SCIENCE 



Friday, Mat 26, 1916 THE VOLCANIC HISTORY OF LASSEN 



' PEAKi 



CONTENTS 



The Volcanic History of Lassen Peak: J. S. "WiLL there be another great volcanic ex- 



DiLLER 727 plosion from the summit of Lassen Peak 



this spring? is a burning question among 



The Need for More horticultural Research: ,. ■ x- , i , i • ,i j_ 



^ ^ ^ „ „„„ those scientists who are studying the recent 



Pbopessor W. L. Howard 733 , . „ , i 



performance of that old volcano. A feeble 



Seport of the Treasurer and Permanent Secre- explosion May 30, 1914, Opened a new pe- 



tary of the American Association for the j,^^^ ^f volcanic play, and on May 19 and 



Advancement of Science 737 32, 1915, the greatest and most devastating 



Scientific Notes and News 739 eruptions occurred. As these dates are 



about the time of maximum annual snow- 



University and Educational News 742 ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ p^^j^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^ ^^^^^^ 



Discussion and Correspondence :— relation to the volcanic activity. If SO, per- 



Conservatio Yirium vivarum: Dk. George haps another large eruption may be due in 



F. Becker. Serpent Dread in the Primate -j^^y^ j^gj^g^ ^^^ throw more light On the 



Family: Pro^ssor Arthur M. Miller, ^^^^^^j^ problem. 



Dk. Abthur E. BosTWiCK 743 ^ -^^ , . . ,, , r^ tj^ ■ 



Lassen Peak is m northeast Oalitornia 



Scientific BooTcs: — and forms the southern end of the Cascade 



Autenrieth's Manual for the Detection of Range. It stands between the northern end 



Poisons: Professor e. M. Chamot. Tay- ^j ^j^^ g^^^^^ Nevada and the Klamath 



lor's The Chemistry of Colloids, Ostwald's -^ ,. ■ ^ , i ^t.^.- j. 



TT ji 7 ^ ^ 11 -J 1 n-i. ■ t T3„« Mountains, a mighty volcano that rises to 



Handbook of Colloidal Chemistry: Pro- ' = •' 



fessor Walter A. Patrick. Hewitt on an elevation of more than a mile above the 



the House Fly: W. D. Hunter 745 early Tertiary and Cretaceous sedimentary 



rocks on which it rests. It is on the edge 



Contributions to Mineralogy and the Mineral „ i; .v x ^ i jj u : ii 



„ . . , T. ^^„ „ „ T^„„, _,„ of one of the greatest lava fields in the 



Springs of Japan : Dr. George F. Kunz . . . 748 '=' „ , ^ , . ,. 



world, extending from northern Caliiornia, 



Special Articles: Oregon and Washington eastward across 



Antagonistic Electrolyte Effects in Physical _, , . ^ ,, _, „ ^ -nt .• i n i 



.7 X.- 7 ■ 7 <j / n n TT 4 Idaho into the Yellowstone National Park 



and Biological Systems: Dr. G. H. A. j.^^±j.'j ^^ « ^ v^ 



Clowes 750 of Wyoming, and covering an area of about 



„, ^ . . ^ .. „ .^ „,, . , „ 250,000 square miles. Over the eastern 



The Organization of the Pacifio Physical So- • ^ n 



Giety: Professor Ealph S. Minor 757 portion of this field most of the lava is 



basalt, which was very liquid at the time 



Societies and Academies:— of j^g eruption and, spreading far and wide 



The American Mathematical Society: Pro- ,., , ., „ -i jj . ,• 1, a „ ii,„ 



„ „ „ „,„.,.,„.. like water, it formed a nattish country, the 



TESSOB P. N. Cole. The Biological Society ^ 1 •' ' 



of Washington: Dr. M. "W. Lyon, Jr 760 great plains of Snake River and the Colum- 



bia, but along the western border the lava 



MSB. intended for publlcaUon and books, etc.. Intended tor j p^^,liglled by permission of Director of TI. S. 



MTlew should be .ent to Professor J. McKeen Cattell, Garrison- ggpiQ^igal Survey. 



on-Hudaon. N. Y. " 



