VOL. XXXIV SEPTEMBER, 1918 No. 3 



JOURNAL 



OF THE 



Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 



CONTENTS 



Peoceedin^gs of the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the 



XoRTH Carolina iVcADEiiY of Science , 05 



Luminescence of Zircons. F. P. Veimhle 73 



The Sun's Eclipse June 8, 1018 : Question. John F. Lanneau 76 

 Alternation and Parthenogenesis in Padina. J as. J. Wolfe 78 



The American Pitcher-Plants. Boland M. Harper 110 



Extension of the Range of Prunus Umbellata Into Xorth 



C^vROLiNA^ /. S. Holmes 12G 



Additions to the Arborescent Flora of North Carolina. 



W. W. Ashe 130 



Keport of an Investigation as to the Cause of Death of 



Chicks in Shell in Artificial Incubation. //. B. 



Arbuckle 141 



Brief Comparison of the Herpetological Faunas of North 



Carolina and Vikgima, C. S. Brimley 14G 



Eliminations from and Additions to the North Carolina 



List of Reptiles and Amphibians. C. S. Brimley 148 



A Visit to Smith Island. W. C. Coker 150 



Review 154 



ISSUED QUARTERLY 



CHAPEL HILL, N. C, U. S. A. 



ENTERED AT THE POSTOFFICE AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER 



