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, February 9, 1906. 



CONTENTS. 



'The American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science: — 

 Section G — Botany: Pbofessoe Feancis E. 

 Lloyd 201 



.Society of American Bacteriologists: Pro- 

 fessor F. P. 60EHA.M '205 



The Botanical Society of America: Professor 

 William Teelease 221 



The Association of American Geographers: 

 A. P. B 222 



■Scientific Books: — 



Santayana's The Life of Reason: Professor 

 John Dewey. Ries's Economic Geology of 

 the United States: De. A. C. Lane. Cohn's 

 Die Reichstoffe, Semmler's Die dtherischen 

 Oele: Peofessob Mabston Taylor Bogebt 223 



-Scientific Jourtials and Articles 228 



■Societies and Academies: — 



The Philosophical Society of Washington: 

 Charles K. Wead. The Chemical Society 

 of Washington: G. E. Waters. The Ore- 

 gon State Academy of Sciences: Professor 

 G. E. CoGHlLL. The Clemson College Sci- 

 ence Club : F. H. H. Calhoun. The Mis- 

 souri Society of Teachers of Mathematics: 

 L. D. Ames 229 



-Discussion and Correspondence: — 



Relation of Museum to Experts: S. M. 

 Tracy. The Letters K and W in Zoological 

 Nomenclature: T. D. A. Cookerell 232 



.Special Articles: — 



The Classification of Mosquitoes: Dr. Har- 

 rison G. DYkR 233 



The Question of Tax-free Alcohol: Pbofessoe 

 J. H. Long 234 



The Andrew Carnegie Research Scholarship . . 235 



■Scholarships and Felloivships of the Rocke- 

 feller Institute for Medical Research 235 



The American Philosophical Society 236 



.Scientific Notes and News 236 



•University and Educational News 239 



MSS. Inteuded f or pabllcation and books, etc., intended 

 tor review sliould be aent to tlie Editor of Science, Qarri' 

 •aon-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE AD- 

 VANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 

 SECTION G— BOTANY. 



Section G of the American Association 

 for the Advancement of Science met at 

 New Orleans during convocation week. In 

 the absence of the chairman, Dr. Brwin F. 

 Smith, the meetings of the section were 

 presided over by Professor S. M. Tracy, 

 and by Professor B. L. Robinson, past- 

 chairman and vice-president of the asso- 

 ciation. The vice-presidential address, by 

 Professor Robinson, has been printed in 

 full in this .journal. 



The following papers were presented: 



The Secretion of Salt hy the Leaves of 

 Spartina Strict a: F. H. Billings. 



Improvement of the Quality of Grapes: 



T. V. MUNSON. 



The Preparation of Noti-toxic Distilled 

 Water: B. B. Livingston. 



Ascidia in Fraxinus: George H. Shull. 



Specimens, photographs and drawings 

 were exhibited to show the occurrence of 

 ascidia in Fraxinus Americanus, and this 

 occurrence was construed as a strong sup- 

 port for the thesis that variations of plants 

 and animals are narrowly limited in kind 

 by the characters they already possess. 

 Although this abnormality must be ex- 

 tremely rare in Fraxinus, and has never 

 been recorded, there is a group of young 

 trees near the station for experimental 

 evolution on which it is a frequent occur- 

 rence. Of thirty trees taken consecutively 

 eleven bore 103 ascidia, the other trees be- 

 ing entirely normal. The relation of these 



