182 SUMMARY OF CUERENT RESEARCHES RELATING TO 



Mncilage for Slide labels. 



[As used for postage stamps. Dissolve 2 oz. dextrine in 1 oz. acetic acid 

 diluted with 5 oz. water ; when dissolved add 1 oz. alcohol.] 



Micr. Bulletin {Queen's), II. (1885) p. 46. 

 Muller, K. — Diatoms and how to collect them, \_8upra, p. 153.] 



Amer. Mon. Micr. Journ., VI. (1885) pp. 230-1 {Transl. of private letter). 

 My LI us, C— See Sydow, P. 

 P., J. W. — Glass-covers in the Tropics. 



[Cover-glasses should not be brought into the Tropics bedded in lime 

 or chalk. They should be glued together by a little clove oil run in 

 between the plates by capillary attraction.] 



Sci. Gossip, 1885, p. 279. 



Peaecey, F. G. — Method of Consolidating and Preparing thin sections of friable 



and decomposed Rocks, Sands, Clays, Oozes, and other granulated substances. 



[Supra, p. 160.] Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edin., VIII. (1885) pp. 295-300 (1 pi.). 



Penning TON, A. S. — British Zoophytes: an introduction to the Hydroida, 



Actinozoa, and Polyzoa, found in Great Britain, Ireland, and the Channel 



Islands. 



[Zoophyte collecting and preserving, pp. 336-40.] 



xvi. and 363 pp., 24 pis. (8vo, London, 1885). 

 P IFF A ED, B. — Staining with Iodine Vapour. [Supra, p. 170.] 



Sci.-Gossip, 1886, p. 17. 

 Eeeves, J. E. — Staining Urinary Sediment. 



Micr. Bulletin (Queen's), II. (1885) p. 48. 

 Kenaed. — See Element. 

 EiGGs, J. V. — Resorcin and Antipyrine. 



[" Crystallized from their alcoholic solutions upon the slide make most 

 magnificent specimens of crystals for polarized light."] 



Micr. Bulletin {Queen's), II. (1885) p. 46. 

 Saegent, F. L. — A Spring Clip. 



[Made of a rather large hairpin with ends bent with pliers.] 



Bot. Gazette, X. (1885) p. 425 (1 fig.). 



Seebano t Fatigati, E. — Precipitacion de cristales en el campo del Micro- 



scopio. (Precipitation of crystals in the field of the Microscope.) 



[Post. Cf. also " Fatigati, E. G. — Recherches sur les reactions chimiques 



dans le champ du Microscope." Title only of paper read at Stockholm 



Academy of Sciences, Nov. 11th. Nature, XXXIII. (1885) p. 216.] 



Anal. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat., XIV. (1885), Adas, pp. 58-60. 

 Slack, H. J. — Pleasant Hours with the Microscope. 



[Sclerogen cells of pear.] Knowledge, IX. (1885) p. 48 (3 figs.). 



Smith, H. L. — Directions for using the Stannous Chloride medium in mounting 

 Diatomacese. 



[Similar to that given Vol. V. (1885) pp. 1097-8.] 



Micr. Bulletin {Queen's), II. (1885) p. 46. 



Staining, double. The Microscope, V. (1885) p. 214-5. 



Stein, S. v. — Einfache Vorrichtung fiir das Microtom zur Einbettung der 



Praparate. (Simple arrangement for the Microtome in imbedding preparations.) 



[Supra, p. 163.] Centralhl. f. d. Med. Wiss., 1884, p. 100. 



Stowell, C. H. and L. R. — White Zinc Cement. 



[Extract from letter of Dr. F. L. James, as to the necessity for all the ingre- 

 dients being of the best quality.] 



The Microscope, V. (1885) pp. 230-1. 

 Striae of Diatoms on the Moller Probe-Platte. [Post.'] 



Amer. Mon. Micr. Journ.. VI. (1885) p. 234. 

 Sydow, P., and C. Mylius. — Verzeichniss der bekannteren Eeagentien und 

 Stoffe, die bei mikroskopischen Pflanzenuntersuchimgen gebraucht werden. 

 Mit kurzen Notizen iiber Bereitung, Anwendung, Wirkung, &c. (List of the 

 more ordinary reagents and sub,stances used in microscopical researches on 

 plants, with short notes on their preparation, use, action, &c.) 



Botaniker-Kalender, 8vo, Berlin, 1886, pp. 79-"89. 



