---- benzoates, 34; from structureless cellulose, 36; from three varieties of cotton, 35; monobenzoate, properties of, 36; dibenzoate, properties of, 37; acetylation of, 130; nitration of, 38 ---- derivatives, commercial aspects of, 171; saccharification of, 73 ---- nitrates, 44, 45, 83; structureless, 45, 51; cupric reducing power of, 73; instability of, 50, 53 ---- sulphocarbonate, 27; effects of the nature of the cellulose, 28; ---- ---- solutions, analysis of, 32; iodine reaction of, 33; loss of carbon bisulphide, 33; viscosity of, 30 Cell-wall constituents, 97 Cereal celluloses, 101, 105 Chitin, 112 Chlorination, Cross and Bevan's method, 19; statistics of, 134 Chloro-lignone, 126 Collodion. _See_ Silk, artificial Cotton, lustreing effect of mercerisation, 23; mercerised, structural properties of, 25; pentosane content of, 148 'Crude fibre,' 17 Cuprammonium solvent, 21, 58, 173 Currants, pectin of, 152 Denitration of collodion silk, 56; of jute nitrate, 133; products of, 74 Dioxybutyric acid, 71 Elder pith, 137 Eriodendron, seed hair of, 92 Explosives, 44; sporting powders, 52 Fermentation of cellulose, 76; of furfuroids, 108; of sugar from wood, 148 Fibres, report on miscellaneous, 139 Flax boiling, 168; spinning, 161 Fodder plants, pentosanes of, 122 Fungi, tissue constituents of, 109 Furfural from cellulose, oxycellulose, and hydrocellulose, 70; derivative from laevulose, 8; estimation as hydrazone and phloroglucide, 119, 121; oxidation of, 114, 118 (_refer also_ 'Pentosanes') Furfuroids, 8, 10, 102, 105; assimilation of, 108 Gabriel's method of cellulose estimation, 18 Gluconic acid, action of hydrogen peroxide on, 117 Glucosamin, 112 Hemicellulose, 96, 97; determination and separation of, 100 Hoenig's method of cellulose estimation, 18 'Hydralcellulose,' 68 Hydrocellulose, 73; nitration of, 43 Hydrogen peroxide, oxidations with, 114 Hydroxyfurfural in lignocellulose, 9, 116, 118 Incandescent mantles of artificial silk, 14, 15 Industrial appliances of cellulose, 155 Iodine reaction of cellulose, 21 Isosaccharinic acid, 71 Jute, composition of, 141; quality of, 140; treatment of, 142 (_refer also_ Lignocellulose) ---- acetate, 129 ---- benzoate, 127; acetylation of, 130; nitration of, 132 ---- nitrate, 131 Ketoses, physiological importance of, 9 Lange method of cellulose estimation, 18, 98 Lead compounds of nitrated carbohydrates, 49 Lignin, 100 Lignocellulose, constitution of, 133; esters of, 125; hydroxyfurfural in, 9; new type of, 135 Lignone complex, properties of, 126 'Lignorosin,' 151 'Lustra-cellulose.' _See_ Silk, artificial Malt, pentosanes of, 122 Mather system of boiling textiles, 167 Mercerization, 22; shrinkage during, 24 Mercerised yarn, strength and elasticity of, 25, 26 Methylhydroxyfurfural, 84 Mould fungi, nitrated carbohydrates as food for, 43 Mycosin, 113