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The relations between the salinity of water and 

 the osmotic pressure of nereocystis : Annie Mat 

 HuKD, University of California. 



Gistel's natural history: David Stare Jordan. 



The English sparrow has arrived in Death Val- 

 ley: J. Gkinnell, University of CaJifornia. 



The Steinhart Aquarium of the California Acad- 

 emy of Sciences: B. W. Evermann, California 

 Academy of Sciences 



Some phases of plant succession due to grazing: 

 C. H. Shattuck, University of California. 



Larval stages of the Japanese hlood-fiuTce, Shisto- 

 soma japonicum: W. W. Cost, University of 

 California. 



Genetic investigations of the Compositce: E. B. 

 Babcock, University of California. 



New habitat groups in the museum of the Cali- 

 fornia Academy of Sciences: B. W. Eveemann. 



Demonstration of a planhton net: W. E. Allen. 



The discovery of some new white fishes in Bear 

 Lake, Idaho: J. O. Sntdee, Stanford University. 



The worTc of the Committee on Zoological Investi- 

 gation of the Council of Defense of California: 

 B. W. Evermann. 



The Escalonias in Golden Gate ParTc: Alice East- 

 wood. 



The five-toed Tcangaroo rats of west-central Cali- 

 fornia: J. Gbinnell. 



Orthogenesis : David Stark Jordan. 



Mussels of the Pacific Coast: E. P. Eankin, U. S. 

 Bureau of Eisheries. 



The ovulation and Estrus cycle in the rat: J. A. 

 Long, University of California. 



Bacteriology of peanut butter: Ivan C. Hall. 



The inspection of foods in mills and warehouses: 

 E. W. DoANB, Stanford University, California. 



Structure of embryonic heart muscle: E. D. 

 CoNGDON, Stanford University. 



What Tcinds of botany does the world need now: 

 G. J. Peirce. 

 Papers were read for C. V. Taylor, Forrest 



Shreve and D. T. MaoDougal, the authors not being 



present. 



THE TENNESSEE ACADEMY OF 

 SCIENCE 



The tenth meeting (seventh annual meeting) of 

 the Tennessee Academy of Science was held on No- 

 vember 29, 1918, at Vanderbilt University, Nash- 

 ville, Tenn., President John T. MeGiU presiding. 

 The program was as follows: 



Memorial Sketch of Dr. A. H. Purdue, by Dr. 

 L. C. Glenn. 



Annual address of the president, "Tobacco 



smoke; its composition and toxicity," by Dr. John 

 T. McGiU. 



A vocational survey of the chemical industries of 

 Nashville, by Professor H. A. Webb. 



The effect of the Old Hickory Works upon Cum- 

 berland Eiver water, by Dr. W. H. Hollinshead. 



Eeelfoot Lake water, by Dr. J. I. D. Hinds. 



On the temperature of reduction with hydrogen, 

 by Dr. J. H. Eansom and Dr. J. L. St. John. 



The sulphur industry in the United States, by 

 Miss Gretchen H. Lee. 



The differential action of lime and magnesia 

 upon the conservation of soil sulphur, by Pro- 

 fessor W. H. Mclntire. 



Carbocoal, a new smokeless fuel from high vola- 

 tile coals, by Dr. C. H. Gordon. 



Geology as applied to warfare, by Wilbur A. Nel- 

 son. 



The contributions of biology to winning the war, 

 by Dr. B. E. Eeincke. 



Forestry and the war, by E. S. Maddox. 



Uses of meteorology in the war, by Eoscoe Nunn. 



The geographic basis of the European war, by 

 Professor A. E. Parkins. 



The migration of the birds of the Mississippi 

 Valley, with special reference to Eeelfoot Laie, by 

 W. D. Howser. 



The future of the airplane, by Latimer J. Wilson. 



The election of officers for the ensuing year re- 

 sulted as follows: 



President, Dr. L. C. Glenn, Vanderbilt Univer- 

 sity, Nashville, Tenn. 



Vice-president, Professor Scott C. Lyon, South- 

 western Presbyterian University, Clarksville, Tenn. 



Editor, Dr. C. H. Gordon, University of Tenn- 

 essee, Knoxville, Tenn. 



Secretary-Treasurer, Eoseoe Nunn, U. S. Weather 

 Bureau, Nashville, Tenn. 



Eoscoe Nttnn, 



Secretary 



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