3G6 SUMMARY OF CURRENT RESEARCHES RELATING TO 



King's (J. D.) Microscopic Sections of the 60 species of Abietinere of the United 

 States. 

 [''So prepared by bleaching and double-staining as to sliow the cross- 

 Bootion and the whole structure of the leaf very perfectly," -01 to •0012io. 

 in thickness.] 



Science, V. (1885) p. 81. 

 KuPFFEB, C. — The Preparation of Meroblastic Ova. ISupra, p. 340.] 



Amer. Natural., XIX. (1885) p. 332, 

 from Arch. f. Anat. u. Physiol. {Anat. Abtheil.), 1882, p. 4, 

 Kuy's (L.) Method of Studying Algfe. 



[Suspend a glass slip in a cylinder of water and allow it to remain until 

 covered with the growths. Cf. also ante, p. 14G.] 



Amer. Mon. Micr. Joiirn., VI. (1885) p. 38. 



Lee, a. B. — The Microtomists' Vade Mecum. A Handbook of the Methods of 



Slicroscopic Anatomy. [Supra, p. 355.] 



[" I desire here to make special acknowledgment of the great assistance 



rendered me by the Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society — in 



many respects the best edited periodical known to me."] 



xvi. and 424 pp. 8vo, London, 1885. 

 Lett, H. W.— Cloudy Mounts. 



[Cloudiness arises from moisture in the tissue dispersing through the balsam 

 in bubbles. The remedy is dehydrating in alcohol and oil of cloves. 

 Superfluous oil of cloves is best got rid of by placing the object on note 

 paper (not blotting paper).] 



Sci.-Gossip, 1885, p. 43. 



Lewis, W. J. — Hair : Microscopically examined and medico-legally considered. 

 \_Post.'] 



Proc. Amer. Soc. Micr., 7th Ann. Meeting, 1884, pp. 59-70 (2 pis.). 

 Maxson, E. R. — The Microscopy of Life and Death. 



[Paper read before the Syracuse (U.S.A.) Microscopical Society.] 



Syracuse Su7iday Herald, February 1st, 1885, p. 2. 

 M'Calla, a.— The Working Session. 



[Claims to be the originator of this feature of the meetings of tbe American 

 Society of Microscopists ; and answers by J. O. Stillson, F. W. Taylor, W, 

 H. Brearley, and C. M. Vorce, maintaining Mr. E. H. Griffith's claim to 

 be the originator.] 



The Microscope, V. (1885) pp. 5-7, 42-6. 

 Merger, A. C. — The Syracuse Solid Watch-glass. 

 [Cf. Vol. IV. (1884) p. 983.] 



Proc. Amer. Soc. Micr., 7th Ann. Meeting, 1884, p. 178 (1 fig.). 

 OsBOBN, H. F. — Preparing Brains of Urodela. [Post.'] 



Amer. Natural., XIX. (1885) pp. 328-30 (1 fig.), 

 from I'roc. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1883, p. 178, and 1884, p. 262, and a letter. 

 Owen, I). — Clearing Fluid for Vegetable Tissues. 



[When freshly cut put the tissues in alcohol for a few minutes. Then 

 transfer them for 10 minutes to a clearing fluid of absolute alcohol and 

 eucalyptus oil in equal parts. Then in pure eucalyptus oil to remove the 

 alcohol. Mount in glycerin jelly.] 



Sci.-Gossip, 1885, p. 43. 



PiERSOL, G. A. — Staining Tissues for Photography. [Post."] 



Amer. Mon. Micr. Journ., VI. (1885) pp. 41-2. 

 Rabl's (C.) Methods of studying Karyokinetic Figures. [Supra, p. 217.] 



Amer. Natural, XIX. (1885) pp. 330-2 (1 fig.), 

 from Morph. Jahrbuch, X. (1884) pp. 214-330. 

 Rogers, W. A. — On a new form of Section-cutter. [Supra, p. 347.] 



Proc. Amer. Soc. Micr., 7th Ann. Meeting, 1884, pp. 191-3. 

 S., W.— See Brayley, E. B. L. 



Sahu, H. — Ueber eine neue Doppelfarbung des centralen Nervensystems. (On 

 a new double stain for the central nervous system.) [Post.'] 



Zeitschr. f. Wiss. Mikr., II. (1885) pp. 1-7 (1 pi.). 



