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upon as the emanation of a Will existing above 

 the universe." This can hardly be looked 

 upon as a compliment to the Deity. 



The work is published in two editions (Ger- 

 man and English), and is accompanied by nine 

 exquisite plates, with 144 colored figures. 



It is not a little curious that throughout the 

 work the English translator uniformly uses 

 'colour' and ' coloured,' but 'coloration.' Is 

 this to meet Americans half-way ? 



SOCIETIES AND ACADE3IIES. 



MEETING OF THE OHIO .STATE ACADEMY OF 

 SCIENCE. 



The seventh annual meeting of the Ohio 

 State Academy of Science was held at the Ohio 

 State University, Columbus, Ohio, on Decem- 

 ber 28 and 29, 1897, Dr. W. A. Kellerman, of 

 Columbus, presiding. The meeting was well at- 

 tended and much interest was manifested. The 

 Society now numbers about two hundred, 

 twenty names being presented for membership 

 at this meeting. 



The first paper, by E. J. Webb, was on 

 ' The Fertilization of the Closed Gentian.' 



Dr. D. S. Kellicott reported on Additions to 

 the Odonato of Ohio. The list of dragon-flies 

 for the State now numbers ninety-seven. 



E. W. Vickers gave three short papers on 

 ' The Pileated Woodpecker in Mahoning 

 County,' 'Pickering's Hy lodes in Ohio' and 

 ' The Least Weasel in Ohio.' 



Edo Claassen reported briefly on the follow • 

 ing subjects : ' Occurrence of the Long-leaved 

 Willow,' 'Abnormalities in Plants,' 'List of 

 Liverworts of Cuyahoga and other Counties of 

 Northern Ohio,' 'List of Plants New to the 

 Flora of Ohio ' and ' Erratic Boulders in the 

 Valley of Eocky Eiver. ' 



Dr. W. A. Kellerman gave the President's 

 address on the subject : ' Does Modern Science 

 furnish an Adequate Philosophy of Human 

 Life ?' and besides reported on the ' Distribu- 

 tion of the Green Ash in Ohio,' ' Ustilago 

 reiliana, Spermatophyta rare or new to the 

 Ohio Flora ' and ' Eevision of the Catalogue of 

 Ohio Plants. ' 



Professor F. M. Webster spoke on Some addi- 

 tions to the known insect fauna of Ohio. 



R. C. Osburn and E. B. Williamson gave a 

 description of a new species of fish, Etheostama 

 sciotense Osburn and Williamson, a full descrip- 

 tion of which will appear in the Proceedings of 

 the Society. They also gave a list of 69 species 

 offish for Franklin county, Ohio, and a list of the 

 Crayfish of Ohio. 



J. H. ShaflTner read papers on 'Atavism in 

 CitruUus vulgaris,'' ' Notes on the Salt Marsh 

 Plants of Northern Kansas ' and ' Observations 

 on the nutation of Selianilms anniius.' 



Other papers were : 



Notes on the Pleistocene geology in the vicinity of 

 Devil's Lake, Wis., and dynamical modifications of 

 quartzite : J. A. Bownockek. 



Science for the first year of the high school course, 

 and Additions to the list of Oliio Fungi : F. L. Ste- 

 vens. 



Science in the country school : E. E. MasTEEMAN. 



Cell-division in the Pine : E. L. Fullmer. 



Embryology of a dicotyl : Miss L. C. Eiddle. 



Dissection of a double Trillium : Mrs. W. A. 

 Kellerman'. 



Additions to the list of plants of Ohio; Reversion of 

 leaves to laments in tick-trefoil, and Evidence as to 

 the origin of the islands of Lake Erie : E. L. MOSE- 



LEY. 



The junction of the blue and yellow clays in the 

 drift of northern Ohio, and recent beaches at San- 

 dusky Bay and Sodus Bay : A. A. Wright. 



A list of the butterflies of Ohio (ninety-seven in 

 number): J. S. HiNE. 



The Jonathan Creek drainage basin : H. J. DAVIS. 



The preglacial drainage of Knox county : AV. G. 

 Tight. 



Preglacial drainage in the vicinity of Cincinnati; 

 Tlie Ohio Eiver a result of glacial conditions, and No 

 evidence of an ice dam at Cincinnati : Geraed 



FOWKE. 



Some new points on fin attachment of Dinichthys 

 and Cladodus : Wm. Clark. 



Four critical points in the valley of the Cuyahoga 

 Eiver : E. W. Claypole. 



The following ofBcers were elected for the 

 ensuing year : 



President — W. G. Tight, Granville. 



Vice-Presidents — Josua Lindahl , Cincinnati ; 

 J. H. Todd, Wooster. 



Secretary — E; L. Moseley, Sandusky. 



Treasurer — D. S. Kellicott, Columbus. 



Executive Committee — Mary E. Hart, Oxford ; 

 E. W. Vickers, Ellsworth. 



