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  to 
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  sides 
  completely 
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   New- 
  II 
  f 
  fin, 
  Germany, 
  Feb. 
  6, 
  iSoo. 
  

  

  Botaaical 
  papers 
  at 
  the 
  Indianapolis 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  A. 
  A. 
  A. 
  S. 
  

  

  The 
  Indianapolis 
  meeting 
  was 
  characterized 
  by 
  the 
  great 
  

   number 
  of 
  botanists 
  and 
  botanical 
  papers 
  in 
  Section 
  F. 
  Of 
  

   Jhe 
  48 
  papers 
  read 
  before 
  the 
  section 
  28 
  were 
  botanical, 
  

   ine 
  series 
  of 
  papers 
  upon 
  the 
  general 
  subject 
  of 
  "The 
  Geo- 
  

   graphical 
  Distribution 
  of 
  N. 
  Am. 
  Plants" 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  so 
  

   successful 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  ordered 
  printed 
  in 
  full 
  in 
  the 
  vol- 
  

   ume 
  of 
  Proceedings, 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  issued 
  also 
  as 
  a 
  separate 
  

   pamphlet 
  reprint. 
  Five 
  of 
  the 
  seven 
  papers 
  assigned 
  at 
  the 
  

   Aoronto 
  meeting 
  were 
  read. 
  Professor 
  C. 
  S. 
  Sargent 
  being 
  

   absent 
  m 
  Europe, 
  and 
  Professor 
  John 
  Macoun 
  being 
  en- 
  

   gaged 
  in 
  exploration 
  in 
  the 
  far 
  northwest. 
  Professors 
  W. 
  J. 
  

   ^eal 
  and 
  John 
  M. 
  Coulter, 
  however, 
  had 
  papers 
  upon 
  geo- 
  

   graphical 
  distribution, 
  which 
  were 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  series, 
  

   jnakmg 
  seven 
  papers 
  upon 
  various 
  divisions 
  of 
  the 
  subject, 
  

   was 
  also 
  thought 
  wise 
  to 
  prepare 
  another 
  botanical 
  pro- 
  

   ramme 
  for 
  the 
  next 
  meeting, 
  to 
  be 
  held 
  in 
  Washington, 
  

   • 
  ^. 
  The 
  committee 
  selected 
  a 
  phvsiological 
  subject 
  and 
  

  

  "^ade 
  the 
  following 
  appointments: 
  (i) 
  The 
  absorption 
  of 
  

   gases 
  by 
  J. 
  C. 
  ArAur; 
  (2) 
  The 
  aeration 
  of 
  aquatic 
  plants, 
  

   oy 
  VV. 
  P. 
  Wilson 
  ; 
  (3) 
  The 
  absorption 
  of 
  fluids, 
  by 
  L. 
  H. 
  

   ^ammel 
  ; 
  (4) 
  The 
  movements 
  of 
  fluids 
  in 
  plants, 
  by 
  W. 
  J. 
  

  

  eal 
  ; 
  (-) 
  Transpiration, 
  by 
  Chas. 
  E. 
  Bessey. 
  

   r 
  J^^^n 
  M. 
  Coulter 
  was 
  elected 
  vice-president 
  of 
  the 
  section 
  

  

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  meeting. 
  , 
  

  

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  are 
  the 
  abstracts 
  of 
  the 
  botanical 
  papers 
  read 
  

  

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  section 
  at 
  Indianapolis, 
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  which 
  will 
  appear 
  

  

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  tuu 
  m 
  the 
  botanical 
  journals, 
  government 
  reports, 
  and 
  the 
  

  

  ume 
  of 
  Proceedings 
  of 
  the 
  Association 
  : 
  

  

  Forest 
  Trees 
  of 
  Indiana: 
  Stanley 
  Coulter.— 
  The 
  au- 
  

  

  "or 
  notes 
  that 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  trees 
  in 
  Indiana 
  depends 
  

  

  upon 
  the 
  streams 
  rather 
  than 
  upon 
  latitude 
  or 
  elevation. 
  

  

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