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[. PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES: 
Scienco un Education——oy Ww. Willistomas: s5> .-- sac. Soyer e eee 16 
The Kansas Academy of Science—D. E. Lantz.................... 24 
II. CHEMISTRY AND PHysICcs: 
nelativiiy in. Science. By Knerr 2) 4.202: fiwjone beso cae Goad cones 34 
Chemical Composition of Cement Plaster—E. H.S. Bailey......... 38 
Occurrence of Nitrates in Well-waters— E. H.S. Bailey............ 40 
Mineral Springs and Wells of Kansas—E. H.S. Bailey............. 42 
Silico-barite Nodules near Salina, Kan.—E. B. Knerr.............. 43 
(Chaver@rn@i aay ayia) Oy Bal a Ga Vey ae. os bie SN ee iP ea Ra 44 
Variations in the Nitrogen-Content of Maize, and Possibilities for 
improvement of [t= JT. Willard... 2302802. 52 Secale eee ee neo 
Water Puritication_ Win. Mweeddale. +: o.4 sca. -s205 422 c0% eee 48 
III. GkoLtocy anp PALEONTOLOGY: 
Physiography of Southeastern Kansas— Geo. I. Adams............ 53 
Fusulina cylindrica Shell Structure—Alva J. Smith ............. 64 
New Developments in the Mentor Beds—A. W. Jones.............. 65 
Fossil Turtle Cast from the Dakota Epoch—C.S. Parmenter ...... 67 
Deep Well at Madison, Kan.—F. W. Bushong..................... 67 
Correlation of the Coal Measures of Kansas and Nebraska—J. W. 
BEGGS Bd cols ae oo SW ce Oca RETO INTE conte fey CoRR err Rm eae ore 70 
IV. PHyroLtoGy anp THERAPEUTICS: 
Therapeutical Notes and Descriptions of Medicinal Plants of Kansas 
==1b6 18), SSENG)s c.don cop Gene. c Ee One Oey Ee ores ie eran t es sreeaAe 85 
Root Tubercles and their Production by Inoculation—D. H. Otis... 88 
Bibliography of Literature Relating to the Effects of Wind on Plants 
BES ar NOL COLES \eeMeR I) ofc icvets icles ay-y cies cele tuto sim «cdielst aaa SeRere 103 
Floral Horologe for Kansas—B. B. Smyth......................-6- 106 
List of Plants in my Florida Herbarium—A. S. Hitchcock......... 108 
Additions to the Flora of Kansas—B. B. Smyth................... 158 
The Kansas Urediness— Blam Bartholomew .............-........- 168 
