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mosses and ferns, morphology of algae, seed 

 plants, plant physiology. 



Professor M. F. Guyer will have charge of 

 the zoological laboratories, Professor A. S. 

 Pearse will give the field work. Mr. Nathan 

 Fasten and Mr. A. K. Cahn will assist in the 

 general zoological and field courses. Professor 

 H. E. Denniston will direct the botanical work, 

 and the other instructors in this department 

 will be Professor E. M. Gilbert, A. Stewart, W. 

 N. Steil, E. T. Bartholomew, H. E. Pulling 

 and J. P. Bennett. 



The city of Madison is admirably located 

 for a biological station. It is surrounded by 

 three beautiful lakes and the adjacent country 

 affords a variety of swamps, marshes, streams, 

 woodlands and prairies. The station there- 

 fore offers excellent opportunities for outdoor 

 biological work with all the advantages that go 

 with the equipment of sl large university. 



For years surveys and investigations on the 

 lake flora and fauna and their conditions of 

 life have been in progress under the auspices 

 of the Wisconsin Biological and Geological 

 Survey, which has its headquarters in the bio- 

 logical laboratory at the university, and the 

 result of these studies will prove of great value 

 to all who are interested in limnology. 



A thirty-foot launch capable of carrying a 

 class of twenty-five has just been purchased 

 and will be in commission throughout the sum- 

 mer. An adequate equipment of row boats, 

 nets, seines and other limnologieal apparatus is 

 also available. 



PACIFIC ASSOCIATION OF SCIENTIFIC 

 SOCIETIES 



The fourth annual convention of the Pacific 

 Association will be held at the University of 

 Washington, May 21-23, 1914. The following 

 are the constituents and their secretaries: 



Teclmical Society of the Pacific Coast, Otto von 

 Geldern, 865 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco. 



The Cordilleran Section of the Geological Society 

 of America, G. D. Louderbaek, University of 

 California. 



The Seismological Society of America, S. D. Town- 

 ley, Stanford University. 



Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical 



Associations, W. A. Morris, University of Cali- 

 fornia. 



The Pacific Slope Associations of Economic Ento- 

 mologists, W. B. Herms, University of California. 



Pacific Coast Paleontologieal Society (special meet- 

 ing), C. A. Waring, Box 162, Mayfield, Cal. 



The Philological Association of the Pacific Coast, 

 G. Cliinard, University of California. 



The Cooper Ornithological Club (not meeting), T. 

 S. Storer, University of California. 



California Academy of Sciences (not meeting), J. 

 W. Hobson, 343 Sansome St., San Francisco. 



Biological Society of the Pacific Coast, H. B. Tor- 

 rey. Reed College, Portland. 



California Section of the American Chemical So- 

 ciety, B. S. Drake, 5830 Colby St., Oakland. 



Astronomical Society of the Pacific Coast (not 

 meeting), D. S. Richardson, 748 Phelan Bldg., 

 San Francisco. 



The Geographical Society of the Pacific (not meet- 

 ing), J. Partridge, 316 Bush St., San Francisco. 



Puget Sound Section of the American Chemical 

 Society, R. W. Clough, 4145 Arcade, Seattle. 



San Francisco Society of the Areheological Insti- 

 tute of America (not meeting), O. M. Washburn, 

 University of California. 



San Francisco Section of the American JMathe- 

 matieal Society, Thos. Buck, University of Cali- 

 fornia. 

 The following societies will also meet with 



the Pacific Association : 



Seattle Society of the Areheological Institute of 

 America. 



The Oregon Section of the American Chemical So- 

 ciety and the Inter-Mountaiu Section of the 

 American Chemical Society will join with the 

 Puget Sound and San Francisco Sections. 



The LeConte Club will hold its annual meeting 

 and dinner. 



Political Scientists will hold a meeting for a pro- 

 gram and for the preliminary steps in the or- 

 ganization of a Pacific Coast Branch of the 

 American Political Science Association. 



The Northwest Society of Engineers will partici- 

 pate in the meeting of the Technical Society of 

 the Pacific Coast. 



The Northwest Association of History, Govern- 

 ment and Economic Teachers. 

 Friday evening will be devoted as usual to 



the dinners of the constituent societies. Sat- 

 urday evening will be devoted to the general 



session of the Pacific Association. At this 



meeting an address of welcome will be given by 



