Vol.. 9 



April 19, 1919 



No. 8 



JOURNAL 



OF THE 



WASHINGTON ACADEMY 

 OF SCIENCES 



A. S. Hitchcock 



BUREAU OK PLANT INDUSTRY 



BOARD OF EDITORS 

 J. Franklin Meyer 



BUREAU OF STANDARDS 



R. B. SOSMAN 

 GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY 



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H. V. Harlan 



BOTANICAL SOCIETY 



N. HOLLISTER 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



E. C. McKelvy 



CHEMICAL SOCIETY 



J. R. SWANTON 



F. B. SiLSBEE 



PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY 



Sidney Paige 



GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



S. A. Rohwer 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



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