Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 



J. M. BELL, President 



A. H. PATTERSON, Vice-President 



T. F. HICKERSON, Recording Sec, F. P. VENABLE, Perm. Sec. 



Editors of the Journal : 



W. C. COKER 



J. M. BELL - A. H. PATTERSON 



CONTENTS 



Recent Conceptions of the Atom — F. P. V enable 117 



A List of Plants Growing Spontaneously in Hen- 

 derson County^ N. C. — Edward Read Mem- 

 mi nger _ 126 



The Stability of Eesin Acids at Slightly Elevated 

 Temperatures — A Correction — Chas. H. Herty 

 and H. L. Cox .:... 150 



ISOPRENE FROM COMMERCIAL TuRPENTINE ChaS, H. 



Herty and J. 0. Graham li"3 



Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society— Quarterly. Price 

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

 umes can be ■ supplied. Direct all correspondence to the Editors, at 

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



