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son, i6o; Celmisia spectabilis, Dr. L. Cockayne, i6o ; 

 Botanical Excursions in Chatham Island, Capt. A. A. 

 Dorrien-Smith, ibo; Forest Flora of the Bombay Presi- 

 dency and Sind, \V. A. Talbot, 170 ; Wild Plants on 

 Waste Land in London, 184; Expedition Antarctique 

 Beige, Risultats du Voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 

 1897-8-g, sous le Commandement de A. de Gerlache de 

 Gomery, Rapports scientifiques, Botanique — Diatom(5es, 

 H. van Heurck, 205 ; Philippine Leguminosce, E. U. 

 Merrill, 211; Root Disease of the Cocoa-nut Palm 

 caused by the Fungus Fames lucidus, Mr. Petch, 212 ; 

 the .Action of Vapours on Green Plants, Marcel Mirande, 

 262 ; Composition of Carnations with FiexiDle Stems and 

 Rigid Stems, L. Fondard and F. Gauthie, 292 ; Photo- 

 micrographs of Botanical Studies, 296 ; the Genus Citrus, 

 A. W. Lushington, 315; White Chicory, 316; Sweet 

 Peas, H. J. Wright, 326; Pansies, Violas, and Violets, 

 Wm. Cuthbertson and R. Hooper Pearson, 326; die 

 Hiede, W. Wagner, 326; Niedere Pflanzen, Dr. R. 

 Timm, 326 ; das Holz, H. Kottmeier and F. Uhlmann, 

 326; der Pflanzengarten, seine Anlage und seine \'er- 

 werkung. Prof. F. Pfuhl, 326 ; die Aufzucht und Kultur 

 der Parasitischen Samenpflanzen, Prof. E. Heinricher, 

 327 ; Prodromus Florre Britannic^, F. N. Williams. 

 342 ; Rhododendron producing Double Flowers in its 

 Wild State, Dr. M. Miyoshi, 372 ; Description of Dioon 

 spiiudosum, C. J. Chamberlain, 372 ; a History of 

 Botanv, 1860-iqoo, being a Continuation of Sach's 

 " History of Botany, 1530-1860," Prof. J. Reynolds 

 Green, F.R.S., 391 ; Vegetationsbilder, Trockensteppen 

 der Kalahari, F. Seiner, Von den Juan Fernandez 

 Inseln, Carl Slfottberg, die Schwabische Alp, Otto 

 Feucht, aus Bosnien und der Herzegovinia, L. 

 Adamovic, die Flora von Irland, Prof. T. Johnson, 395 ; 

 Action of the Ultra-violet Rays upon Plants containing 

 Coumarin, and some Plants the Smell of which is dur 

 to the Hydrolysis of Glucosides, M. Pougnet, 421 ; Plant 

 Formations of East Bolivia, 437 ; Science in .Modern 

 life, Botany, J. M. F. Drummond, 464; Plants obtained 

 in Southern Half of the Island of Saghalien, G. 

 Koidzumi, 470; Conditions of Parasitism in Plants, Dr. 

 \A'. A. Cannon, 505 ; Inducing Dependent Nutrition by 

 the Insertion of Prepared .Slips into a Host Plant, Dr. 

 D. T. Macdougal, 505 ; an .Agaric with Sterile Gills, 

 W. B. Grove, 531; Death and Obituary Notice of Dr. 

 Melchior Treub, 539 ; Plants Gathered by Dr. Th. 

 Derbeck on the Shores of the Gulf of Tartary, V. L. 

 Komarov, 542 ; Botanising in County Kerry, H. S. 

 Thompson, 543 ; -Account of the Genus Scrophularia, Dr. 

 Heinz Stiefelhagen, 543 ; Flora and Plant Formations 

 of the Kermadec, R. B. Oliver, 543 ; Distribution of 

 W'eeds, 547 ; a Natural Preventative to the Oak-tree 

 Disease, Paul Vuillemin, 555 ; the Elective liSle of ih" 

 Root in the Absorption of Salts, Jean de Rufz de 

 Lavison, 556; see also British Association 



Boudariat (.A.), Occurrence of a Basalt in the N'olranic 

 Cone of Tritriva in Central Madagascar, 376 



Bourgeois (R.), the Daily Movement of the Top of the 

 Eiffel Tower, 261 ; Comparison of Two Astronomical 

 Pendulums with the Aid of Electrical Signals trans- 

 mitted by a Submarine Cable of Great Length, 

 456 



Bourne (Prof. G. C, M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S.), Opening 

