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New crystalline silicates of potassium and sodium by G. W. Morey of 

 the Geophysical Laboratory. The bomb used for heating mixtures in 

 the presence of water at high temperatures was described and shown. 

 The properties of the new sihcates and sihcate-water melts which have 

 been prepared \Yere then briefly covered, and samples were shown. 

 The paper will appear in full in the Journal of the American Chemical 

 Society. 



Reports from the Rochester meeting of the general Society were made 

 as follows: C. L. Parsons, on the proceedings of the Council; R. C. 

 Wells, on the physico-chemical papers; I. K. Phelps, on biochemistry; 

 J. A. LeClerc, on agricultural chemistry, papers on hygiene, and ex- 

 cursions; M. X. Sullivan, on various papers not mentioned in the other 

 reports; Hillebrand and Bigelow, on the Smoker; Walker, on the coal 

 analysis discussion; and Cameron, on the fertilizer section. The 

 question of agreement on analytical methods, raised by Cameron, was 

 discussed by Hillebrand, who pointed out the need of testing the homo- 

 geneity of standard samples before sending them out. 



The question of the absorption of the American Chemical Journal 

 by the American Chemical Society was discussed at some length. The 

 meeting decided to take no action in opposition to the decisions of the 

 Council and Directors of the general- Society. 



The 230th meeting was held at the Cosmos Club, on November 13, 

 1913. The President appointed the following committee to represent 

 the Society at the McGee Commemorative Meeting on December 5. 

 F. W. Gierke, W. Blum, F. K. Cameron, W. F. Hillebrand and D. T. 

 Day. 



The election of officers for 1914 resulted as follows: President, M. X. 

 Sullivan, Bureau of Soils; First Vice-President, C. L. Alsberg, 

 Bureau of Chemistry; Second Vice-President, H. H. Bunzel, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry; Secretary, R. B. Sosman, the Geophysical Laboratory; 

 Treasurer, F. P. Dewey, the Mint; Councilors, J. A. LeClerc, L. M. 

 ToLMAN and P. H. Walker of Bureau of Chemistry, and S. F. Agree 

 of Johns Hopkins University; Executive Committee, E. C. McKelvy 

 of Bureau of Standards, R. C. Wells of Geological Survey, J. Johnston 

 of Geophysical Laboratory and E. W. Boughton of Bureau of Chem- 

 istry. 



Robert B. Sosman, Secretary. 



THE BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



The 13th annual meeting of the Botanical Society of Washington 

 was held at the Bureau of Plant Industry on October 17, 1913, with 

 seventeen members present. The customary reports were presented 

 and approved and the following officers elected for the ensuing year: 

 President, C. L. Shear; Vice-President, A. S. Hitchcock; Recording 

 Secretary, C. E. Chambliss; Corresponding Secretary, P. L. Ricker; 

 Treasurer, H. H. Bartlett. Mr. F. L. Lewton was nominated as Vice- 

 President from the Society for the Washington Academy of Sciences. 



