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  JOURNAL 
  OF 
  THE 
  WASHINGTON 
  ACADEMY 
  OP 
  SCIENCES 
  VOL. 
  12, 
  NO. 
  9 
  

  

  The 
  Regular 
  Meeting 
  then 
  adjourned 
  and 
  the 
  Annual 
  Meeting 
  was 
  held. 
  

   Dr. 
  W. 
  E. 
  Safford 
  was 
  elected 
  President, 
  Dr. 
  Homer 
  D. 
  Shantz 
  was 
  elected 
  

   Vice-President, 
  Mr'. 
  Roy 
  G. 
  Pierce 
  was 
  re-elected 
  Recording 
  Secretary, 
  

   Mr. 
  R. 
  K. 
  Beattie 
  was 
  re-elected 
  Corresponding 
  Secretary, 
  and 
  Dr. 
  h. 
  L. 
  

   HarTER 
  was 
  re-elected 
  Treasurer. 
  

  

  154th 
  meeting 
  

  

  The 
  154th 
  meeting 
  was 
  held 
  in 
  the 
  Assembly 
  Hall 
  of 
  the 
  Cosmos 
  Club 
  at 
  

   8 
  p.m., 
  November 
  1, 
  1921, 
  with 
  President 
  Safford 
  in 
  the 
  chair, 
  and 
  68 
  mem- 
  

   bers 
  and 
  guests 
  present. 
  Among 
  the 
  distinguished 
  guests 
  were 
  Professor 
  

   Arthur 
  A. 
  Jaczewski, 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  Institute 
  of 
  Mycology 
  and 
  Plant 
  

   Pathology 
  of 
  Petrograd, 
  and 
  Prof. 
  Nicholas 
  I. 
  Vavilov, 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  

   Institute 
  of 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Applied 
  Botany 
  and 
  Plant 
  Breeding 
  at 
  Petrograd. 
  

   Mr. 
  James 
  R. 
  Weir, 
  whose 
  name 
  was 
  presented 
  at 
  the 
  October 
  meeting, 
  

   was 
  voted 
  into 
  the 
  Society. 
  

  

  Under 
  Brief 
  notes 
  and 
  review 
  of 
  literature, 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  P. 
  Hartley 
  presented 
  

   an 
  exhibit 
  of 
  several 
  interesting 
  ears 
  of 
  corn, 
  two 
  with 
  long 
  silks 
  retained 
  and 
  

   one 
  a 
  nubbin. 
  One 
  was 
  peculiar 
  in 
  that 
  the 
  fine 
  silk 
  retained 
  was 
  attached 
  to 
  

   the 
  kernels 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  showed 
  that 
  the 
  first 
  silks 
  that 
  protrude 
  do 
  not 
  come 
  

   from 
  the 
  extreme 
  butt 
  kernels, 
  but 
  from 
  those 
  slightly 
  above 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   stalk, 
  differing 
  from 
  the 
  popular 
  conception 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  showed 
  that 
  the 
  seed 
  

   coat 
  can 
  develop 
  without 
  any 
  starch 
  or 
  germ. 
  

  

  O. 
  M. 
  Freeman, 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry, 
  exhibited 
  two 
  potted 
  

   hepaticas, 
  one 
  in 
  blossom, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  without 
  blossoms. 
  The 
  plant 
  in 
  

   blossom 
  has 
  been 
  subjected 
  to 
  an 
  artificial 
  winter. 
  In 
  the 
  experiment 
  6 
  

   pots 
  had 
  been 
  used 
  — 
  3 
  had 
  been 
  chilled 
  for 
  2 
  months, 
  while 
  the 
  others 
  had 
  

   been 
  kept 
  at 
  ordinary 
  room 
  temperature. 
  Two 
  weeks 
  after 
  being 
  chilled 
  

   they 
  came 
  into 
  blossom. 
  Prof. 
  Arthur 
  A. 
  Jaczewski 
  of 
  Petrograd 
  remarked 
  

   that 
  this 
  chilling 
  of 
  plants 
  to 
  induce 
  flowering 
  was 
  formerly 
  a 
  regular 
  practice 
  in 
  

   Russia 
  and 
  that 
  lilacs 
  were 
  brought 
  out 
  in 
  blossom 
  at 
  Easter 
  time. 
  

  

  The 
  regular 
  program 
  of 
  the 
  evening 
  consisted 
  of 
  an 
  illustrated 
  lecture 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Robert 
  S. 
  Yard, 
  Executive 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Parks 
  Associa- 
  

   tion. 
  A 
  wonderful 
  collection 
  of 
  colored 
  views 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  our 
  National 
  Parks 
  

   was 
  shown, 
  including 
  some 
  from 
  the 
  Yellowstone 
  Glacier, 
  Mount 
  Rainier, 
  

   Crater 
  I^ake, 
  Yosemite, 
  Sequoia 
  and 
  Rock 
  Mountain 
  National 
  Parks. 
  Of 
  the 
  

   19 
  national 
  parks 
  all 
  but 
  2 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  These 
  include 
  Mt. 
  

   M 
  cKinley 
  in 
  Alaska 
  and 
  a 
  volcano 
  in 
  H 
  awaii 
  . 
  Water 
  power 
  and 
  irrigation 
  inter- 
  

   ests 
  were 
  trying 
  to 
  encroach 
  upon 
  the 
  public 
  domain 
  and 
  to 
  secure 
  special 
  

   privileges 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  Parks. 
  The 
  National 
  Park 
  Association 
  was 
  trying 
  

   to 
  crystallize 
  public 
  sentiment 
  against 
  the 
  exploitation 
  of 
  these 
  Parks. 
  

  

  Roy 
  G. 
  Pierce, 
  Recording 
  Secretary- 
  

  

  