Index 



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Birth-rate, Influence o[ Infantile Mortality on, G. H. 



Knibbs, 240 



spham (J. W.), Potential Gradient in Glow Discharges 



irom a Point to a Plane, 447 

 ■ilack-waicr Fever, S. R. Christophers and C. A. Hcntley, 



j'3 

 ilackman (A. M.). Light thrown by Anthropology on 



System of Egyptian Hieroglyphics, 436 

 ?lackman (DrV F. F.), Death-rate of Cells of Higher 



Plants in Fatal Conditions, 84 

 ilackman (Philip), Mercury Bubbles, 160 

 ilanchard (Dr. A. A.), Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry, 



■ilaringhom (L.), Mutation et Traumatismcs, 4S3 

 Klathwayt (Rev. F. L.), Heronries of Lincolnshire and 



Somersetshire, 317 

 iloch (Eugine), lonisation of Phosphorus and Phosphores- 



r<Mice, 89 

 Bohlin (Dr. Karl), a Recent Observation of Nova Cygni, 



IIH) 



(ihmig (I,.), R^sultats du Voyage du S.Y. Bclgica en 

 1807-9, Zoologie, 460 



^onacina (L. C. W.), Fog and Rime on January 27-2S, 

 300 



^ono Marrow, the, a Cytological Study, \V. E. Carnegie 

 Dickson, 362 



lorchers (Wilhelm), Electric Furnaces, the Production of 

 Heat from Electrical Energy and the Construction of 

 Electric Furnaces, 215 



^ordas (F.), Radio-activity of the Soil, iin 



lorrelly (M.), Comet Morehouse, 1908c, 48 



-'ort (Teisserenc de). Difference of Temperature of the 

 Upper -Atmosphere in Polar and in Equatorial Regions, 

 26 

 Bose (Prof.), the Mechanical and Electrical Responses of 



Plants, 84 

 Rosier (J.), Spectrum of the Morehouse Comet, 149; the 



Spectrum of Comet Morehouse, iqoSr, 169 

 Botany : the Origin of a Land Flora, Prof. F. O. Bower, 

 F.R.S., I ; Richthofenia, a new Genus of Rafflesiaces, 

 Dr. C. C. Hosseus, 18: Albrecht von Haller, 38: the 

 Longevity of Seeds, Dr. A. J. Ewart, 45 ; Types of Floral 

 Mechanism, Dr. A. H. Church, 62 ; Phvtogeographical 

 Study of the Bonin Islands, Dr. A. Hattori, 78; Tem- 

 perature of .Mr and Soil surrounding Stem and Root 

 of Desert Plants, Dr. D. T. Macdougal, 78; Pollination 

 of Iiclmoitlia cordata. Dr. Marloth, cio ; Embryo-sac of 

 the Penaeaceas, Miss E. L. Stevens. 90 ; la Canforn 

 Italiana, Prof. Italo Giglioli, W. G. Freeman, 04: Manu- 

 facture of Xgai Camphor from Bltimca balsnniifcra, 

 P. Singh, 408; Some Scientific Centres: XIV., the 

 Hortus Botanicus at .Amsterdam, Prof, de Vries, 101 : 

 .-\d;iptation of Plants to their Environment, Modifications 

 displayed by West .Australian Xerophytes, Dr. A. Morri- 

 son. in6; Linnean .Society, 117. 148, 209, 268, 419, 478: 

 New South Wales Linnean Society. 120, 179, '^90; die 

 Algenflora der Danziger Bucht, ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis 

 der Ostseeflora, Prof. Lakowitz, 126; Physiological 

 Mechanism of the Coloration of Red Grapes and the 

 .Autumnal Coloration of Leaves, J. Laborde, 149 ; Ele- 

 mentary Botanv. Dr. E. Drabble, i^S; Biologic unserer 

 einheimischen Phanerogamen. M. Wagner, 15S; Vitality 

 of Leaves, Dr. Walter Kidd, 160; Perception of Light 

 bv Plants. Dr. K. Gaulhofer, 168; Vitality and the 

 Transmission of Water through the Wood of Plants, 

 Prof. H. H. Dixon, 178; Metamorphosis of Hydrocyanic 

 Glucosides during Germination, L. Guignard, 179 ; Verti- 

 cal Distribution of Plants in the Balkan States, Prof. 

 L. .AdamoviS, 199 ; Report on Economic Mycology for 

 the Year 1907-8, E. S. Salmon, 199 ; Experiments upon 

 Forcing the Resting Shoots of Woody Plants, Dr. H. 

 Molisch, 199 ; the Origin of the Potato, Charles T. 

 Druery, 205 ; Systematic .Anatoinv of Dicotvledons, Dr. 

