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CONTENTS. 



FOURTH JOURNEY 



Road from Ventimiglia to 



Mentone 



Alento/ie 



Maquis, remaining at Mentone 

 Convent of the Annonciade 

 Ridge of Castellar . . . 

 Valley of Gorbio .... 



Sanatorium 



Shooting range above Gorbio 

 Fig tree, its history . 

 Fig tree, its varieties 



Caprifig 



Caprification 



Fig trees in Germany 

 Structure of the Fig . . 

 Pollination and fructification 

 Part played by wasps . . 



Smyrna figs 



Snyrna figs, their intro- 

 duction into the TJnited 



States 



Number of varieties of Fig 

 Varieties of Fig at Nice 

 Nutrient value of the Fig . 

 Figs as food in ancient 



times 



Parthenogenesis of Ficus 



hirta 



Wild and half-wild Fig trees 



Date Palms, introduction of 



the best varieties into the 



United States .... 



European fruits in the United 



States 



Pollination of Arisarum vul- 



gare 



Pollination of Arum Italicum 

 Phyllosiphon Arisari . 

 Moonlight at Garavan . 



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Description of the moon by 

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Colouring of the sea and 

 its cause 



Depth of the Mediterranean 

 sea 



Temperature of the water 

 of the Mediterranean 



Tamarisks by the Mediter- 

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Castor-oil plant at Mentone 



Castor oil 



Phosphorescence of the sea 



Luminous organisms of land 

 and sea 



Plankton 



Luminous Bacteria . . . 



Phosphorescent fish and flesh 



Causes of phosphorescence 



Safety lamps made with 

 luminous Bacteria . 



Baussi Rossi and caves . 



Prehistoric discoveries 



Railway from Nice to Grasse 



The valley of the Var . 



Vence 



Grasse 



Origin of the town . . . 



Perfume industry .... 



Bouquets 



Origin of perfumery . 



Chemical manufacture of 

 perfumes 



Natural products .... 



Ethereal oils 



Ethereal oils, extraction of, 



Distillation 



Maceration with liquid fat 



Absorbtipn by cold fat . 



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