Supplement to ee || 
June 17, 1897 
Lndex 1X 
Books on Science, Forthcoming, 474 
Borneo (British North), the Natives of Sarawak and, H. Ling 
Roth, Prof. Alfred C. Haddon, 128 
Boscovich’s Theory of Atomic Configurations in Gas Molecules, 
Lord Kelvin, 238 
Boswell (Henry), Death and Obituary Notice of, 370 
Botany: Death and Obituary Notice of Lucien Trécul, 11 ; 
Best Sugar-cane for Leeward Island Cultivation, F. Watts and 
F. R. Shepherd, 12; Sugar-cane raising from Seed, J. H. 
Hart, 12 ; Botany at the British Assuciation, 19 ; Peasblossom, 
Caroline Pridham, 28; New Researches on Tubercles of 
Leguminose, C. Naudin, 48 ; Tournefort and the Latitudinal 
and Altitudinal Distribution of Plants, W. Botting Ifemsley, 
F.R.S., 52; Composition of Phantx melanocarfa Fruits, 
Aimé Girard, 71; New South Wales Linnean Society, 72, 
191, 240; Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, 
P.R.S., during Captain Cook’s First Voyage in H.M.S. 
Endeavour, 1768-71, Sir Joseph D. Hooker, 73; Termites and 
Fungus, J. H. Hart, 81; the Growth of Diatoms, E. C. 
Whipple, 83; Colouring Matter of Wallflower and Haw- 
thorn, A. G. Perkin and J. J. Hummel, 93 ; Linnean Society, 
94, 166, 189, 310, 334, 502, 526, 598; Oxalate of Lime 
Raphides in Hyacinth Bulbs, Dr. Morris, 94; Oxalate of 
Lime Raphides in Richardia ethiopica Bulbs, J. Y. Johnson, 
334; the Spectrum of Chlorophyll, A. Etard, 95; Air 
Analysis by dgarécus agramentarius, T. L. Phipson, 95; 
Death of Dr. G. W. Child, 108; Obituary Notice of A. 
Trécul, 108; MHoney-Birds and Cingalese Loranthus 
Seeds, F. W. Keeble, 109 ; Osmotic Pressure in Germinat- 
ing Grains, L. Maquenne, 120; Zuphrasta salisburgensis in 
Treland, F. Townsend, 142; Journal of Botany, 142, 309, 
406, 574 ; Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano, 142, 406 ; Action 
of Ammonium Nitrate on Asferge/lus niger, C. Tanret, 143 ; 
Die Morphologie und Physiologie des Pflanzlichen Zellkernes, 
Prof. Dr. A. Zimmermann, 147 ; the Arrangement of Branches 
of Trees, Thomas Swan, 155 ; the Horn Expedition to Central 
Australia, 185 ; Natural Selection and Origin of Species in 
Plants, Rev. George Henslow, 189 ; Position of Boughs in 
Summer and Winter, Agnes Fry, 198; Calcium populneum 
a Pure Fungus, P. A. Dangeard, 207 ; Remarkable Degra- 
dation of Ovule in Parasitic Plants, R. van Tieghem, 207 ; 
New Plants in New South Wales, J. H. Maiden and E. 
Betche, 239; Alkaloids in Orchids, Dr. de Droog, 260; 
Colour in Flowers and Insects, Prof. F. Plateau, 300; Cotton 
and Insects, L. O. Howard, 301; Influence of Food on 
Respiratory Quotient of Moulds, C. Gerber, 312; the Manna 
of the Bible, M. J. Teesdale, 349; Manna on Blue Grass, 
R. T. Baker and H. G. Smith, 383; the Origin of Manna, 
B. Timothy, 440; Changes in Tentacle Gland-cells of Sun- 
dew after feeding with White of Egg, Lily Huie, 350; the 
Nutrition of Green Plants, Dr. :Bokorny, 351; Death and 
Obituary Notice of Henry Boswell, 370; the Discovery of 
another Connecting Link between Flowering and Flowerless 
Plants, 396; Argon in Plants, Dr. G. Tolomei, 399; a Vege- 
table Lipase, E. Gerard, 407 ; on the Alternations of Genera- 
tions in Plant Life, Right Hon. Sir Edw. Fry, F.R.S., 422; 
Death of Prof. George Ville, 443; Insects and Flower- 
Scent, Prof. F. Plateau, 444; an Introduction to Structural 
Botany, D. H. Scott, F.R.S., 457;  Physiologische 
Pflanzenanatomie, Dr. G. Haberlandt, 457; First Records 
of British Flowering Plants, William A. Clarke, 460; 
Lorigine des Saccharomyces, MM. Klocker and Sch6nning, 
469; the True Grasses, Eduard Hackel, 484; Death of Dr. 
