1893.] MICROSCOPICAL JOURNAL. 361 



true salicylic acid is tlie tiling meant and not commercial 

 salicylic acid. Natural history specimens, and microsco[)ic 

 specimens also, can readily be i)reserved in salicvlic acid solu- 

 tion and for any length of time. Those I i)Ut up fifteen years 

 ago are good yet and do not bleach as those in alcohol do. I 

 wish others would try it and report results. 



EDITORIAL. 



Proceedings of the American Microscopical Society. — 

 We are in receipt of the October i)art of Vol, X\' of the publica- 

 tions of this society. The principal part of thi.s issue (pages 39 

 -76) is taken up by the i)rize essay of Miss Edith J. Claypole 

 upon " The Blood of Necturusand Cryptobranchus." Six plates 

 and a Bibliography accompany this paper which will prove of 

 interest to those who study coagulation or blood corpuscles. 

 A summary of the paper will be found in our Department of 

 Biological Notes. 



The address of the president, Hon. J. D. Cox, entitled ''a plea 

 for systematic instruction in the technique of the microscope at 

 the University," occupies 16 pages and the secretary's journal of 

 daily proceedings occupies 21 ])ages. 



Short papers by Dr. V. A. Moore and P. A. Fish close this 

 issue which, we are sorry to say, is not of as much interest as 

 the corresponding number of 1892. There seems to have been 

 but a dozen or twenty members present at Madison and only 

 six or seven papers were actually read, the others being pre- 

 sented by title. 



No prizes are offered for the coming year, and the time and 

 place of meeting are left for future consideration. 



We hope the next meeting will prove more successful. 



MICROSCOPICAL APPARATUS. 



Recent Advances in Microscopical Apparatus. — We are 



in recei|)t of the new catalogue of Bausch and Lomb and note 

 niany distinctive features in this edition over previous issues. 



