SCIENCE 



Editoeial Committee : S. Newcomb, Mathematics ; R. S. Woodward, Mechanics ; E. C. Pickering, As- 

 tronomy ; T. C. Mendenhall, Physics ; R. H. Thurston, Engineering ; Ira Remsen, Chemistry ; 

 J. Le Conte, Geology; W. M. Davis, Physiography; O. C. Marsh, Paleontology; "W. K. Brooks, 

 Invertebrate Zoology ; C. Hart Mereiam, Vertebrate Zoology ; S. H. Scuddee, Entomology ; 

 N. L. Beitton, Botany ; Henry F. Osborn, General Biology ; H. P. Bowditch, 

 Physiology ; J. S. Billings, Hygiene ; J. McKeen Cattell, Psychology ; 

 Daniel G. Beinton, J. W. Powell, Anthropology. 



Friday, July 5, 1895. 



CONTENTS: 



The New Yark Botanic Garden: G. L. Good ale... 1 



The Sttbmergence of Western Europe Prior to the 

 Neolithic Period : Agnes Crane 2 



The Generic Name of the Water Weed : N. L. 

 Britton 5 



Notes on the Progress of Astronomy During the Year 



1894:— 5 



Minor Planets; Comets; Solar Parallax; Mars; 

 Jupiter; Double Stars; Nebulas; Potsdam Photo- 

 metry; Astrophotographic Chart; Astronomical 

 Photography ; Variation of Latitude ; New Obser- 

 vatory : J. K. Rees. 



Current Notes on Anthropology (X. ) : — 8 



Is Craniology a Science ? A Study of the Guaycuru ; 

 Why the Japanese Conquered : D. G. Brinton. 



Current Notes on Physiography ( XL ) .• — 10 



Physiography of Cuba ; Geologic Atlas of the United 

 States; De Lapparent on Geomorphogeny ; Bibli- 

 otheca Geographica ; Jahrbuch der Astronomie und 

 Geophysik: W. M. DAVIS. 



Notes on Agricmlture {IV. ) : — 12 



Artificial Pollination of Squashes ; Peanut Culture ; 

 Some Plants That Look Like the Russian Tliistle : 

 Byron D. Halsted. 



Psychological Notes (/.): — 13 



The Spectrum Top; 'Animal Magnetism:' J. 

 McK. C. 



Scientific Notes and News : — 14 



Ancestry of the Mammalia ; General. 



University and Educational Neics 15 



Correspondence : — 15 



Topographic Methods : J. A. Flemer. The Me- 

 teorological and Magnelical Observatory Zi-Ka- 

 Wei, Near Shanghai, China : Stanislas Cheva- 

 lier, S. J. 



Scientific Literature: — 18 



TJie Boyal Natural History: Richaed Lydek- 

 KER, C. H. M. Ludwig's Lehrbueh der Biologic 

 der Pflanzen ; Small's Genus Polygonum : Wm. 

 Teelease. The Geological and Natural History 

 Sm-vey of Minnesota : Eugene A. Smith. Folk 

 Tales: D. G. Beinton. T/ie Second Law of 

 Thermodynamics: R. H. T. 



Societies and Academies: — 25 



Alabama Industrial and Scientific Society; St. 

 Louis Academy of Science. 



Scientific Journals: — 26 



The American Journal of Science. The American 

 Chemical Journal : J. ELLIOTT GiLPIN. 



New Books , 28 



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THE NEW YORK BOTANIC GARDEN. 



OuE country is to be heartily congratu- 

 lated on the prospect that New York may 

 soon be in possession of a Botanic Garden 

 of the first order. The subscription pre- 

 requisite to the issue of municipal bonds 

 has now been completed. It remains for 

 the city to carry out its part of the agree- 

 ment, by raising $500,000 for building pur- 

 poses and by providing 250 acres of land in 

 Bronx Park or other suitable place. This 

 action will probably be taken without un- 

 necessary delay. Hence we may look for- 

 ward with confidence to the speedy estab- 

 lishment, on a comprehensive and dignified 

 scale, of a Botanic Garden of which the city 

 and State may rightly be proud. But this 

 successful effort has far more than a local 

 interest or significance. It concerns the 

 whole country. 



To Columbia College and the other edu- 

 cational institutions of New York and 

 vicinity, this new appliance for instruction 

 will mean indeed a great deal. To all the 

 citizens who are to take advantage of the 



