558 



SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. XLVII. No. 1223 



Pribilof Islands. In the calendar year 1917 

 the government shipped from the Pribilof Is- 

 lands fur-seal skins valued at $274,291 and fox 

 skins valued at $35,680. 



BOTANICAL ABSTRACTS 



A MEETING of editors of botanical publica- 

 tions was held at Pittsburgh, on December 28, 

 1917, to consider the desirability of underta- 

 king the publication of an abstracting journal 

 for botany. After a long discussion the fol- 

 lowing resolution was adopted : 



Besolved, that we, as a group of botanists inter- 

 ested, invite each botanical society to appoint a 

 committee of two to meet with committees of other 

 societies and with the members of this group to 

 formulate a program for a journal of botanical 

 abstracts, botany to be interpreted in its broadest 

 sense. In case action of any society is delayed, 

 the President and Secretary of such society are in- 

 vited to represent it. A meeting is called for 10 

 A.M., December 30, at Parlor 140, Fort Pitt Hotel. 



At this augmented meeting of December 30, 

 after informal discussion it was voted that the 

 26 botanists present proceed to formal organi- 

 zation under the name " Temporary Board of 

 Control of Botanical Abstracts." Donald Eed- 

 dick was elected chairman and Forrest Shreve 

 secretary. On motion it was voted that the 

 board provide for its perpetuation in the fol- 

 lowing way : 



1. That the following botanical organizations be 

 asked to elect two members each: 



American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science, 



American Genetic Association, 



American Microscopical Society, 



American Phytopathological Society, 



American Society of Agronomists, 



American Society of Naturalists, 



American Conference of Pharmaceutical Facul- 

 ties, 



Botanical Society of America, General Section, 



Botanical Society of America, Physiological Sec- 

 tion, 



Botanical Society of America, Taxonomic Sec- 

 tion, 



Ecological Society of America, 



Paleontologieal Society of America, 



Society for Horticultural Science, 



Society of American Bacteriologists, 



Society of American Foresters. 



2. That in the election of members to the Board 

 of Control of Botanical Abstracts each society be 

 asked to name one man for a short term of two 

 years and one man for a long term of four years, 

 and that a member be elected biennially thereafter 

 or as required. 



On motion the Temporary Board of Control 

 elected by ballot an Executive Committee of 

 Ten on Organization, to act for one year with 

 power to make arrangements for editorial man- 

 agement and publication. This committee is 

 constituted as follows: J. H. Barnhart, Henry 

 C. Cowles, B. M. Duggar, C. Stuart Gager, R. 

 A. Harper, Burton E. Livingston, F. C. New- 

 conibe, Donald Eeddick, C. L. Shear and For- 

 rest Shreve. 



The Executive Committee of the Temporary 

 Board of Control selected B. E. Livingston for 

 editor-in-chief and the following as associate 

 editors in charge of the sections as indicated: 



Agronomy and Soil Technology, , 



Bacteriology, H. J. Conn, 



Botanical Education, C. Stuart Gager, 



Cytology, C. J. Chamberlain, 



Ecology and Plant Geography, Henry C. Cowles, 



Forestry, Raphael Zon, 



Genetics, G. H. ShuU, 



History, Biography and Bibliography, J. H. Barn- 

 hart, 



Horticulture, W. H. Chandler, 



Morphology, E. W. Sinnott, 



Paleobotany, E. W. Berry, 



Pathology, Donald Eeddick, 



Pharmacognosy, Henry Kraemer, 



Physiology, B. M. Duggar, 



Taxonomy, J. M. Greenman and J. G. Schramm. 

 It is expected that the work of abstracting 



will begin at once, with the international liter- 

 ature of the year 1918 and that publication will 



follow promptly. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 



In honor of Professor Emeritus John J. 

 Stevenson, who held the chair of geology at 

 New York University from 1871 to the time 

 of his retirement from active service in 1909, 

 the building to be occupied by the Faculty 

 Club has been named Stevenson Hall. It was 

 presented to the university at the commence- 

 ment exercises on June 3. 



