190 Papers of Biochemical Interest [March, 



diseases. — E. B. Phelps: Fundamental physical problems of Ventila- 

 tion. — C.-E. A. Winslow: Standards of Ventilation — hygienic and 

 esthetic. — D. D. Kimhall: Modern developments in air conditions. 



Section L (Education). — Louise S. Bryant: Blood pressure 

 among feeble-minded people. 



American Society of Naturalists. G. G. Scott: Some indi- 

 cations of the evolution of the osmotic pressure of the blood and 

 other body fluids. 



Botanical Society of America. W. J. V. Osterhout: The 

 chemical dynamics of living protoplasm; The nature of mechanical 

 Stimulation; The nature of antagonism. — G. B. Reed: Studies on 

 plant oxidases. — A. R. Davis: Enzymes of the marine algae. — 

 C. O. Appleman: Concerning the measurement of diastase activity in 

 plant extracts. — M. C. Merrill: Electrolytic determination of exos- 

 mosis from the roots of anesthetized plants; Some relations of plants 

 to distilled water and certain dilute toxic Solutions. — Mr. Kno: In- 

 fluence of certain salts on nodule production in the vetch. — /. K. 

 Wilson: Physiological studies of Bacillus radiciola of soy bean. — 

 Lewis Knudson: Direct absorption and assimilation of carbohy- 

 drates by green plants. — R. H. True and H. H. Bartlett: The ab- 

 sorption and excretion of electrolytes by Lupinus albus in dilute 

 simple Solutions of nutrient salts; The absorption and excretion of 

 electrolytes by Lupinus albus in dilute Solutions containing mix- 

 tures of nutrient salts. — H. S. Reed and H. S. Stahl: A preliminary 

 study of the chlorophyl Compounds of the peach leaf. — L. A. Haw- 

 kins: Some effects of the brown-rot fungus upon the composition of 

 the peach. 



American Phytopathological Society. Caroline Rumbold: 

 Some effects on chestnut trees of the injection of chemicals. 



Society for Horticultural Science. IV. H. C handler: Some 

 Problems connected with killing by low temperatures. 



Society of American Bacteriologists. Jean Broadhurst: 

 Some induced changes in Streptococci. — L J. Kligler: A study of 

 the correlation of the agglutination and fermentation reactions 

 among the Streptococci. — N. S. Ferry: The filterability oi B. bron- 

 chisepticus, with an argument for a uniform method of iiltration. — ■ 

 Zae Northrup: The influence of the concentration of the gelatin in 

 gelatin media upon liquefying and non-liquefying bacteria. — M. R. 



