xviii The Biological Society of Washington. 



The following communications were presented: 



C. H. Townsend: The Flying Foxes of the South Sea Islands 

 (illustrated with lantern slides). 



V. K. Chesnut: Acorns as Food. 



W. A. Orton: The Sap-flow of the Maple (illustrated with 

 lantern slides). 



May 5, 1900- 324th Meeting. 



In the place of the regular meeting, a joint njeeting with the 

 Chemical Society was held, President Bolton, of the Chemical 

 Society presiding. 65 persons were present. 



The program for the evening consisted of .a symposium on 

 the topic "The Chemical and Biological Properties of Proto 

 plasm". The discussion was led by Oscar Loew,* H: J. Web 

 ber, H. N. Stokes, and A. F. Woods. 



May 19, 1900 325th Meeting. 



Vice-president Lucas in the chair and 76 persons present. 



The program of the evening consisted of a lecture by C. H. 

 Townsend on "The Cruise of the Albatross in the South Sea 

 Islands, with Notes on the Interesting Races of People Inhabit 

 ing the Islands, Their Natural History, etc." (illustrated with 

 lantern slides). 



October 20, 1900 326th Meeting. 



The President in the chair and 49 persons present. 

 The following communications were presented: 

 H. J. Webber: Notes on Cotton Hybrids, f 

 L. H. Dewey: Some Foreign Varieties of Cotton. 

 W. A. Orton: Selection for Resistance to the Wilt Disease of 

 Cotton. | 



L. M. Tolman: Economic Uses of Cotton Seed Oil. 



November 3, 1900327111 Meeting. 



The President in the chair and 23 persons present. 



F. A. Lucas described a specimen of Buffalo Fish recently 



*Science, n. s., ii: 930-935. June 15, 1900. 

 fNew England Cotton Manufacturers' Association Report, 1900. 

 J2 Bull. No. 27, Division of Vegetable Physiology and Pathology, U. S. 

 Pept. of Agi. 



