Aveust 6, 1897. ] 
8. ‘Bacteriosis’ of Carnations. By Albert 
F. Woods, Department of Agriculture, Wash- 
ington, D. C. 
9. Wakker’s Hyacinth Bacterium. By Dr. 
Erwin F. Smith, Department of Agriculture, 
Washington, D. C. 
10. Notes on some new genera of Fungi. 
By Professor George F. Atkinson, Cornell Uni- 
versity, Ithaca, N. Y. 
11. Reproductive Organs and Embryology of 
Drosera. By C. A. Peters, Normal School, 
Edinboro, Penn. 
12. Development of some seed coats. By 
Dr. J. O. Schlotterbeck, University of Michi- 
gan, Ann Arbor, Mich. 
18. Morphology of the Flower of <Asclepias 
cornuti. By Fanny E. Langdon. Reported by 
Professor V. M. Spalding, University of Michi- 
gan, Ann Arbor, Mich. 
14. Comparison of the Pollen of Pinus, Taxus 
and Peltandra. By Professor George F. Atkin- 
son, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 
15. Report upon the Progress of the Botan- 
ical Survey of Nebraska. By Professor Charles 
E. Bessey, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 
Neb. 
16. Are the Trees receding from the Ne- 
braska Plains? By Professor Charles E. Bessey, 
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb. 
17. Some Characteristics of the Foothill Vege- 
tation of western Nebraska. By Professor 
Charles EH. Bessey, University of Nebraska, 
Lincoln, Neb. 
18. On the Distribution of Starch in Woody 
Stems. Ry Professor Bohumil Shimek, Uni- 
versity of lowa, Iowa City, Iowa. 
19. Mechanism of Root Curvature. By Dr. 
J. B. Pollock. Reported by Professor VY. M. 
Spalding, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 
Mich. 
20. The Toxic Action of Phenols on Plants. 
By Professor R. H. True and C. G. Hunkel, 
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. 
21. Cellulose-Ferment. By Professor F. C. 
Newcombe, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 
Mich. 
22. Is the characteristic Acridity of certain 
species of the Arum Family a mechanical or a 
physiological property or effect? Chas. Porter 
Hart, M.D., Wyoming, Ohio. 
SCIENCE. 923 
23. How Plants flee from their Enemies. By 
Professor W. J. Beal, Michigan Agricultural 
College, Agricultural College P. O., Mich. 
24. Movements of Phyllanthus. By Profes- 
sor D. T. McDougal, University of Minnesota, 
Minneapolis, Minn. 
25. Stomata on the Bud-seales of Abies pecti- 
nata. By Dr. Alex. P. Anderson, Exp. Station, 
Clemson College P. O., S. Carolina. 
26. Comparative Anatomy of the Normal 
and Diseased Organs of Abies balsamea (L.) Mil- 
ler, affected with Aecidiwm elatinum (Alb. et 
Schwein.). By Dr. Alex. P. Anderson, Exp. 
Station, Clemson College P. O., S. Carolina. 
F. C. NEWCOMBE, 
Secretary of the Section. 
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. 
SECTION H.—ANTHROPOLOGY. 
Address of the Vice-President: The Science 
of Humanity. By Professor W J McGee, 
Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, 
D. C. 
1. The Rite of Adoption as practiced by the 
Qsage Tribe. By Alice C. Fletcher, Peabody 
Museum, Cambridge, Mass. 
2. The Superstitious Beliefs and Practices of 
the Ancient Mexicans. By Zelia Nuttall, Pea- 
body Museum, Cambridge, Mass. 
8. Koreshanity: a Latter-day Cult. By Dr. 
Anita Newcomb McGee, Washington, D. C. 
4. Micmac Mortuary Customs. By Dr. Stans- 
bury Hagar, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
5. Report of the Committee on the Eth- 
nography of the White Race in America. By 
Dr. Daniel G. Brinton, Chairman, Media, Pa. 
6. Recent Researches by George Byron Gor- 
don, on Ulloa River, Honduras. By Professor 
F. W. Putnam, Peabody Museum, Cambridge, 
Mass. 
Te Surveys of Ancient Cities in Mexico. By 
Professor W. H. Holmes, Field Columbian Mu- 
seum, Chicago. 
8. An Ancient Figure of Terra-Cotta from the 
Valley of Mexico. By M. H. Saville, Amer. 
Mus. Nat. History, New York. 
9. The Serpent Symbol in Nicaragua and 
Yucatan. By Rev. Stephen D. Peet, Good 
Hope, Illinois. 
10. A Case of Trephining in Northeastern 