Robert Hogg, 495; Death of Lorenzo N. Johnson, 495; 
Portraits of Linnzeus, W. Carruthers, F.R.S., 502; Notes of 
Lessons on Elementary Botany, W. Bland, 507; Stipules, 
Sir John Lubbock, F.R.S., 526; Origin of Transmission 
Tissue in Coniferous Leaves, W. C. Worsdell, 526; Injection 
of Intercellular Spaces in Leaves of E/odea, F. Darwin and 
D. F. M. Pertz, 526; Carbon Dioxide Production and 
Reduced Vitality in Plants, F. F. Blackman, 526; the 
Leaves of Bennettites, A. C. Seward, 527; the Dahlia, its 
History and Cultivation, 533; Grasses of North America, 
W. J. Beal, 557; Evolution of Cyclamen Jlatifolium and 
Garden Cineraria, W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, F.R.S., 598 ; India- 
rubber and Gutta-percha and their Sources, John R. Jackson, 
610; Death of Dr. E. S. Bastin, 613 
Bouchard (Ch.), Composition of Gases evolved from Bagnoles 
de Arne Mineral Water, 167 ; Application of Réntgen Rays 
to Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 191; Radioscopy applied to 
Diagnosis of Thoracic Diseases, 239 
Boudouard (M.), Yttrium Earth in Monazite Sands, 95 ; Cerium 
Sulphate in Monazite Sands, 479 - 
Bouffard (M.), the Oxydase of Wines, 551 
Boughs in Summer and Winter, Position of, Agnes Fry, 198 
Boulenger (G. A., F.R.S.), Sciagraphs of British Batrachians 
and Reptiles, J. Green and J. H. Gardiner, 539 
Boulger (G. S.), Elementary Geology, 123 
Bournemouth, the Climate of, in Relation to Disease, especially 
Phthisis, A. Kinsey-Morgan, 316 
Bow found in Egypt, Ancient Assyrian, Henry Balfour, 71 
Bower (Prof., F.R.S.), on the Enumeration of Spore-Mother- 
Cells and Spores as a Basis of Comparison of Ferns, 21 
Boyd (R. Nelson), Petroleum, its Development and Uses, 169 
Bozward (J. Lloyd), the Earthquake of December 17, 178 
Bradford (Edward), an Outline of Psychology, 121 
Brain, the Primate, Dr. W. B. Benham, 619 
Brandes (G.), Visibility of Rontgen Rays, 524 
Braun (E.), Directed Electric Surface Conductivity, 214 
Braun (F.), Demonstration of Course of Variable Currents, 524 
Braun (Ernest), Electrical Vibrations of Mercury, 581 
Bravais’ Formule for Regression, &c., in case of Skew Cor- 
relation, Significance of, G. H. Yule, 452 
Bredt (Herr), New Synthetical Method of Preparing Carboxylic 
Acids, 207 
Breitenlohner (Dr. J.), Death of, 589 
Brennand (W.), Hindu Astronomy, 193 
Bright (Charles), Submarine Cable Laying and Repairing, 553 
Bright Line Stars, the Question of Carbon in, J. Norman 
Tockyers F.R.S., 304, 341; Dr. William Huggins, F.R.S., 
31 
Brighton, Motor Cars Journey to, 57 
Brisbane Astronomical Society, 62 
British Association, the: G Section of the, Prof. H. S. Hele- 
Shaw, 5; Botany at the British Association, 19 ; Section K 
(continued): Mr. Francis Darwin, F.R.S., on the Ascent of 
Water in Trees, 19; Prof. Vines, F.R.S., on Experiments 
on the Suction Force of Branches, 20; Prof. Bretland Farmer 
on the Present Position of Cell-division Problems, 20 ;’ Miss 
Ethel Sargent on the Heterotype Divisions of Zilzun 
martagon, 20; Prof. Magnus on some Recent Observations 
on the Chytridiaceous Genus Urophlyctis, 20; Mr. Vaughan 
Jennings on Corallorhiza innata, R.Br. and its associated 
Fungi, 20; Mr. Coppen Jones on the so-called Tubercle 
Bacillus, 20; Mr. W. G. P. Ellis on the Life-history of a 
Fungus which is the Cause of a Parasitic Disease in the 
Liverwort (Ped/za epiphylla), 20: Prof. Chodat on the Poly- 
morphism of the Green Algz and the Principles of their 
Evolution, 20; Prof. Zacharias on the Histology of the Blue- 
Green Alge, 21; Mr. Lang on some Peculiar Cases of 
Apogamous Reproduction in Ferns, 21 ; Prof. Bower, 
F.R.S., on the Enumeration of Spore-Mother-Cells and 
Spores as a Basis of Comparison of Ferns, 21 ; Prof. Casimir 
de Candolle on Latent Life in Seeds, 21; Prof. Trail, F.R.S., 
on the Floral Deviations in some Species of Po/ygoruz, 21 ; 
Miss Lily Huie on the Changes in the Tentacle of Drosera 
rotundifolia produced by feeding with Egg Albumen, 22; 
Dr. Morris on the Effect produced in certain Animals in the 
West Indies by feeding on the Young Shoots of the Wild 
Tamarind or Jumbai Plant (Zewcena glauca, Benth.), 22; 
Mr. Scott Elliot on the Influence of Habitat upon Plant 
Habit, 22; Dr. Wilson on Hybridisation in Passion Flowers 
and Albucas, 22 
British Association: Toronto Meeting, 1897, Alan Mac- 
Dougall, 127 ; Local Arrangements, Prof. A. B. Macallum, 
319 
British Butterflies, J. W. Tutt, 536 
British Butterflies and Moths, the Larve of, William Buckler, 
460 
British Flowering Plants, First Records of, William A. Clarke, 
460 
British Islands : the Lepidoptera of the, Chas. G. Barrett, 222 ; 
the Natural History of the Marketable Marine Fishes of the, 
J. T. Cunningham, W. A. Herdman, F.R.S., 361; the 
Hemiptera- Homoptera of the, James Edwards, 389 
British Mercantile Marine, the, Edward Blackmore, 438 
British Museum, Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets, as 
in the, L. W. King, 243 
British North Borneo, the Natives of Sarawak and, H. Ling 
Roth, Prof. Alfred C. Haddon, 128 
British Patent Law, Hubert Haes, 149 
Broca (M.), the Baldness produced by Rontgen Rays, 232 
