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SCIENCE. 



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With all these defects the book is harilly 

 one to be recommended to the youufr student. 

 It would almost be better for him to hunt up 

 the time-honored ' (Jrundriss.' 



J. P. ,^[cM. 



SOCIETIEU .t.VD ACADEMIES. 



THE AMKItlt'AN I'O.MOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



The American Pomological Society held its 

 twenty-eighth bienniel meeting at Boston on 

 September 10, 11 and 12. Among the papers 

 on the program were, in addition to the ad- 

 dress of the president. Professor Charles 

 Watrous, of Des Moines. la., the following: 



Du. I,. H. Bailey, Cornell I'liiversity. ItliaiM. 

 X. V.I The Attitude of the Schools to C.nintry 

 Life." 



Mii. .T. HoKAiE McI'aki.v.mi, Hariishurg. I'a.: 

 ' Fniit fianleiis. uluil tlu'v are and what tliey 

 are for.' 



Professor 8. 15. (;hee.\, St. Anthony Falls, 

 Minnesota: 'Hardy Fruit (Jardens." 



Professor E. .T. Wkk.so.n, I'niversity of Cali- 

 fornia, Berkeley, Cal.: ' Fniit Gardens of tlie 

 Pacific Coast.' 



Mr. G. Harou) I'owEi.i.. imninlogist in charge 

 fruit storage investigations. V. S. Department 

 of Agriculture: 'Relation of Cold Storage to 

 Commercial Orcharding.' 



Dr. C. L. Marlatt, first assistant entomologist, 

 I'. S. Department of .Agriculture: • 'I'he San 

 Jose Scale in the Orient.' (Illustrated.) 



Hox. W. A. McKixNO.N, chief of Fruit Division, 

 Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, 'Canada: 

 ' Fruit Inspection and the Kxport Trade.' 



Mr. Geo. T. Powell. (Jhent. X. Y.: 'Should 

 the Conunercial Grower Plant \'arieties of High 

 Quality? ' 



Dr. W. D. BiijEI.ow. actini; chief. Bureau of 

 Chemistry. V. S. Deparlnu-iit of .\griciiUure: 

 'Pure Food Legislation and its Relation to the 

 Fruit Grower.' 



Professor F. W. Taylor, chief. Department 

 of Horticulture, St. Louis, Mo.: ' Pomology at 

 the St. Ixjuis World's Fair.' 



niSCUHSION AXD CORKESPOXDEyCE. 



THE BAHAMAS VS. TORTUGAS AS A ST.\TIOS FOR 



- RESEARCH I.\ M.\RI.\E ZOOLOGY, 



From June 4 to July 27 the writer was in 

 charge of an expedition of the Museum of the 

 Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences which 



had for its object the study of the coral reefs 

 and marine zoology of the Bahamas, The 

 writer had already enjoyed the privilege of 

 studying the marine zoology of the Bahamas 

 during the winter months while acting as 

 assistant to Dr. Alexander Agassiz ui>on the 

 Wild Duck expedition of 1892-!):!. 



Having now seen the conditions in the 

 Bahamas in summer as well as in winter, the 

 writer feels justified in drawing a comparison 

 bet%veeu this region and that of the Tortugas 

 in reference to their comparative advantages 

 as- stations for the establishment of a labora- 

 tory for research in marine zoology. 



Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, is a 

 clean, healthful city attractively situated upon 

 hills of a'ulian rock and possessed of a good 

 harbor. 



The social conditions commonly found in 

 English colonies are here well developed, and 

 one meets with gracious treatment both from 

 the government officials and from the residents 

 of the islands. It is certain that were a 

 laboratory for research in marine biology to 

 be established in the Bahamas, under good 

 auspices, the comnuinity would extend a 

 cordial welcome to the investigators and 

 render their sojourn in the colony pleasant in 

 every way. 



The harbor of Nassau is a long, narrow 

 trough bordered on the south by the island 

 of New Providence and on the north by Hog 

 and Rose islands. A very strong tidal cur- 

 rent sets through it, flowing eastward with the 

 flood and westward with the ebb-tide, the cur- 

 rent being of such strength that it is necessary 

 only to anchor in the tide-way and throw 

 over a tow-net in order to make a surface 

 haul imder ideal conditions. This is an 

 atlvantage possessed by but few localities and 

 would enable a laboratory to supply itself 

 with a practically continuous surface haul. 



Unfortunately, liowever, the surface hauls 

 are very poor in comparison with those from 

 the Tortugas. The prevailing winds in the 

 Bahamas during the summer are from an 

 easterly direction, and these drive the surface 

 water into Nassau harbor from over the shal- 

 low flats which extend for about seventy-five 

 miles l>etween New Providence and Eleuthera 



