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Index 



Desert Botanical Laboratory, Tucson, Arizona, Dr. D. T. 

 MacDougal, 160 ; Celebration of the Bicentenary of 

 Linnaius, 162 ; the Development of the Common Mush- 

 room, Agaricus catnpcstris, Prof. G. F. Atkinson, 183 ; 

 Packing of Seeds for the Tropics, J. H. Hart, 183 ; 

 Photographs illustrating the Flora of Corsica, Prof. 

 !•'. E. Weiss, 191 ; Flowers and Plants for Designers 

 and Schools, Henry Irving and E. F. Strange, Walter 

 Crane, 194 ; Life and Flowers, M. Maeterlinck, 198 ; 

 London Botanic Gardens, 199 ; Poisonous Effects pro- 

 duced by Oxides of Sulphur coming into contact with 

 the Leaves of Plants, B. Frazer, 205 ; Causes of 

 Intumescences on Leaves of Potato Plants, Miss E. 

 Douglas, 205 ; Ascent of Water in Trees, Prof. A. J. 

 Ewart, 212 ; Constituents of the Seeds of the Para Rubber 

 Tree (Hcvca brasiliensis), W. R. Dunstan, 214; Root 

 Action and Bacteria, Spencer U. Pickering, F.R.S., 126, 

 222, 315; Dr. Edward J. Russell, 173, 222; F. Fletcher, 

 270, 51S; Interrelation between the Phases of the Moon 

 and the Cutting of Bamboos, 227 ; the Flowering of 

 Bamboos, W. J. Bean, 449; Progress of Our Knowledge 

 of the Flora of North America, Prof. L. M. Underwood, 

 228 ; Fungus Maladies of the Sugar Cane, N. A. Cobb, 

 Fred. V. Theobald, 230 ; New South Wales Linnean 

 Society, 239, 264, 408, 536 ; an Abnormal Branch of the 

 Mango (Mangifera indica, Linn.), I. H. Burkill and 

 G. Chunder Bose, 240; N'hangellite and Coorongite, 

 L. A. Boodle, 256 ; Plants collected on Mt. Ruwenzori 

 by Dr. A. F. R. Wollaston (1906), E. G. Baker, S. L. 

 Moore, and A. B. Rendle, 287 ; the DiUenian Herbaria, 

 an Account of the Dillenian Collections in the Herbarium 

 of the University of Oxford, together with a Biographical 

 .Sketch of Dillenius, Selections from his Correspondence, 

 Notes, &c., G. Claridge Druce, 289 ; Diseases of Cereals 

 caused by Sclerospora graniinicola, Dr. E. J. Butler, 

 299 ; the Floras of the Islands off the Coast of Florida, 

 C. F. Millspaugh, 299 ; Parasitic Trees of Southern 

 India, C. A. Barber, 310; Flowers of the Field, Rev. 

 C. A. Johns, 315 ; the Pollination of Cotton in Behar, 

 India, I. H. Burkill, 344; New Genus of Sapotaceae in 

 West Africa, Aug. Chevalier, 344 ; the Physiological 

 Significance of Caffein and Theobromin, Dr. Th. 

 Weevers, 373 ; Phytogeny of the Various Groups of the 

 Plant Kingdom, Prof. W. Mobius, 389 ; Grasses of 

 British Somaliland, Dr. O. Stapf, 389 ; Eversley Gardens 

 and Others, Miss R. G. Kingslcy, 412 ; Study of the 

 Proteins of the Wheat Grains, Dr. T. B. Osborne, 421 ; 

 Results of Crossing White-seeded Strains with Plants 

 having Coloured Seeds, Dr. G. H. Shall, 421 ; New 

 Rubber Plant discovered in Portuguese West Africa, 

 449 ; New Zealand Variable Plant, Leptospenmim 

 scaparium, with Regard to Colour Modification, Dr. L. 

 Cockayne, 475 ; .'\ction of Cold in the Treatment of 

 Coffee Trees against the Indian Borer, Louis Boutan, 

 488; Parasitic Phanerogamic Plants and Nitrates, Marcel 

 Mirande, 536 ; Flora of Sussex, or a List of Flowering 

 Plants and Ferns found in the County of Sussex, Rev. 

 F. H. Arnold, 542 ; Cytology of Oenothera Lamarckiana 

 and the Mutant Oenothera lata, T. H. Gates, 553 ; 

 Vortrage iiber botanische Stammesgeschichte, gehalten 

 an der Reichsuniversitat zu Leiden, ein Lelirbuch der 

 Pflanzensystematik, J. P. Lotsy, 561 ; Flowers and Trees 

 of Palestine, Miss A. A. Temple, 564 ; Progressus Rei 

 Botanicae, die Fortschritte der Immunitats- und 

 Spezifizitatslehre seit 1870, R. P. van Calcar, 564 ; 

 Degeneration in Potatoes, G. Massee, 578 ; the Cricket- 

 bat Willow, W. J. Bean, 578 ; the Flora of Bombay, 

 T. Cooke, 578 ; Report of Botanical Department, Trini- 

 dad, J. H. Hart, 578 ; Excretion from Plant Roots, Dr. 

