One of the most interesting and instrnctive lectures de- 

 livered before the Academy of Sciences since its birth was 

 the address, at the December. 1914, meeting by Pro. George 

 E. Bailey, relating to the great advances made in scientific 

 agriculture and particularly the use now made of explosives 

 in securing bountiful harvests from soils considered worthless 

 and lacking productive essentials. Prof. P.ailey has promised 

 us an article upon this subject which wc hojie to present to 

 our members at an early date. 



The results from the unabated vigor of the excavations 

 in the Brea pits have been most astonishing. The deposits 

 appear to be inexhaustil)le and, within the last two years, 

 complete and perfect skeletons have been exhumed of many 

 new species which roamed over the earth and roved the skies 

 of this environment, no one can say how many hundreds of 

 thousands of years ago. Among them are the skull and a few 

 of the bones of a human being, probably that, of a woman, 

 and the eigantic skull, tusks and entire frame of an Imperial 

 Elephant which, from their measurement, exceed in size the 

 largest known to science. So many requests have been made 

 for information concerning the character of these fossils 

 brought to light since our Bulletin of January. 1910, that we 

 hope to give an account of this Vv^ork in our next issue. 



HOLDRIDGE OZRO COLLINS. 



WANTED 



Numbers of Volumes III, IV, V, VI of the Bulletin to complete 

 files. Address the Secretary, Room 814 San Fernando Building, Los 

 Angeles. 



