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Excerpt from Nature, Vol. 45: A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science; November 1891 to April 1892 Books, Forthcoming Scientific, 476 boctet Astronomy at the Paris Academy, A iii 11, 589 Bar ovsky the Grain Production of Russia, 7 Boston, F ossils Recently Discovered near, fatten Upham, 622 Boswell (samuel), Modern Lancashire Boilers, 22 Botany: Biology of Seaside Plants, W. Botting Hemsley, F. R. S., 3; Botany of the Emin Relief Expedition, W. T. Thiselton Dyer, 8; Major J. A. M. Jephson, 9; Handleiding tot de Kennis der F lora van Nederlandsch Indie, Dr. J. G. Boerlage, 28; B. Daydon Jackson's Index of Genera and Species of Flowering Plants, 39; Wild Maize found in Mexico, 39; Government Mission to Investigate the Botany of Sierra Leone, 64; Botanical Museums and Gardens of Southern Hemisphere, Prof. Goodale, 65 the Acclimatization of the Avocado Pear in New South Wales, F. Turner, 66; Botanical Gazette, 70, 287, 478, 596; Third Series of Hooker's Icons Plantamm, 86; Pupils at the Missouri Botanical Gardens, 88: Disease among the Cocoa-nuts of Jamaica, 88; Zoology and Botany ut' the West Indian Islands, 139: Grafted Plants, W. K. Beeby, 151; Current Botanical Expeditions, 155; Insectivorous Plants, R. Lindsay, 157; the Prolongation of the Gooseberry Season, D. Thomson, 157 Revisio Genera Plantarum Vascularium Omnium, at ue Cellularium Multamm, secundum Leges Nomenclature: n ternationales, cum ennmeratione Plantarum in Itinere Mandi Collectarum, Dr. Otto Kuntze, W. Batting Hemsley, 169 Some Peculiar Changes in Colour of Flower of Swain om'a mmbms, P. Eckert, 185; the Ginger-beer Plant, rof. H. M. Ard, 190; Parasitic Fungi in F odder, F Turner, 236 Chinese F ibres, 278; the Flora of the River Gambia, Dr. Brown Lester's Collection, 278; List of Staff of Kew and Cortes nding Colonial Establish ments, 278; Obituary Notice 0 Walter Hood F itch, 302; Chloride of Sodium in Plants, P. Lesage, 312; the Kew Bulletin, 323, 402, 586; Proposed Discontinuance of the Kew Bulletin, 494; Jubilee of Kew Gardens, 378; Herr J. Bornmiiller's Botanical Expedition, 378; Caoutchouc-con taining Cells of Eucommz'a ulmoz'des, F. E. Weiss, 335; the Genus Dianthus, F N. Williams, 383; Grasses oi' the sonth-west, Dr. George Vasey, 390; Sisal Hemp, 402; Ripe Seeds of the monkey-puzzle Tree (a raucarz'a imbricata) of Chili, rown in England, Dr. R. C. A. Prior, 421 the Relation 05the Mistletoe to its Parent Tree, Dr. G. Bonnier, 421; a New West Indian Form of Agave rigida, J. H. Hart, 445 Method of Fertilization in Ixora, J. C. Willis, 455; the Pollen-tube of Gymnosperms, Herr W. Belajefl', 471; Rain and Mildews in 111612, Dr. A. Barclay, 477; a New Capillary Theory, F. Pasquale, 478; Earthquakes and Vegetation, A. Goiran, 478 the Relationship of Autumn to spring-blossoming Plants, A. F. Foerste, 478; the Efl'ect of Mechanical Movement on the Growth of Certain Plants, H. L. Russell, 478 Movements of the Flower and F mit of Erodium gruimcm, Dr. R. Cobelli, 478 Philo sophical Notes on Botanical Subjects, E. Bonavia, 483; Award by Royal Society of New South Wales of Clarke Memorial Medal to Mr. W. T. Thiselton Dyer, 495 the Spanish Broom as 2 Fibre Plant, 495 Uganda Bark Cloth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.