xviii The Biological Society of Washingto)-). 



The following eoTumunications 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 Ma])le (illustrated with 

 lantern slides). 



May 5, 1900 — 324th Meeting. 



In the place of the regular meeting, a joint meeting 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,* II. 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, 1900— 327th Meeting. 



The President in the chair and 23 persons present. 



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



*Sclence, n. s., ii: 930-935. .Tune 15, 1900. 



f New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association Report, 1900. 

 X2 Bull. No. 27, Division of Vegetable Physiology and Pathology, U.' S. 

 Dept. of Agr. 



