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12. Changes in the Drainage System in the 

 Vicinity of Lake Ontario during the Glacial 

 Period. By Dr. M. A. Vkedee, Lyons, N. 

 Y. The paper noted sections of wells in 

 buried river channels south of Lake Onta- 

 rio, from the Niagara Eiver eastward to the 

 Mohawk Valley. 



13. Recent Severe Seismic Movements in Nic- 

 aragua. By John Cbawfoed, Managua, 

 Nicaragua. Description of a series of 

 earthquakes experienced in western Nica- 

 ragua from April 29th to May 12th of this 

 year, as reported by the author in the 

 American Geologist for July (Vol. XXII., 

 pp. 56-58). Waeren Upham, 



Secretary of Section E, 1898. 

 ( To ie Concluded. ) 



THE BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF A3IEBICA. 



The fourth annual meeting was held at 

 Boston, August 19 and 20, 1898, under the 

 presidency of Dr. N. L. Britton. 



In the absence of Professor C. E. Barnes, 

 Secretary, Dr. B. L. Eobinson was elected 

 Secretary pro tern. 



The following new members were elected : 

 Robert A. Harper, University of Wisconsin, 

 Madison ; Edward A. Burt, Middlebury 

 College, Middlebury, Vt. ; Herbert J. Web- 

 ber, Department of Agriculture, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. ; L. H. Pammel, Iowa Agricul- 

 tural College, Ames ; Albert S. Hitchcock, 

 Kansas Agricultural College, Manhattan ; 

 Herbert Maule Richards, Harvard Univer- 

 sity, Cambridge, Mass. ; David G. Fairchild, 

 Department of Agriculture, Washington, 

 D. C. ; David M. Mottier, University of 

 Indiana, Bloomington. 



In the absence of the retiring President, 

 Professor John M. Coulter, his address, en- 

 titled ' The Origin of Gymnosperms and the 

 Seed Habit,' was read by Dr. B. M. Davis. 

 It has been published in this Journal. 



The following papers were presented : 



1. On Sporogenesis in Arisxma. By Professor 

 George F. Atkinson. 



2. Symbiotic Saprophytism. By Professor D. T. 

 MacDougal. 



3. Sporogenesis in Trillmm. By Professor George 

 F. Atkinson. 



4. The Structure and Development of the Centre- 

 sphere iu Corallina. By Dr. B. M. Davis. 



5. Relations Between the Forest Flora and Geolog- 

 ical Formations in New Jersey. By Dr. Arthur Hol- 

 lick. 



6. Preliminary Notes on the Fertilization of the 

 White Pine. By Miss M. C. Ferguson (by invitation 

 of the Council). 



7. Notes on a Heliantlius from Long Island. By 

 Dr. N. L. Britton. 



8. Tetrad-formation in Tsuga. By W. A. Murrill. 

 (Presented by Professor Atkinson.) 



9. A Fossil Moss from the State of Washington. 

 By Mrs. E. G. Britton and Dr. Arthur HoUick. 



The following ofi&cers were elected for the 

 ensuing year : President, Professor L. M. 

 Underwood ; Vice-President, Dr. B. L. 

 Robinson ; Treasurer, Dr. Arthur HoUick ; 

 Secretary, Professor Geo. P. Atkinson ; 

 Councillors, Professor C. E. Bessey and Dr. 

 W. P. Wilson. 



3IEETING OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY AS- 

 SOCIATION AT BOSTON. 

 The meeting of the American Forestry 

 Association, held in connection with the 

 American Association for the Advancement 

 of Science, was chiefly interesting for 

 the reports of progress of the forestry 

 movement. The sessions were held at Hor- 

 ticultural Hall, on Tuesday, August 23d, to 

 Thursday, August 25th. The social features 

 and excursions of interest, lavishly provided 

 by a local committee and the Massachusetts 

 State Forestry Association, formed a promi- 

 nent part of the meeting. The opening 

 session was mainly occupied by reports from 

 delegates of various States as to the condi- 

 tion of the forestry movement. Forest 

 Commissioner Rothrock, of Pennsylvania, 

 reported progress in the establishment of 

 State Forest Reserves. Mr. Austin Cary, 

 of Maine, referred to his employment by 

 a paper-pulp manufacturing company to 

 direct the logging of their large forest 



