TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
34. Ditto. Part III. An Answer to Criticisms of Part II. 
$6. Observations on some of the Chemical Substances in the 
Trunks of Trees. F. H. STORER 
36. Laboratory Notes. F. H. SToRER. 
A. Doty Birch Wood yields little Wood-Gum 
B. Estimations of Cellulose, Lignic Acids, Xylan, and 
Wood-Gum in Peach Stones : 
C. Cold Dilute Alkaline Solutions Dissolve very little 
W ood-Gum from the Trunks of Coniferous Trees . 
D. Not much Wood-Gum from the Strawberry . 
E. As to the presence of Xylan in the Membranous cover- 
ing of the Starch Grain? 
F. Analysis of Ashes of Bamboo Sugar-baskets 
37. On the Systematic Destruction of Woodchucks. F. H. 
STORER 
88. The Basket Willow. EpmMuNbD HERSEy . 
39. Results of a Search for other Sugars than Xylose and Dex- 
trose in the Products of the Hydrolysis of Wood from the 
Trunks of Trees. F. H. STORER 
A. Examination of the products of the Acid Hydrolysis of 
Wood from the Trunk of a Sugar Maple Tree 
B. Acid Hydrolysis of Wood from the Root of a Sugar 
Maple Tree . SHAY Cy cab Ne Ae pee aa Me eae es ee eMT TL 
C. Acid Hydrolysis of Wood from the Trunk of a Birch 
Tree Na ROT: eae se oe Wao a 
D. Experiments on the Acid Hydrolysis of Cotton . 
KE. Experiments in which pure Dextrose was treated with 
strong Sulphuric Acid 
INDEX TO VOLUME II. . 
