Botanical Meetings at Columbus, Aug. 17-25, 1899 501 



The following officers were elected for the coming year : 

 President, Dr. B. L. Robinson ; Vice-President, Prof. B. D. Hal- 

 sted ; Secretary, Prof. G. K Atkinson ; Treasurer, Dr. Arthur 

 HoUick ; Councillors, Prof. D. P. Penhallow and Prof. B.' T. 

 Galloway. • " 



TITLES OF PAPERS READ BEFORE THE SECTION OF BOTANY, A.A.A.S., COLUMBUS MEETING 



C. R. Barnes, Chicago, Vice-President ; W. A. Kellerman, 

 Columbus, Secretary. Address by Vice-President Barnes, sub- 



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jcct : **The Progress and Development of Plant Physiolog} 

 The following papers were then presented : 



T. The Fertilization oi Albugo Bliti. By F. L. Stevens, Chi- 



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cago, 111. 



2. The Embryo Sac of Lcucocriiiuni ino)itanu)iL By Francis 



Ramaley, Boulder, Col. 



3. Notes on subterranean Organs. By A. S. Hitchcock, 



Manhattan, Kans. 



4. Some Monstrosities in Spikclets of Eragrostis and Sctaria 

 with their Meaning. By W. J. Beal, Agricultural College, Mich. 



5. Studies of Vegetation of the high Nebraska Plains. By 

 Charles Edwin Bessey, Lincoln, Neb. 



6. The Tamarack Swamp in Ohio. By A. D. Sclby, Wooster, 



Ohio. 



7. The Breeding of Apples for the Northwest Plains. By 



William Saunders, Experimental P'arms, Ottawa, Canada, 



8. Field Experiments with ' Nitragin * and other Germ Fer- 



tilizers. 



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9. The Duration of bacterial Existence under trial Environ- 

 ments. By Henry L. Bolley, Agricultural College, N. D. 



10. Suggestions for a more satisfactory Classification of the 

 pleurocarpous Mosses. By A. J. Grout, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



1 1. Notes concerning the Study of Lichen Distribution in the 

 Mississippi Valley. By Bruce Fink, Fayette, Iowa. 



12. Botanical Teaching in the secondary Schools. By W, C. 

 Stevens, Lawrence, Kansas. 



13. Botanical Teaching in the secondary Schools. By Ida 



Clendenin, Brooklyn Girls* High School. 



14. On the Occurrence of the Black Rot of Cabbage in Europe. 



By H. A. Harding, Geneva, N. Y. ' 



