SOCIETY AFFAIRS 



In spite of war conditions, the annual meeting of the Society at 

 Pittsburgh, in connection with that of the American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science, was a success, quahfied only by the absence 

 of so many familiar faces. Under the circumstances, we were fortu- 

 nate in having an attendance at the various sessions of from i6 to i8 

 members and friends of the Society. These were as follows : 



F. S. Baker R. S. Hosmer E. N. Munns 



J. E. Barton R. C. Jones (Va.) G. A. Retan 



F. W. Besley J. E. Kirkwood H. A. Reynolds 



O. M. Butler C. F. Korstian A. E. Taylor 



H. M. Curran H. N. Lee I. C. Williams 



E. H, Frothingham L. H. Pammel George Wirt 



Miss Eloise Gerry G. B. MacDonald 



The meetings, which were held in the Applied Design Building, Car- 

 negie Institute, were run on schedule time. Of the twenty-two papers 

 on the printed program, however, eight were not presented. This was 

 regretted, yet it gave an added margin of time for discussion, of which 

 full advantage was taken. As it was, one extra session, not previously 

 provided for, was held. 



The first session (Monday morning. December 31) was a joint 

 meeting with the Ecological Society. The program was as follows : 



The Significance of Transpiration in Forestry C. G. Bates 



Some Biological and Economic Aspects of the Chaparral E. N. Munns 



Some Ecological Notes on the Forests of Southeastern Towa. . .G. B. MacDonald 



L. H. Pammel 

 Precipitation as a Factor Limiting the Distribution of Pintis ponderosa 



scopulorum C. F. Korstian and F. S. Baker 



Native Plants as Indicators of Forest Planting Sites F. S. Baker 



Forest Distribution in the Northern Rockies J. E. Kirkwood 



Height Growth as a Key to Site E. H. Frothingham 



In the afternoon the annual business meeting of the Society was 

 held, with Professor Hosmer in the chair. Among the matters approved 

 by the meeting or recommended for consideration by committees were : 

 the indexing jointly of the volume of the Proceedings and the Forestry 

 Quarterly up to the date of their consolidation ; the appointment of Dr. 

 Whitford as an editor in charge of tropical forestry on the Editorial 



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