Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 



J. B. BULLITT, President 



T. F. HICKERSON, Vice-President 



J. E. SMITH. Recording .Sec. F. P. VENABLE, Perm. Sec. 



Editors of thk Journal : 



\V. C. COKER 



T. M. BELL A. H. PATTERSON 



CONTENTS 



Cooperation in Matters Chemical (Presidential 



Address)— C7? as. H. Herty 65 



The Mekit System in Highway Work — Joseph 



Uyde Pratt 86 



OuB MoTrNT.,UN Shrubs — W. C. Coker 91 



Observations on the Lawns qv Chapel Hill — W. 



( '. Colcer and E. 0. Randolph 113 



Journal oe the Elisha Mitchkll Scientific Society — Quarterly. 

 Price $2.00 per year ; single numbers 50 cents. Most numbers of former 

 volumes can be supplied. Direct all correspondence to tlie Editors, at 

 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. 



