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. 



Friday, January 1, 1904. 



SCIENTIFIC INVESTWATION AND 

 PROGRESS* 



At the weekly services of many of our 

 churches it is customary to begin with the 

 reading of a verse or two from the Scrip- 

 tures for the purpose, I suppose, of put- 

 ting the congregations in the proper state 

 of mind for the exercises which are to fol- 

 low. It seems to me we may profit by this 

 example, and accordingly I ask your atten- 

 tion to Article I. of the Constitution of the 

 American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science, which reads thus: ' The 

 objects of the association are, by periodical 

 and migratory meetings, to promote inter- 

 course between those who are cultivating 

 science in different parts of America, to 

 give stronger and more general impulse 

 and more systematic direction to scientific 

 research, and to procure for the labors of 

 scientific men increased facilities and a 

 wider usefulness.' 



The first object mentioned, you will ob- 

 serve, is ' to promote intercourse between 

 those who are cultivating science in dif- 

 ferent parts of America ' ; the second is 

 ' to give a stronger and more general im- 

 pulse and more systematic direction to sci- 

 entific research ' ; and the third is ' to pro- 

 cure for the labors of scientific men in- 

 creased facilities and a wider usefulness.' 

 Those who are familiar with the history 

 of the association are well aware that it has 

 served its purposes admirably, and I am 

 inclined to think that those who have been 



moo • . J J, ^,- .. ^ ^ * Address of the retiring president of the Ameri- 



MSS. intended for publication and books, etc., intended ... . , ^f 



for review sbould be sent to tiie Editor of Science, Garri- <=^" Association for the Advancement of Science, 



Bon-on-Hud8on, N. Y. St. Louis meeting, December 28, 1903. 



CONTENTS : 



The American Association for the Advancement 

 of Science : — 

 Scientific Investigation and Progress: 

 Peesident Iea Remsen 1 



The Twentieth Century Botany: Beveely T. 

 Galloway 11 



Vitalism and Mechanism in Biology and 

 Medicine: De. S. J. Melzek 18 



Scientific Books: — 

 Davison's Mammalian Anatomy: J. P. McM. 22 



Societies and Academies : — 



The Philosophical Society of Washington: 

 Charles K. Weeb. Geological Society of 

 Washington : Alfked H. Brooks. Chemical 

 Society of Washington : A. Seidell. Biolog- 

 ical Society of Washington: F. A. Lucas. 

 Anthropological Society of Washington: 

 Dr. Walter Hough 23 



Discussion and Correspondence : — 



The Animal Parasite supposed to lie the 

 Cause of Yellow Fever: Dr. H. W. Robinson 29 



Shorter Articles: — 



The Neio Cosmical Meteorology : Ds. Frank 

 H. BieELOw. Horticultural Varieties of 

 Common Crops : De. W. J. Spillman 30 



Recent Zoopaleontology : — 



Field Expeditions during the Past Season: 



H. F. 3.5 



Botanical Notes: — 



The Missouri Botanical Garden; An Ele- 

 mentary Journal of Mycology; Some Recent 

 Papers on Systematic Botatiy ; Chemistry 

 of Plant and Animal Life: Peofessoe 



Charles E. Bessey 36 



The Carnegie Institution 37 



Scientific Notes and NeiDS 38 



University and Educational News 40 



