Nature, ] Index ix 
Dec. 18, 1902 
nétiques, 227; Investigations into the Connection between 
the Magnetic Currents in the Earth and the Aurora Borealis, 
328 
Bishop (S. E.), the Lava-Lake of Kilauea, 441 
Bituminous Fuel, the Smokeless Combustion of, W. H. 
Booth, 645 ; J. S. Raworth, 645 
Black (J. Sutherland), Encyclopzedia Biblica, a Critical Diction- 
ary of the Literary, Political and Religious History, the 
Archeology, Geography and Natural History of the Bible, 
19 
Blake (Rev. J. F.), Remarkable Inlier among the Jurassic Rocks 
of Sutherland, 23; on the Original Form of Sedimentary 
Deposits, 620 
Blanchard (A. A.), the Decomposition of Ammonium Nitrite in 
Aqueous Solution, 637 , 
Bleekrode (Dr. L.), a Simple Telephonic Receiver for Wireless 
Telegraphy, 343 
Bliss (H.}, Stopping down the Lens of the Human Eye, 56 
Blondlot (R.), Action of X-rays on very Small Electric Sparks, 
263 
Blood, the Electrical Resistance of the, Dr. Dawson Turner, 
127 
Blount (B.), on the Proposed Standardisation of Methods of 
Chemical Analysis, 662 
Bodin (E.), Action of Alcoholic fermentation on the Baci//us 
typhosus and the Bactllus Colz, 384 
Bodmer (G. R.), the Inspection of Railway Materials, 244 
Bolas (T.), the Lens, a Practical Guide to the Choice, Use 
and Testing of Photographic Objectives, 75 
Bolide, observed at Lyons on March 19, a Remarkable, 208 
Bonney (Prof. T. G., F.R.S.), Alpine Valleys in Relation to 
Glaciers, 239 
Booth (W. H.), the Smokeless Combustion of Bituminous Fuel, 
645 
Bopp (Prof. C.), Chart of the Metric System, 630 
Borchers (D. W.), Apparatus for the Electrolytic Separation of 
Calcium from the Fused Chloride, 636 
Bordas (F.), Variation of the Phosphoric Acid in Cows’ Milk 
with time after Calving, 384: Influence of Cream Separation 
on the Principal Constituents of Milk, 432 ; Mechanical Treat- 
ment,in the Milk Industry, 456 
Borel (Emile), Lecons sur les Séries 4 Termes Positifs, 5 
Borneo, on the Ethnography of the Nagas, Dr. W. H. Furness, 
664 
Bose (Prof. Jagadis Chunder), Xe Vegetable Electricity, 549 
Bossert (F.), Ephemeris for the Search of the Comet Temple- 
Swift, 557 
Botany: Monographie der Gattung Alectorolophus, Dr. Jakob 
von Sterneck, 4; Absence of the Pine in Western Asia, 
Herr Hugo Bretzl, 15; the Pines of Western Asia, Sir J. D. 
Hooker, F.R.S., 535; Journal of Botany, 21, 118, 213, 310, 
571; Linnean Society, 22, 47, 94, 263; Notes on Indigofera, : 
David Prain and Edmund Baker, 21; Welwitschia Mirabilis, 
Prof. F. E. Weiss, 23 ; Daniella and their Secreting Apparatus, 
L. Guignard, 23; Die Vegetation der Erde, Sammlung 
pflanzengeographischer Monographien: (1) Grundziige der 
Pflanzenverbreitung auf d. iberische Halbinsel, Moritz 
Willkomm, 27: (2) Grundziige d. Pflanzenverbreit. i. d. 
Karpathen, F. Pax, 27; (3) Grundziige d. Pflanzenverbreit. 
i. d. Kaukasuslindern, von der unteren Wolga ueb. d. 
Manytsch-Schneider bis z. Scheitelflache Hocharmeniens, Dr. 
Gustav Radde, 27; (4) Die Vegetationsverhiltnisse d. 
Illyrischen Lander, Dr. Giinther ritter Beck v. Mannagetta, 
27; (5) Die Heide Norddeutschlands, P. Graebner, 27; the 
Sweet Briar as a Goat Exterminator, Sir W. T. Thiselton- 
Dyer, F.R.S., 31 Beechen Hedges on Elevated Ground, 
Jul. Wulff, 32; Wm. Gee, 32, G. W. Bulman, 56; 
P. T., 56; Retention of Leaves by Deciduous Trees, 344 ; 
Prof. W. R. Fisher, 370; D. T. Smith, 631; Decorative 
Plants for Gardens, Dr. Nicola Terraciano, 36; Organo- 
graphie der Pflanzen insbesondere der Archegoniaten und 
Samenpflanzen, Dr. K. Goebel, Prof, J. B. Farmer, F.R.S., 
51; Elements of Botany, W. J. Browne, 52; the Culture 
of Greenhouse Orchids, Frederick Boyle, 59 ; Germination 
of the Pollen Grain and the Series of Events Leading to 
Fertilisation in Two Species of Zamia, Dr. Herbert J. Webber, 
67; the Book of the Rose, Rey. A. Foster-Melliar, 74; 
Poisonous Fodder-plants and Oriental Drug-plants, Prof. 
