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Progress of the Nurseries of Messrs. James Veitch and 

 Sons, together with an Account of the Botanical Col- 

 lectors and Hybridists employed by them and a List of 

 the more Remarkable of their Introductions, James H. 

 N'eitch, 537 ; Suspended Germination of Seeds, 540 ; G. 

 Claridge Druce, 586; Archibald Buchan-Hepburn, 636; 

 '• Fluctuating Variation " in New Zealand Plants, Dr. 

 I,. Cockayne, 546 ; the Flora of the Poor Knights 

 Islands, Dr. L. Cockayne, 546; Luther Burbank's Work 

 .IS a Plant-breeder, Prof. H. de Vries, 546; .^tlas colori<5 

 de la Klorc Alpine, J. Beauverie and L. Faucheron, 561 ; 

 thi' Poisonous Principle of the Zamia Palm, \l. k. Mann 

 and T. I. Wallas, 5X0; Antarctic Botany, R. N. R. 

 Brown. 503 : Flora of Riccarton Bush, New Zealand, 

 593 ; Products of Development of Certain Species of 

 Moulds, B. Gosio, 594 ; Handbook of Flower Pollin- 

 ation based on Hermann Miiller's Work " The Fertil- 

 isation of Flowers by Insects," Dr. Paul Knuth. 605; 

 Botanical Congress at Hamburg, 621 ; the Mechanism of 

 Carbon Assimilation in Green Plants, the Photolytic 

 Decomposition of Carbon Dioxide in vitro, F. L. Usher 

 and J. H. Priestley, 627 ; New Examples of Rosaceae 

 containing Hydrocyanic Acid, L. Guignard, 62S ; Early 

 Stages in the Development of the Haustoria of Satitalum 

 iilbiim, C. A. Barber, 643; Toxic Principles of the Bitter 

 \arietv of the Fruit of Liiffa aegyptiaca, C. L. Bose. 

 (m : the Red Colour of Certain Leaves and the Colour 

 of .Autumn Leaves, Armand Gautier, 651; a Text-book 

 of Bolanv, John M. Coulter, Supp. to October 11, v; 

 .1 First Course in Practical Botany, G. F. Scott Elliot, 

 Supp. to October 11, v; First Studies of Plant Life, 

 C. F. Atkinson, Supp. to October 11, v; a Text-book of 

 Botany, M. Yates, Supp. to October 11, v; see also 

 British Association 

 Hottomlev (Prof. W. B.), on a Successful Attempt to 

 Inoculate Papilionaceous Plants with the Root-nodule 

 Organisms belonging to Non-papilionaceous Leguminosre 

 ,ind to Plants ofquite Different Families, 576-7 ; on the 

 Effect of Sprinkling Urine on the Floors of Greenhouses, 



S77 



Bouasse (H.), Essais des Mat^riaux, 174 



Bouchard (Ch.), Toxic Action and Localisation of the 



Radium Emanation, 375 

 Boudouard (M.), the Substances Formed by the Action of 



Hydrochloric Acid upon Certain Metallic Silicides, 263 

 Bouie (Marcellin), I'Age des derniers Volcans de la France, 



60- 

 Boulenger (Dr. G. A.), the Tanganyika Problem. 551 

 Boulud (M.), Origin of the Carbon Monoxide Contained 



in Normal Blood, 484: the Dialysis of the Sugar of the 



Blood, 651 

 Bourgeois (R.l, Deviations from the \>rlical in the Region 



of the Sahel. .Algeria, 556 

 Bouty (E.), Cours de Physique de I'F-oln Polylechnique. 



iii.. Radiations, Electricity, lonisation, 147 

 Bouveault (L.), o-Chlorocyclohexanone and its ncrivatives, 



120 

 Bouvier (E. L.), Nidification of Bees in the Open ,Mr, 95 

 Bovey (Prof. Henry T.), Theory of Structures and Strength 



of Materials, 243 

 Bowen (W. H.), Experimental Analysis of the Growth of 



Cancer, 483 

 Boyce (RubeVt. F.R.S.), Report to the Government of 



British Honduras upon the Outbreak of Yellow Fever 



in that Colony in 1905, together with an .Account of the 



Distribution of the Stegomyia fasciata in Belize, and the 



Measures Necessary to Stamp Out or Prevent the Re- 

 currence of Yellow Fever, 299 

 Bdvd (H. A.), .American Explorations in Crete, 460 

 Bovnton (Dr. H. C), Determination of the Hardness of 



the Constituents of Iron and Steel with the .Aid of 



Jaggar's Microsclerometer, 69 

 Brabrook (Sir Edward"), on Health at School, 501 

 Braehmer (Fritz), the Transformation of Oxygen into Ozone 



at High Temperatures. 185 

 Breath. Carbon Dioxide in the, F. Southerden, 81 

 Br^audat (L.\ New Micro-organism producing Acetone, 192 

 Breeding Habits of the Tsetse-flv, the. Prof. E. A. Minchin, 



636 

 Breeding Industry, the, Walter Heape, F.R.S.. Dr. Francis 



H. A. Marshall, loi 



Breuil (Abb<:-J, the Evolution of Art during the Reindeer 



Age, 212 

 Brighter Stars, the Luminosity of the, George C. Corn- 

 stock, 41 

 Brightwen (Mrs.), Death and Obituary Notice of, 38 

 Brinkerhoff (W. R.), Experimental X'ariola and Vaccinia 



in Quadrumana, 109 

 Bristol, Sanitary Congress at, 282 

 Britain, Alien Flora of, S. T. Dunn, 170 

 British Association at York, Forthcoming Meeting of the. 



