VI. CONTENTS. 



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On the Structure of the Leaves of Catamites. By Thomas Hick, B.A., 

 B.Sc, A.L.S., Assistant Lecturer in Botany, the Owens College, Man- 

 chester. Communicated by F. E. Weiss, B.Sc, Professor of Botany 

 at the Owens College ... ... 179 



Notes on Glacier Moraines in Cumberland and Westmorland. By 

 W. Brockbank, F.G.S. 195 



PROCEEDINGS. 



Allen, J. F. — On Deposits of Atmospheric Impurities on Snow 192 



Bailey, Charles, F.L.S. — On the anatomy of the Iris sibirica 11 



On Swedish pond weeds ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 16 



On the exhibits of Ramalina reticulata and Phallus impudicus, in 

 the Manchester Museum 172 



Black, J. W. — On the fall of soot and ash in a garden in Edinburgh ... 108 



Boyd, John. — On a Plague of Fleas 17 



Brothers, Alfred, F.R.A.S. — On the appearance of the planet 



Mercury ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 94 



On the supposed Aurora Borcalis, as seen at Poynton 167 



Dixon, Prof. H. B., F.R.S. — On an examination of the spectrum of 



argon at the Owens College 93 



Gwyther, R. F., M.A. — On the sufferings of birds during severe weather 108 



Hick, Thomas, B.A., B.Sc. — On a method of Double-staining Plant 



Tissues 133 



Hodgkinson, Dr. A. — On the Germination of Orchidaceous Seeds ... 172 



Hoyle, W. E., M.A. — On a specimen of Rhizocrinus lofotensis 66 



On the method adopted in the Manchester Museum for the illustra- 

 tion of the different natural orders of the vegetable kingdom ... 172 



Lamb, Prof. Horace, M.A., F.R.S. —On the Stability of Steady 



Motion 10 



On the Oscillations of Liquids of Different Densities 171 



Nicholson, F., F.Z.S. — On the sufferings of birds during severe 



weather ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 108 



Pollard, H. B., B.A., D.Sc. — On some Models of Siluroid Fish ... 8 



Reynolds, Prof. Osborne, F.R.S. — On the behaviour of the Surface of 



Separation of Two Liquids of Different Densities ... ... 167 



Stirrup, Mark, F.G.S. — On the Geological Antiquity of Insects ... 178 



Swindells, Rupert, M.Inst.C.E. — On the continuous Markings made by 



a Thermograph and a Barograph during the recent storms ... 86 



