totton, 19; on 
Fruit-dispersal in Adenostemma viscosum, R. H. 
Yapp, 19; on Some Experiments on the Staminal Hairs 
of Tradescantia virginica, Harold Wager, 19; on the 
Localisation of Anthocyan in Foliage Leaves, J. Parkin, 
19; On some Anatomical Features of the Scutellum of 
Zea Mais, Miss Ethel Sargant and Miss Agnes Robert- 
son, 19; on the Histology of the Sieve Tubes of Angio- 
sperms, Arthur W. Hill, 19; on the Alternation of 
Generations in the Dictyotaceze and the Cytology of the 
Asexual Generation, J. Lloyd Williams, 19; on the 
Structure of Leaves of Bracken from Different 
Habitats, L. A. Boodle, 19; Account of the Colonisation 
of a Dried River-bed, Miss M. C. Stopes, 19; on 
Homeeomorphy among Fossil Plants, E. A. Newell 
Arber, 19; on the Forest Resources of Australia Avail- 
able for British Commerce, E. T. Scammell, 19; on a 
Process for Seasoning and Preserving Timber, W. 
Powell, 20 
Section L (Educational Science), Continued.—Discussion 
on School Curricula, A. C. Benson, 20; T. E. Page, 
20; Report of the Committee on the Teaching of Science 
in Elementary Schools, 20; Prof. H. E. Armstrong, 
21; Prof. Marshall Ward, 21; Report on the Teaching 
of Botany in Schools, 21; Report on the Influence of 
Examinations on School Curricula and of Schools on 
University Requirements, Prof. H. E. Armstrong, 21 
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