179 ; Provisional Progranmies of the Sections, 275 

 British Association: Meeting at York, 321, 355: Inaugural 

 Address by Prof. E. Ray Lankester, M.A., LL.D., D.Sc. 

 F.R.S., F.L.S., Director of the Natural History De- 

 partments of the British Museum, President of the 

 Association, 321 



Section A {Mathematics and Physics)— Opening Address 

 by Principal E. H. Griffiths, Sc.D., F.R.S., President 

 of the Section, 356 ; Experiments on the Measurement 

 of Osmotic Pressure, Earl of BerJ<eley, 453 ; W. C. D. 

 Whetham, 453 ; Prof. Armstrong, 453 ; the Evolution 

 of the Elements, Frederick Soddy, 453; Hon. R. J. 

 Strutt, 453 ; the Apparent Disappearance of Matter in 

 Vacuum Tubes, Dr. O. W. Richardson and Dr. H. .A. 

 Wilson, 453 ; Prof. S. P. Thompson, ^<^i : Indifferenc 

 of Radio-activity to Temperature Changes, Prof. 

 Schuster, 453 ; W. Makower, 453 : Radium not De- 

 tected in Extra-terrestrial Bodies, Rev. A. L. Cortie, 

 454 • the Notation and Use of Vectors, Prof. Olaus 

 Henrici, 454; Dr. C. G. Knott, 454; Prof. W. M. 

 Hicks, 454; on Radio-activity and the Internal Struc- 

 ture of the Earth, Hon. R.' J. Strutt, 454; Prof. J. 

 Milne, 454; Prof. J. W. Gregory, 454; Sir W. Crookes, 



454 ; Sir G. Darwin, 454 : Sir William Ramsay, 454 : 

 R. D. Oldham, 454; Frederick Soddy, 454: Prof. 

 Hicks, 454; on the Nature of the Radiation from Gas 

 Mantles," Mr. Swinburne, 454: Dr. H. Rubens, 454: 

 Sir W. Ramsay, 45< ; on Photographs of the Arc Spec- 

 trum of Iron under High Pressures, W. G. Duffield, 

 455 ; on the Irregular Motions of the Earth's Pole, 

 Major E. H. Hills and Prof. J. Larmor, 455 : R- D- 

 Oldham, 455 ; Prof. Schuster, 455 ; on a Possible Effect 

 of Vibration on Zenith Distance Observations, Prof. 

 H. H. Turner, 455 ; on a Glass of Low Electrical 

 Resistivity, C. E."S. Phillips, 455: Researches on 

 Nearly Pure Gaseous Ozone. Dr. Erich Ladenburg. 



455 : Dr. Rubens, 4:55 : on the Rate of Decay of the 

 Phosphorescence of Balmain's Paint, Rev. B. J. White- 

 side, 455 ; Experiments on the Chemical and Electrical 

 Changes Induced bv Ultra-violet Light, Sir Wm. 

 Ramsay and Dr. J. F. Spencer, 455 ; on the Positive 

 Charge' Carried by the .Alpha Particle of Radium C. 

 F. Soddy, 455 ; on Expansions in Products of Oscil- 

 latory Functions, Prof. A. C. Dixon, 456 ; on a Revised 

 Theo'rv of the Solution of Lagrange's Linear Equation 

 Pp+Qq = R, Prof. A. R. Forsyth, 456 



Section B (Cftcmistfy)— Opening Address by Prof. 

 Wyndham Dunstan, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., F.C.S.. 

 President of the Section, Some Imperial Aspects of 

 Applied Chemistry, 361 ; on an Apparatus for the Pro- 

 duction of an Active Mixture of Gases which may be 

 Used for Bleaching and Sterilising Purposes, S. 

 Leetham and Wm. Cramp. 525 ; on the Production of 

 Hydrogen Cyanide in Plants, Prof. Dunstan, 525 : 

 on the" Glucosides containing the Hydrogen Cyanide. 

 Dr. Henry, 526; Dr. Greshoff, 526; on the Utilisation 

 of .Atmospheric Nitrogen bv Plants, Thomas Jamieson, 

 526: on the Products Obtained by submitting Caout- 

 chouc to the .Action of Ozone and then Distilling the 

 Ozonide with Steam, Prof. Karl Harries, 526; on the 

 Behaviour of Isoprene, Prepared from Oil of Turpen- 

 tine Prof. W. A. Tilden, 526 ; on the Chemistry of 

 Gums, H. H. Robinson, 526; S. H. Davies, 526; on 

 the Literature bearing on the Hydrolysis of Sugars. 

 R. J. Caldwell, 526; on the Factors which Determine 

 Minimal Diet Values, Dr. F. G. Hopkins, F.R.S., 

 526 ; Prof. Armstrong, 526 ; on Oxidation in Soils and 

 its Relation to Productiveness, Dr. E. J. Russell and 

 Dr. F. V. Darbishire, 526 ; on a New Method of Deter- 

 mining Indigotin, W. Popplewell Bloxam, 526 



