SCIENCE 



Friday, October 20, 1916 BOTANY AND ITS ECONOMIC 



. ■ ■ APPLICATIONS 1 



CONTENTS Since our last meeting the Great War 



Th of B Science A -° 0iati0n f ° T *** Advancement has continued to hold chief place in our 



Botany and its Economic Applications: Dr. lives and thoughts, and in various ways, 



A. B. Eendle 547 and to a greater or less degree, has influ- 



Charles Smith Prosser: Dr. John M. Clarke.. 557 enced 0Ur WOrk In the case of m ' dn 7 



botany has had for the time being to be 

 The National Besearch Council d5S set aside, while others have been able to 



Scientific Notes and News 562 deVOte ° nly a P art ° f their time to ^^ 



tific work. On the other hand, it is grati- 



University and Educational News 264 f ying to note that some have been able to 



render helpful service on lines more or less 



Discussion and Correspondence: — n . ,. n . . 



Colloids and Negative Surface Tension: Pro- directly connected With their own science. 



pessor Sichard C. Tolman. The Auroral The trained botanist has shown that he may 



Pa?sa NO ,%ro F Tsor BarryTa^" be an eminently adaptable person, capable, 



fessor Prank C. Baker, Professor John after short preparation on special lines, of 



W. Harshberger, Dr. Paul B. Heyl. The , , . ... ... . ._ 



Scientific Appointments of President Wilson: takin g ^p positions involving scientific in- 



E. The Carnegie Foundation for the Ad- vestigation of the highest importance from 



vancement of Teaching: Professor Joseph .,_ . ,. . , - ,. . i ^ • 



Jastrow 565 the standpoints oi medicine and hygiene. 



We have to regret the loss of a promising 

 Quotations:— young Cambridge botanist, Alfred Stanley 



The British Committee for Scientific and -«»■ r, i,„-u „j„ .i/u -a 



Industrial Research 570 Marsh > wh ° haS made the su P r eme sacrifice 



for his country. Happily, in other cases 

 Scientific Boolcs:— lives have been spare(i and we are able to 



Annals of the Dearborn Observatory: Dr. , . . 



Prank Schlesinger. Pilsory on The Ses- welcome their return to the service of 



sile Barnacles: Professor T. D. A. Cock- botanv 



eeell 571 



In common with our fellow-botanists 

 Special Articles: throughout the world, we have learned with 



Antagonistic Salt Action as a Diffusion Phe- £ ,, , .-, « » ,, , . ,,. , 



nomenon: Dr. Jacques Loeb. The Elec- sorrow of the death of one of the kindliest 



trical Conductivity of Solutions at Different a nd most versatile exponents of the science, 



Frequencies: Professors "W. A. Taylor „ . _ _ . , 



and s. f. Acree. On the Regularity of Count feokns L/aubacn, whom we have wel- 



ClellInd ^ ^ C ° tt0n Flant: °" K ' M °" 574 COmed in yearS past aS a gUeSt 0f 0Ur Sec " 



tion. 



The San Diego Meeting of the Pacific Division May I also refer to the recognition re- 



of the American Association for the Advance- ,, . , ., -r. i r< ■ . , ,-> 



ment of Science: Albert L. Barrows .... 581 cently given by the Royal Society to the 



1 Address of the president of the Botanical Sec- 

 tion of the British Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science, Section K, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 

 1916. 



MSS. Intended for publication and books, etc.. intended for 

 reriew should be sent to ProfeBsor J. McKeen Cattell, Garrison- 

 On-Hudson, N. Y. 



