XXXVlll CONTENTS. 



I'Aor. 



Presidents, /"orfratYs 0/ Part (i 1121 



Beck's Portable ^^ Star" Microscope ,^ „ 1121 



Cathtoh Lectures on the Microscope » 1124 



/3, Collecting', Mounting and Examining Objects, &c.* 



CvnTim (T.) Improved ITardij's Collecting-bottle Parti 145 



Salmon's (D. E.) Cutturc-tttbe ,. 145 



Gohi^ECTii^a Microscopic Algx >» 146 



Edinger, L. — Preparations of the Central Nervous Sjstem for Pro- 

 jection ), 146 



WiTLACZiL, E. — Treatment of the Ova and Embryos of the Aphiilcs .. „ 147 



Safftigen, A. — Preparing Echinorhynchi „ 147 



ViRcaiow, H. — Action of Light on Objects hardened in Chromic Acid .. „ 148 



Uaacke's (W.) dehydrating Apparatus (Fig. 27) ,, 148 



Francotte, P. — Imbedding in Para ffin by means of a Vacuum {Fig. 2S) „ 149 



KiNGSLEY, J. S. — Rapid Imbedding „ 150 



CAhVKEhh'ti (\V . n.) Automatic Microtome {Figs. 2d-dl) „ 150 



Beck's {Messhs.) Automatic 3Iicroscope „ 153 



TnoMA's (R.) Microtome {Figs. 32-30) „ 153 



Meyer's Microtome Clamp , 156 



Jung, R. — Strop for Knives „ 157 



Gravis, A. & C. O. Whitman — Cutting Pibbons of Sections .. .. „ 157 



Heidenhain, R. — New Application of Ilxmatoxylin ., „ 158 



Weigert, C, & W. T. Councilman — WeigerCs Staining Method for 



the Central Nervous System „ 158 



Frend, S. — Methoil for Displaying the Course of the F(brcs in the Central 



Nervous System „ 15S) 



Harmer, S. F. — Method for the Silver Staining of Marine Objects .. „ 160 



Gray, W. J. — Balsam of Tolu for Mounting „ 160 



Zenger's (C V.) Mounting for Diatoms, to view them on both sides . . „ 161 



Brown, J. D. — Mounting dry Opaque Objects without Cover-glass .. .. „ 161 



Ce^ievt for Glass, Porcelain, <^c „ 162 



Griffith, E. H. — A Beautiful Slide „ 163 



Hanam an, C. E., & R. Hitchcock — White Zinc for Mountinj ,. .. „ 163 



Hitchcock, R. — Simple Culture-chamber „ 163 



James, F. R. — Preptring Slides icith Shellac .. ., „ 164 



KalchbRENNER, K. — Mailer's Mcthylized Alcohol for Fungi and other 



Plants „ 164 



Owen, D. — Mounting Sections Stained with Picrocarminc „ 164 



Pedley, P. R. — Stupefying Active Fortns of Aquatic Life „ 165 



Pratt, W. F. — Staining Vegetable Tissues in Picrocarmine „ 165 



Royston-PiGOTT, G. W. — Note on the Structure of the Scales of Butter- 

 flics „ 165 



Stowell, C. H. — Dissecting Insects „ 166 



* This subilivisinn contains (1) Collecting Objects; (2) Proparinfj, {a) in 

 general, (6) s[)ecial objects; (3) Separate proces.sei f)rior to niaLing sections; 

 (4) Cutting, including Imbedding and Micrnloines ; (5) Staining and Injecting; 

 (6) Mounting, including preservative fluids, ciUs, slides, and cabinets; (7) Ex- 

 amining objects, including Testing; (8) Miscellaneous matters. 



