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PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 
Page. 
Biography', List of papers on—Cont’d. 
relations between Professor Baird and 
participating societies. G. Mallery. 
In full .. . X 45 
Professor Baird as an administrator. W. 
B. Tajdor. In full.. .x 49 
Professor Baird in science. W. H. Dali. 
In full . X 61 
the personal characteristics of Professor 
Baird. J. W. Powell. In full .x 71 
Biological Society, Invitation lrom....vii 5, 
vlii 4 
Biological Society of Washington.x 47 
Biology, List of papers on. (See also 
Zoology and Botany:) 
bacteria and spontaneous generation. J. 
S. Billings. Abstract .ii 109 
principles of morphology. T. Gill. Refer¬ 
ence . iv 123 
modern philosophical conceptions of life. 
J. J. Woodward. Presidential address. 
In full .V 49 
on the organic compounds in their rela¬ 
tions to life. L. F. Ward. Title only..'v 91 
on the building up of organic matter. T. 
Antisell. Title only .v 97 
on the possibilities of protoplasm. E. 
Coues. Abstract and reference .v 102 
the three methods of evolution. J. W. 
Powell. Presidential address. In full. 
vi xxvii, 110 
germ cultures. J. S. Billings. Abstract. 
viii 30 
organic cells of unknown origin and form 
found in human faeces (two cases). N. 
L. Bates. Title only .ix 35 
on museum specimens illustrating bi¬ 
ology. Symposium. Abstract .ix 35 
Black drop..ii 199, vi 23 
Black Hills of Dakota.iii 125 
Blair, H. W., Death of.vii 81 
Blindness, Color.iv 54 
Blood corpuscles of man and other animals 
compared.ii 20, 41 
Blue Ridge, Fault in...vi 30 
Board of Health, National.iv 37 
Boerner, G. G., letter on a shower of the 
Rocky Mountain grasshoppers. Com¬ 
municated by J. Henry. Abstract .ii 87 
Bogoslotf crater.vii 34 
Bolton, Prof. H. C., communication on count¬ 
ing-out rhymes of children, their an¬ 
tiquity, origin, and wide distribution. 
Reference .x 13 
Bonneville, Lake.i 84, ii 103 
Boscovich’s philosophy of matter.vii xlv, 49 
Pago. 
Boss’ declination standards.ix 53 
Botany, List of papers on. (See also Bi¬ 
ology:) 
on some minute fungi. J. S. Billings. Ab¬ 
stract .i 42 
descriptions of new species of fossil plants 
from Alleghany Co., Virginia; with 
some remarks on the rock seen along 
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, 
near the White Sulphur Springs of 
Greenbrier County, West Virginia. F. 
B. Meek. Read by T. Gill. In full. 2 
plates .i 62, ii (26) 
on the cause and remedy of the potato rot. 
L. D. Gale. Title only .i 97 
[plants common to Japan and eastern 
America.] A. Gray. Abstract .ii 42 
the climate of plants. L. D. Gale. Ab¬ 
stract .ii 183 
the natural system of plants. L. F. Ward. 
Title only ..ii 186,187 
field and closet notes on the flora of Wash¬ 
ington and vicinity. L. F. Ward. Ab¬ 
stract .iv 64 
on the compass plant. B. Alvord. Refer¬ 
ence .V 106 
the flora of the Laramie group. L. F. 
Ward. Reference .viii 17 
our city shade-trees, their foes and their 
future. C. V. Riley. Reference .x 7 
on the geographical distribution of fossil 
plants. L. F. Ward. Reference .x 28 
Boundary line between Alaska and Siberia, 
iv 123 
Boutelle, C. 0., remarks on deflection of 
rivers.vii 24 
Bowditch, N., and the Mecanique Celeste, 
viii xxxvi 
Bowyers and fletchers.ix 44 
Boyle, R., cited on atomic philosophy.vii xlv 
Boyle’s law.v 139 
Brachisthode.vi 124 
on the helicoid. x 90 
Brain and phosphorus.v 75 
temperatures. v 75 
Brainard’s Arctic exploration.ix 11 
Bremiker, Dr., cited on alignment curves, 
vi 124,126 
Brewer, Prof. W. H., remarks on the potato 
rot.i 97 
Brianchon, cited on Feuerbach’s circle, 
viii 45 
Brooks, W. K., communication on the em¬ 
bryology of Lingula and the systematic 
relations of the Brachiopods. Title 
only .iii 33 
