SCIENCE 



A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, PUBLISHING THE 



OFFICIAL NOTICES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 



FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 



Editoeial Committee ; S. Newcomb, Mathematics ; E. S. Woodward, Mechanics ; E. C. Pickering, 

 Astronomy ; T. C- Mendenhall, Physios ; R. H. Thurston, Engineering ; Ira Remsen, Chemistry ; 

 Charles D. Walcott, Geology ; W. M. Davis, Physiography ; Henry F. Osbokn, Paleon- 

 tology ; W. K. Brooks, C. Hart Merriam, Zoology ; S. H. Scuddbe, Entomology ; C. E. 

 Bessey, N. L. Britton, Botany ; C. S. Minot, Embryology, Histology ; H. P. Bow- 

 ditch, Physiology; J. S. Billings, Hygiene; William H. Welch, Pathol- 

 ogy ; J. McKeen Cattbll, Psychology ; J. W. Powell, Anthropology. 



Friday, Pebeuaet 14, 1902. 



CONTENTS: 



The Relation of the American Society of Nat- 

 uralists to other Societies: Professors 

 Charles Sedgwick Mikot, C. B. Daven- 

 port, W J McGee, Wm. Trelease, S. A. 

 Forbes and J. McKeen Cattell 241 



The Astronomical and Astrophysical Society 

 of America (I.) : W. 8. Eichelbekger . . . . 2.55 



The V. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 264 



Scientific Books : — 



Lankester's Treatise on Zoology, Part IV.: 

 Dr. Gary N. Calkins. Mineralogy at Yale 

 University: Professor John E. Wolff. 

 MacGord's Velocity Diagrams: R. H. T. 

 General 267 



Societies and Academies : — 



The Biological Society of Washington: F. 

 A. Lucas. National Geographic Society: 

 A. J. Henbt. Scioice Club of the Univer- 

 sity of Wisconsin : 0. K. Leith. The Acad- 

 emy of Science of St. Louis: Professor 

 William Trelease 269 



Discussion and Correspondence : — 

 Wireless Telegraphy: T. J. Johnston.... 271 



Shorter Articles: — 



The Discovery of Torrejon Mammals in 

 Montana : Earl Douglass 272 



Engineering Notes : R. H. T 273 



Botanical Notes: — 



The 'Brown Disease' of Potatoes; More on 

 the Philippine Flora; Another Text-book of 

 Botany; Indian Uses of Plants: Professor 

 Charles E. Bessey 274 



The Elizabeth Thompson Science Fund 276 



Scientific Notes and Neios 277 



University and Educational News 280 



MSS. intended for pablication and books, etc., intended 

 for review should be sent to tlie responsible editor. Pro- 

 fessor J. MelCeen Cattell, Garrison-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



THE RELATION OF THE AMERICAN SO- 

 CIETY OF NATURALISTS TO OTHER 

 SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES.* 



With the first year of the new century- 

 new conditions have arisen which pro- 

 foundly affect all problems of cooperation 

 between the national scientific societies. 

 The project which emanated from the 

 American Association for the Advancement 

 of Science to establish Convocation Week 

 has made, as you all know, so great progress 

 that we are now meeting for the first time 

 in this week set apart by the action of nu- 

 merous universities for the purpose. The 

 Association also has sought to establish 

 wider and more numerous affiliations, such 

 as long existed between it and several im- 

 portcint national societies. For many years 

 it has been the role of the Society of Natu- 

 ralists to act as the organ of affiliation for 

 societies which are concerned with the vari- 

 ous branches of natural history, and 

 which have been accustomed to meet dur- 

 ing the Christmas recess. But the Asso- 

 ciation is now intending to meet at this 

 period and we may safely entrust the func- 

 tion of establishing affiliation between the 

 representatives of the various sciences in 

 America to this larger body which can 

 include all the branches of science. 



A few words as to the history of our 

 * Annual discussion before the Chicago meeting 

 of the American Society of Naturalists and Af- 

 filiated Societies. 



