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SCIENCE. 



[N. S. Vol. VIII. No. 203; 



BOTANICAL SEMINAE OF THE UNIVEESITY OF 

 NEBEASKA. 



In a convocation at the opening of tlie semes- 

 ter, meetings were appointed for October 

 (papers by Dr. Bessey, Dr. Pound and Dr. 

 Clements), November (symposium on cytology 

 led by Dr. Ward), December (papers by Dr. 

 Ward, Dr. Clements and Mr. Home), January 

 (symposium on physiology led by Dr. Bessey). 



October 22, 1898, papers were read and dis- 

 cussed as follows : ' Recent studies in the ar- 

 rangement of the families of Protophytes,' by 

 Dr. Bessey ; ' A review of Pax's Pflanzenver- 

 breitung des Carpathiens,' by Dr. Clements; 

 ' A discussion of Kuntze's Revisio generum 

 plantarum, III",' by Dr. Pound. 



It was agreed that the last paper should be 

 prepared for early publication. 



THE ACADEMY OP SCIENCE OF ST. LOUIS. 



At the meeting of the Academy of Science of 

 St. Louis on the evening of October 17, 1898, 

 Mr. C. H. Thompson spoke of some interesting 

 stylar movements of certain Marantacese, con- 

 nected with their pollination. 



Seven persons were proposed for active mem- 

 bership in the Academy. 



At the meeting of the Academy on the even- 

 ing of November 7, 1898, Mr. James A. Seddon, 

 of the Missouri River Commission, presented 

 a paper on ' Resistance to Flow in Hydraulics,' 

 in which the point was made that relatively a 

 small part of this resistance, so far as open 

 streams were concerned, was directly attribu- 

 table to friction against the bottom and limiting 

 banks, but that the resistance was found acting 

 between accelerations and impacts and showed 

 In forced distortions of the free surface, from 

 which forms the energy passed into internal 

 motion. 



Seven persons were elected to active mem- 

 bership in the Academy. 



William Teelease, 

 Recording Secretary. 



ALABAMA INDUSTEIAL AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY. 



The regular fall meeting of this Society was 

 held in Birmingham, November 8, 1898, Pro- 

 fessor M. C. Wilson, of Florence, President, 

 presiding. About fifteen members and others 



were present. The Secretary read the report 

 of a committee appointed for the purpose of 

 considering the matter of recommending legis- 

 lation to secure full returns of mineral statis- 

 tics. In this report it was recommended that 

 the Society ask the Legislature to amend the 

 State mining laws so as to require the oper- 

 ators and lessees of mines, quarries, furnaces, 

 coke works, clay beds and industries based on 

 clay to make monthly returns of their produc- 

 tion to the State Mine Inspector, and at the end 

 of the year an annual report of the same. This 

 course, it is thought, would be most likely to 

 secure full and accurate returns. The Society 

 then adopted resolutions requesting the Gov- 

 ernor to urge upon the Legislature the impor- 

 tance of making appropriation for the purpose 

 of securing representation for the State at the 

 coming Paris Exposition, and also of memori- 

 alizing Congress to take suitable steps for 

 bringing about a change in the present French 

 tariflF laws so far as regards American iron. 



There were no formal papers presented at 

 this meeting, but steps were taken to secure 

 articles at future meetings by assigning definite 

 subjects to members. Seven new members 

 were elected, after which the Society ad- 

 journed until the annual meeting in January, 

 at which time there will be an election of offi- 

 cers for the ensuing year. 



Eugene A. Smith, 



Secretary, 



NEW BOOKS. 

 Food and Feeding. SiE Heney Thompson. 



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 Bush Fruits. Feed. W. Card. New York 



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Nature Study for Grammar Grades. Wilbue 

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 Pp. 209. 



