CIENCE 



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



OFFICIAL NOTICES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 



FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE 



Feidat, March 13, 1908 

 contents 



The American Association for tlie Advance- 

 ment of Science: — 

 Anthropology at the Chicago Meeting: Pbo- 

 FESSOR Geobqe Geant MacCuedy 401 



The Geological Society of America: Db. Ed- 

 mund Otis Hovey 405 



The American Breeders' Association: De. 

 Chas. B. Davenpoet 413 



Inland Waterways: Peesident Roosevelt .. 417 



Scientific Books: — 

 Kellogg's Darwinism To-day: Professoe 

 Bashfoed Dean. Green's Vegetable Physi- 

 ology: Professor Herbert M. Richards.. 421 



Societies and Academies: — 



The Chicago Academy of Sciences: Fbank 

 C. Bakeb. The Biological Society of Wash- 

 ington: M. C. Maesh. The Geological So- 

 ciety of Washington: Ralph Arnold .... 423 



Discussion and Correspondence : — 



The Distribution of Closely Allied Species: 

 Dr. a. E. Oetmann 427 



Special Articles: — 

 Carbohydrate Metabolism: Db. Hugh Mc- 

 GuiGAN. 429 



Quotations :— 



The Committee of One Hundred 430 



Botanical Notes: — ■ 



A Study of Philippine Woods; The Sys- 

 tematic Botany of the Lichens; Still more 

 Species of Craetaegus ; California C nxpos- 



ites: Pbofessoe Charles E. Bessey 431 



The American Nature-study Society 433 



Scientific Notes and News 434 



University and Educational News 439 



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

 review Bliould be sent to tlie Editor of Science, Garrison-on- 

 HuJsoij.K. Y. 



THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE 



ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE 



ANTHROPOLOGY AT THE CHICAGO 



MEETING 



The joint meeting of Section H of the 

 American Association for the Advancement 

 of Science, the American Anthropological 

 Association and the American Folk-Lore 

 Society was held at the University of Chi- 

 cago, Chicago, December 30, 1907, to 

 January 2, 1908. 



MEETING OP THE SECTIONAL COMMITTEE 



Professor Boas, vice-president of Section 

 H, presided over the sectional committee 

 meeting, other members present being Miss 

 Alice C. Fletcher and Dr. George Grant 

 MacCurdy, acting secretary. Officers for 

 the Chicago meeting were nominated as 

 follows : 



Member of the General Committee — Professor 

 Frederick Starr. 



Member of the Council — Miss Fletcher. 



Sectional offices were filled by the nomi- 

 nation of Professor R. S. Woodworth, Co- 

 lumbia University, New York, as vice- 

 president for the ensuing year and of Pro- 

 fessor Roland B. Dixon as member of the 

 sectional committee to serve five years. 

 These nominations were later approved by 

 the association in general committee. 



COUNCIL MEETINGS OF THE AMERICAN 

 ANTHROPOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION 



Professor Boas as president of the as- 

 sociation likewise presided over the de- 

 liberations of the council. Members of the 

 council present in addition to the president 