 Address in Section D at the Meeting of the ISritish 

 -Association at Sheffield, 378 ; Hormones in Relation to 

 Inheritance, 462 



Bourquelot (Prof.), Biochemical Method of Examination 

 of Vegetable Glucosides Hydrolysed by Emulsin, 354 



Bowman (Prof. Isiah), the Economic Geographv of 

 Bolivia, 118 



Boyce (Sir Rubert W., F.R.S.), Effect of Mosquito Larvfc 

 upon Drinking Water, 750; Health Progress and 

 -Administration in the West Indies, 174 



Boyle (Dr. R. W.), Absorption and .Adsorption wiiji 

 Reference to the Radio-active Emanations, 152 



Boys (Prof. C. V., F.R.S.), the Ultra-rapid Kinemato- 

 graph, 112; Very Viscid Fluid to make Dumb-bell bv 

 the LInion of the Drops of Two Bubbles, 436 



Bragg (Prof.), Nature of the 7 Rays, 47S 



Braun (Prof. Max), a Handbook of Practical Parasitologv, 

 393 



Breinl (.A.), Life-history of Trypanosoma lewisi in the 



Rat-louso H aemaiopinus spinulosus, 150 

 Brereton (C. .A.), Death of, 340 



Brcul (Prof. Karl), Students' Life and Work in the Uni- 

 versity of Cambridge, 461 

 Brewer (R. W. A.), the Art of Aviation, 229 

 Brillouin (Prof. -M.), Stabiliti6 dcs Ai^roplanes, Surface 



mdtacentrique, 229 

 Brindley (H. H.), Notes on the Procession of Cncihocampa 



pinivora, 62 

 Briner (E.), Action of Pressure and Temperature upon 



Cyanogen, 164 

 Brion (Dr. G.), Leitfaden zum elektrotechnischen Prak- 



tikum, 67 

 British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-9, under the Command 

 of Sir E. H. Shackleton, C.V.O., Reports on Scientific 

 Investigations, vol. i., Biology, 205 

 British Association Meeting at Sheffield, no, 174, 274, 

 300, 333; S. R. Milner, 174; Inaugural Address by the 

 Rev. Prof. T. G. Bonney, Sc.D., LL.D., F.R.S., 

 President of the Association, 274; Forthcoming Meeting 

 of British Association, Arrangements for Section H, 179 ; 

 Recent Hittite Discovery, D. G. Hogarth, 318 

 Section A (Mathematical and Physical .Sf>>ncg).^Opening 

 Address by Prof. E. W. Hobson, Sc.D., F.R.S., 

 President of the Section, 284 ; on Positive Rays, Sir 

 J. J. Thomson, 513; Spectrophotometer of the Hiifner 

 Type, Dr. R. A. Houston, 513 ; New Gyroscopic 

 Apparatus, Prof. A. E. H. Love, 513; a Certain Per- 

 mutation Group, Dr. Baker, 514; the Theory of 

 Numbers, Lieut. -Colonel Allan Cunningham, 514; Dr. 

 Baker, 514; Initial Motion of Electrified Spheres, Dr. 

 J. W. Nicholson, 514; Need of a Non-Euclidean Biblio- 

 graphy, Dr. Duncan M. Y. Somervillc, 514; Present 

 State of the Theory of Integral Equations, H. 

 Bateman, 514; Dr. Hobson, 514; the Theory of Ideals, 

 Prof. J. C. Fields, 514; Number of Electrons in the 

 Atoms, J. A. Crowther, 514; Attractive Constant of a 

 Molecule of a Compound and its Chemical Properties, 

 Dr. R. D. Kleemann, 514; Demonstration of Vacuum- 

 tight Seals between Iron and Glass, Dr. H. J. S. Sand, 

 514; Complete Apparatus for the Measurement of 

 Sound, Dr. A. G. Webster, 515 ; the Relation of 

 Spectra to the Periodic Series of the Elements, Prof. 

 W. M. Hicks, sis; Sir Norman Lockyer, 511;; Photo- 

 graphic Study of the Mercury Arc in vacuo, Dr. S. R. 

 Milner, 515 ; Apparatus for a Production of Circularly 

 Polarised Light, A. E. Oxley, 515 ; Principles of 

 Mechanical Flight, Prof. G. H. Bryan, 515; Dugald 

 Clerk, 515 ; Atmospheric Electricity, Dr. Charles 

 Chree, 515 ; Existence of a Positive Gradient of 

 Potential during Fine Weather and a Negative 

 Gradient during Wet Weather, Sir Oliver I^odge, 515; 

 Dr. Shaw, sis; Sir J. J. Thomson, 515; a New In- 

 strument, the Variograph, for Measuring Short Waves 

 in Atmospheric Pressure, Dr. W. Schmidt, 516; 

 Records from the Upper Atmosphere Obtained during 

 Passage of the Earth through the Tail of Halley's 

 Comet, Mr. Dines, 516; Vertical Temperature 

 Gradients in Canada in the Winter Months, Mr. 

 Stupart, 516; Results of an Investigation into the 

 Effect of Radiation on H, the Height, and Te, the 

 Temperature, of the Advective Region, Mr. Gold, 516; 

 Sensitive Bifilar Seismograph for Recording Undula- 

 torv Movements of the Earth's Surface of Short 

 Period, Prof. F. G. Bailey, 516; a Successful Attempt 

 to Simplify the Long-range Spectrograph to Make it 

 Suitable for Industrial Investigations concerning 

 Metals, -Alloys, &c.. Prof. C. F^ry, 516; Magnetic 

 Field Produced by the Motion of a Charged Condenser 

 through Space, W. F. G. Swann, 516; Results of 

 Experiments on the Secondary Radiation from Carbon 

 at Low Temperatures when Bombarded by the a Rays 

 from Polonium, V. E. Pound, 516; Resolution of the 

 Spectral Lines of Mercury by a High-grade Echelon 

 Spectroscope, Prof. McLennan and N. Macallum, S'^; 

 Active Deposit Obtained when the Emanation from 

 Actinium is Allowed to Diffuse Freely between Two 

 Parallel Plates Placed about 2 Millimetres apart over 

 the .Actinium .Salt, the Plates being Maintained at a 

 Difference of Potential of 250 volts, W. T. Kennedy, 