 J. Walter Leather, 589 ; Botanical Survey of Kapiti, 

 Cook Straits, New Zealand, Dr. L. Cockayne, 597 ; 

 Apogamy in the Fern Genus Nephrodium, S. Yaman- 

 ouchi, 623 ; Botanical Congress at Dresden, 625 ; Wild 

 Fruits of the Countryside, F. Edward Hulme, 633 ; 

 Hclianthemum caniim (L.), Baumg. und seine nachsten 

 Verwandten, Dr. E. Janchcn, 636 ; Centrolepis in the 

 Philippines, E. D. Merrill, 646 ; a Caoutchouc Tree at 

 Tonkin, MM. Dubard and Eberhardt, 656 ; Botanisches 

 Jahrbuch, 659 ; Das Pflanzenreich, 659 ; Recueil de 

 ITnstitut botanique, 659 ; Pricklv Pear as Food, R. F. 

 Hare and D. Grifiith, 669 ; AVinter Rot of Potatoes, 



Xectria solaiii, 66g ; Black Roi of Cabbage, Pseudomonas 



campestris, 669 ; see also British Association 

 Bottomley (Dr. J. T., F.R.S.), Experiments with Vacuum 



Gold-leaf Electroscopes on the Mechanical Temperature 



Effects in Rarefied Gases, 59 

 Bottomley (Prof. W. B.), Results of Inoculation of Legu- 

 minous Plants, 71 ; Experiments on the Inoculation of 



Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria in Plants, 557 

 Boudouard (Dr.), Gaseous Explosions, 486 

 Boule (Prof. Marcellin), les Grottes de Grimaldi (Baouss^- 



Rouss^), GiSoIogie et Pal^ontologie, 590 

 Boulenger (C. L.), Biological Expedition to the Birket el 



Qurun, 316 

 Boulger (Dr. D. C), Railways of the Upper Congo, 299 

 Bourion (F.), General Method of Preparation of Anhydrous 



Metallic Bromides, with Oxides as a Starting Point, 344 

 Bourne {.\. A.), a First Geometry, 31 

 Bousfield (W. R.), the Thermochemistry of Electrolytes in 



Relation to the Hydrate Theory of lonisation, 287 

 Boutan (Louis), Action of Cold in the Treatment of Coffee 



Trees against the Indian Borer, 488 

 Bouty (E.), the Dielectric Cohesion of Helium, 344 

 Bouvier (E. L.), Red Disease of Pines in Upper Jura, 584 

 Bower (Prof.), the Embryology of Pteridophytes, 557 

 Bower (W. R.), Practical Physics, 50 

 Bowman (H. L.), Hamlinite from the Binnenthal, 215 

 Boyhood, Healthy, Arthur Trewby, 292 

 Brain and Spinal Cord, the Functions of the, 122 

 Brand (James), Suggested Remedy for Sleeping Sickness, 



474 



Brandis (Sir Dietrich, K.C.I.E., F.R.S.), Death and 

 Obituary Notice of, Prof. W. Schlich, F.R.S., 131 



Braun (Dr. Carl, S.J.), Death and Obituary Notice of, 226 



Brauner (Prof. Bohuslav), the Recent Determinations of 

 Fundamental Atomic Weights by Prof. Richards and his 

 Colleagues, 449; Corr., 502 



Brearley (H.), on Sentinel Pyrometers and their Appli- 

 cation to the Annealing, Hardening, and General Heat 

 Treatment of Tool Steel, 66 



Breguet (Louis and Jacques), New Flying Apparatus, the 

 Gyroplane, 560 



Brennan (Louis), Mono-railway, 57 



Bresson (Henri), la Houille verte, 660 



Breteau (Pierre), Method for the Rapid Estimation of 

 Carbon and Hydrogen in Organic Substances, 560 



Brewing, the Principles and Practice of. Dr. Walter J. 

 Sykes and Arthur R. Ling, 443 



Brian (Dr. O.), the so-called Horny Teeth on the Tongue 

 of the Porcupine, 255 



Bridges (T. C), the Life-story of a Squirrel, 635 



Briner (E.), Researches on the Compressibility and Vapour 

 Pressure of Mixtures of Methyl Ether and Sulphur 

 Dioxide, 47 



Briot (A.), the Ferment of the Fig (Ficiis carica) and its 

 Action on Millc, 143 



Britain : Apiis cancriformis in Great Britain, Robert 

 Gurney, 589 ; a Ready Aid to Distinguish the Commoner 

 Wild Birds of Great Britain, David T. Price, Supp. to 

 October 10, vi ; Birds of the Countryside, a Handbook 

 of Familiar British Birds, Frank Finn, Supp. to October 

 10, vi ; Farm Live Stock of Great Britain, Robert 

 Wallace, Supp. to October 10, ix 



Britannic Geology, 67 



British Academy, General Meeting of the, 158 



British Association, Section A, Sir Oliver Lodge, F.R.S., 

 382 



British Association: Meeting at Leicester, 178, 318, 350; 

 Provisional Programmes of Sections, 2^1, 276, 297; 

 Inaugural Address by Sir David Gill, K.C.B., LL.D., 

 D.Sc, F.R.S., Hon. F.R.S.E., &c.. President of the 

 Association, 319; the Arc and the Spark in Radio- 

 telegraphy, W. Duddell, F.R.S., 426; Local Societies at 

 the British Association, 507 ; Recent Developments in 

 the Theorv of Mimicry, Dr. F. A. Dixey. 673 

 Section A (Mathematics and Phvsics) — Opening Address 

 by Prof. A. E. H. Lo%'e, M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S., Presi- 

 dent of the Section, 327 ; on Helium and Radio-activity 

 in Common Ores and Minerals, Hon. R. J. Strutt, 

 457 ; on the Motions of Ether produced by Collisions 

 of Atoms or Molecules containing or not containing 

 Electrons, Lord Kelvin, 4=17; Secular Stability, Prof. 



