VI CONTENTS. 



PROCEEDINGS. 



AsHWORTH, J. J, — Exhibit of Zea metis grown at Wilmslow ... ... iii 



Bailey, Charles, F.L.S. — On the structure of the root-sheath of 



Pontederia {Eichhornia) crassipes ... ... ... .. x 



Barnes, C. L., M.A. — On Dr. Wollaston's paper "On the apparent 



direction of eyes in a portrait "... ... ... ... ... vii 



Science in the Historical English Dictionary ... ... ... xiv 



Bowman, F. H., D.Sc, F.R.S.E. — Discussion on electric tramway 



traction ... ... ... .. ... ... ... ... iv 



On the eclipse of the moon on December 27, 1898 ... ... vii 



On a specimen of South African wheat bearing about 420 stalks... viii 



Boyd, John. — On " Springtails." xxi 



Broadbent, G. H., M.R.C.S. — On the development and life history of 



Vorticella putrina ... ... ... ... ... ... ... iv 



Microscopical observations on the development of a rotifer ... vi 



Exhibit of limestone corals from the Ingleton district ... ... xxi 



BUTTERWORTH, JOHN, F.R. M.S. — Exhibit of a fungus attached to a 



fossil fern of the coal-measures found near Oldham ... ... xxi 



Dixon, Harold B., M.A. , F. R.S. — Description of an apparatus for 



bringing together nitrogen peroxide and nitric oxide ... ... xxviii 



Freston, H. W. — Exhibit of Asagena phalerata, a rare species of spider ii 



Exhibit of Dysdera crocota, Trochosa cinersa, and Tegenaria 



atrica ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... xxiii 



GvirYTHER, R. F., M.A. — On a lunar halo on December 28, 1898 ... vii 



Hardy, J. R. — Exhibit of specimens of Phrygania maclachlania from 



Japan xxiii 



Hyde, Henry. — On albino sparrows at Brooklands xxi 



Exhibit of a collection of ferns from New Zealand and Australia, xxiv 



Lamb, Horace, M.A., F.R.S.— Remarks on Prof. Klein's recent work 



on the motion of the top ... ... ... ... ... ,. v 



Lees, Charles H., D.Sc. — On the Wehnelt current interrupter ... xxvi 



Melvill, J. Cosmo, M.A., F.L.S. — Exhibit of, and observations on, 



Eichhornia speciosa Kunth ... ... ... ... ... viii 



On the occurrence of Chenopodium capitatum Ascherson, near 



Llandudno .,. ... ... ... ... .. ... ... x 



On the Order Ilicince ... ... ... ... ... ... ... xi 



Exhibit of an unusual variety of Vanessa urtica Linn. . . ... xxiii 