 H. Solereder, 211 ; Linn-xus, Dr. J. Valckenier Suringar. 

 213; .Agave Species, Prof. W. Trelcase, 220; "Dipsacan" 

 and " Dips.icotin," Miss T. Tammes, 229; Fungi and 

 Plant Diseases, Pole Evans, 235 ; Nature Rambles in 

 London, Miss K. M. Hall, 24; : Life-histories of 

 Common Plants, Dr. F. Cavers, 245 ; the Young Botanist, 

 W. Percival Westell and C. S. Cooner, 24; : Wehvitschia, 

 Dr. H. II. W. Pearson, 268; Forms of Flowers in 



Valeriana dioica, R. P. Gregory, 2G8 ; Action of Radium 

 Rays on Developing Plants, Prof. C. S. Gagee, 292 ; 

 New .Artificial Peroxydase, Tannate of Iron, E. de Stoeck- 

 lin, 300 ; Types of Vegetation in Cross-section across 

 Mississippi River near St. Louis, II. Hus, 318; les 

 Zooc^cidies des Plantes d 'Europe et du Bassin de la 

 -Mcditerran^e, C. Houard, 339 ; Plant Fasciations, Miss 

 -A. .A. Knox, 349 ; Nuclear Changes in Pollen Mother- 

 cell of CEnothera, R. R. Gates, 376 ; .Pollination of 

 Dendrobium, Dr. A. F. G. Kerr, 389 ; Absorption of 

 Water by Seeds, W. R. G. Atkins, 389; Hole of Nitrogen 

 and its Compounds in Plant-metabolism, Dr. J. M. 

 Petrie, 390; Polycotyledony in Persoonia, J. J. Fletcher, 

 390 ; Germination of the Broad Bean Seed, E. Heber 

 Smith, 400; Prof. Frank Cavers, 488; the Haustoria of 

 Cansjera rheedii, C. A. Barber, 408 ; the Genus Noto- 

 triche, A. W. Hill, 419 ; Longitudinal Symmetry of 1 



Centrosperm^, Dr. Percy Groom, 419 ; a Monograph of 

 the British Desmidiaceoe, W. West and Dr. G. S. West, 

 426 ; the Drug Cascara sagrada, 435 ; Effect of Pollina- 

 tion on Orchid Flowers, Dr. H. Fitting, 435 ; Phyto- 

 geographical -Account of the Littoral and Alluvial Dis- 

 tricts of Belgium, Prof. J. Massart, 435; Poisonous 

 Properties of the Cape Tulip, 436 ; Method for Checking 

 Parasitic Diseases in Plants, Prof. Potter, 436 ; Gray's 

 New Manual of Botanv, 457 ; Death of Sir George King, 

 K.C.I.E., F.R.S., 464'; Obituary Notice of, 493; Method 

 for obtaining Spores of Saccharoniyccs ccrevisiae, A. -A. 

 Gorodkowa, 467 ; Sense-Organs in Plants, Prof. Haber- 

 landt, 467 ; Colours and Pigments of Flowers, Miss M. 

 \\'heldale, 506 ; Selective Permeability of the Coverings 

 of the Seeds of Hordenm vulgare, Prof. -Adrian J. Brown, 

 307 ; sec also British -Association 



Bottcher (-Anton), Cranes : their Construction, Mechanical 

 Equipment, and Working, 301 



Bottger (Dr. Wilhelm), Qualitative -Analyse vom Stand- 

 punkte der lonenlehre, 186 



Boudouard (O.), .Action of Air on Coals, 449 ; Coking 

 Power of Coals, 480 



Bougault (J.), Catalytic Oxidation of Hypophosphorous 

 -Acid by Copper, 509 



Boule (Marcellih), Discovery of Coal in Madagascar by 

 Captain Colcanap, 59 ; I'Homme fossile de la Chapelle- 

 aux-Saints (Correze), 312 



Boulud (M.), Total Sugar of the Blood, 179 



Bourion (F.), Action of Sulphur Chloride, SXI,, on the 

 Metallic Oxides, 389 



Bourne (.A. -A.), Elementary Mensuration, 156 



Bourne (Dr. G. C), Morphology of Neritacea, 147 



Bourquelot (Em.), New Researches on Bakanosine, 29 



Bouyssonie (-A. and J.), Discovery of Human Skeleton at 

 Chapelle-aux-Saints (Corrfeze), 270; D&ouverte d'un 

 Squelette Humain mousterien il la Chapelle-aux-Saints 

 (Correze), 312 



Bower (Prof. F. O., F.R.S.), the Origin of a Land Flora, i 



Bowman (Dr. H. L.), Identity of Poonahlite with Mesolite, 

 44S 



Boycott (.A. E.), the Prevention of Compressed-air Illness, 

 40 



Bovnton (W. P.), the Specific Heats of Gases, 409 



Bo'vs (Prof. C. v., F.R.S.), Laboratory Arts, Dr. George 

 H. Woollatt, 152 



Braak (C), Barometric Oscillation, 439 



Braak (Dr.), Breaking Stresses of Tubes and Filaments, 

 1 68 



Bradford (Dr. J. Rose), Does the Kidney form an Internal 

 Secretion ? 466 



Bradley (Prof. O. C), Morphology and Development of the 

 Mammalian Liver. 77 



Brpster (A.). Essai d'une Explication du Mechanisme de la 

 Periodicity dans le Soleil et les fitoiles rouges variables 



431 

 Bridge Construction, the Theory and-Practice of, in Timber, 



Iron, and Steel, Morgan W. Davies, 363 

 British -Archreology, Folk Memory or the Continuity of, 



Walter Johnson. 42-? 

 British -Association : Meeting at Dublin jj 



Section A (Mathematics and Physics — continued) — Report ^ 



of Committee on imoroving the Construction of Prac- 

 tical Standards for Electrical Measurements, 22 : Sir AV. 

 Hamilton's Fluctuating Functions, Dr. E. W. Hobson, 