Wyndham R. Dunstan, F.R.S., 83; New South Wales 
Linnean Society, 96, 264, 312, 384, 516; Practical Botany 
for Beginners, F. O. Bower, F.R.S., Dr. J. Gwynne- 
Vaughan, 101; Blue Puya in Flower at Kew Gardens, 
112; *Coemanstella Alabastrina, Rudolf Beer, 118; the 
British ‘‘Capreolate” Fumitories, Mr. Pugsley, 118; A7n- 
keliba, E. Perrot and G. Lefevre, 120; Mechanism of the 
Chemical Variations in the Plant under the Influence of 
Sodium Nitrate, E. Charabot and A. Hébert, 144; Flora der 
ostfriesischen Inseln, Dr. Fr. Buchenau, 149; the New 
Botanical Laboratories at Liverpool, 155; Kentucky Blue- 
grass Seed, 159; Recueil de 1'Institut Botanique (Uni- 
versilé de Bruxelles), L. Errera, 171; De Vriesian Species, 
Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell, 174; the Trinidad Experiments in 
Cacao Culture, 185; Report of Royal Botanical Gardens, 
Ceylon, J. C. Willis, 185; Rennet in Plants, Maurice 
Javillier, 192 ; International Catalogue of Scientific Literature, 
M, Botany, Prof. J. B. Farmer, F.R.S., 217; Rosa Stellata 
and &. Minutifolia, J. G. Baker, F.R.S., 229; Death of 
A. D. Hogg, 254; Gummosis of the Sugar Cane, R. Greig 
Smith, 264 ; Distribution of Pithophora, Kumagusu Minakata, 
279; Prof. G. S. West, 296; Curious Development of a 
Foxglove (Digitalis), 306; Campanulate Foxgloves, Dr. 
Maxwell T. Masters, F.R.S., 344; the Zymase from Zuro- 
tiopsis Gayont, M. Mazé, 312; the Chelsea Physic Garden, 
321 ; the Textile Fibres of Commerce, William S. Hannan, 
338; Regeneration in Plants, 379; Prof. Goebel, 514; 
Experimental Demonstration of the Decomposition of Carbon 
Dioxide by Leaves Exposed to Light, P. P. Dehérain and 
E. Demoussy, 383; the Influence of Varying Amounts of 
Carbon Dioxide in the Air on the Photosynthetic Process of 
Leaves and on the Mode of Growth of Plants, Dr. Horace T. 
Brown, F.R.S., and F. Escombe, 620; the Hepaticze of the 
British Isles, William Henry Pearson, Prof. J. B. Farmer, 
F.R.S., 385 ; Relations of Plant Growth to Ionisation of the 
Soil, A. B. Plowman, 408 ; Germinative duration of Seeds, 
Jules Poisson, 408 ; the Primrose and Darwinism, by a Field 
Naturalist, 409, 575; the Writer of the Review, 575; the 
Progress of Scottish Botany, J. C. Druce, 447 ; Experiments 
with Tobacco and Potatoes at St. Kitts-Nevis, 448; Two 
Chemical Constituents from the Eucalypts, Henry G. Smith, 
456; Types of British Plants, C. S. Colman, 458: Death of 
Theodor v. Heldreich, 538; Mannan in Sugar-maple Trees, 
Prof. F. H. Storer, 541 ; Cultivation of the Yellow Lupin,. 
P. P. Dehérain and E. Demoussy, 544 ; a Tentative List of the 
Flowering Plants and Ferns for the County of Cornwall, 
including the Scilly Isles, F. H. Davey, 547 ; Gutta-percha in 
the Balata fields on the Amazon, 555 ; Das botanische Practi- 
cum, Dr. Eduard Strasburger, 605 ; the most Effectual Plan 
for Starting the Germination of Spores of Agaricus campestris, 
Dr. Margaret C. Ferguson, 612; Examination and Estima- 
tion of Extract of Chestnut Wood mixed with Oak Extract, 
Ferdinand Jean, 624; Utilisation of Mineral Substances by 
Grafted Plants, Lucien Daniel and V. Thomas, 624 ; Theories 
of Heredity, Hugh Richardson, 630; the Fertilisation of 
Linum, Prof. T. D., A. Cockerell, 631; Composition of 
Some Reserve Hydocarbons in the Albumen of some 
Palms, M. E. Lienard, 648; Methyl Ester of Methyl- 
anthranilic Acid in the Vegetable Organism, Eugene Charabot, 
648: Phosphorus zvevsws Lime in Plant Ash, Dr. P. Q. 
Keegan, 655; Recent Works on Systematic Botany in 
Germany, 657; the Germination of Pollen Grains in the 
Presence of Stigmata, Pierre Paul Richer, 672 
Bouchard (Ch.), Local Treatment of Rheumatism, 288 
Boudouard (O.), Alloys of Cadmium and Magnesium, 216 
Bouffard (A.), Action of Sulphurous Acid upon Oxydase and 
on the Colouring Matter of Red Wine, 192 
Bougault (J.), the Oxidation of Morphine by the Juice of Rossu/a 
delica, 192 
Boulenger (G. A.), Les Poissons du Bassin du Congo, 339 
Boulouch (R.), Mixtures Formed by Sulphur and Phosphorus at 
Temperatures Below 100° C., 336 
Bourne (Dr. G. C.), Traité de Zoologie Concréte, Yves Delage 
and Edgard Hérouard, 267 ; an Introduction to the Study of 
the Comparative Anatomy of Animals, 314 
Bourquelot (Em.), New Glucoside Aucubine, 216 
Bouveault (L.), Method of Gradual Synthesis of Aldehydes, 
120; Synthesis of Fatty Aldehydes, 137 ; Condensation of 
Nitromethane with Aromatic Aldehydes, 288; Action of 
Nitrous Acid in Alkaline Solution on g-Substituted 6-Ketonic 
Esters, 384 
Bouzat (M.), Constitution of the Ammoniacal Copper Salts, 144 3- 
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