338 



SCIENCE. 



[N. S. Vol. XVII. No. 426. 



Method for Mounting dry Coceida; for Permanent 

 Preservation.' 



J. L. Phillips, Blaclcsburg, Va. : ' Notes on 

 Melanoplus femoratus.' 



A. L. QuAiNTANCE, College Park, Md. : (1) 

 ' Further Notes on the Lime, Sulfur and Salt Wash 

 in Maryland ' ; ( 2 ) ' Entomological Notes from 

 Maryland.' 



F. Wm. Rane, Durham, N. H. : ' Plant Environ- 

 ment and Insect Depredation.' 



C. B. Simpson, Washington, D. C. : ' Observations 

 on the Life History of the Codling Moth.' 



J. B. Smith, New Brunswick, N. J. : ( 1 ) ' Dis- 

 tribution of Broods of the Periodical Cicada in 

 New Jersey ' ; ( 2 ) ' Notes on Experiments with 

 Mosquito Larvicides ' ; ( 3 ) ' Notes on Culex 

 soHicitans, its Habits and Distribution.' 



T. B. Symons, College Park, Md.: 'On the 

 Position of the Setae of the San Jos6 Scale in the 

 Tissues of Infested Plants.' 



F. L. Washburn, St. Anthony Park, Minn.: 

 ( 1 ) ' Distribution of the Chinch Bug in Min- 

 nesota'; (2) 'A Criticism Upon Certain Codling 

 Moth Investigations.' 



F. M. Webster, Urbana, 111. : ' A Partial Insect 

 Fauna of Elymus Canadensis.' 



Clarence M. Weed, Durham, N. H. : ' Notes 

 from New Hampshire.' 



The following officers were elected for 

 the ensuing year: 



President — Professor M. V. Slingerland, Ithaca, 

 N. Y. 



Vice-President — Professor C. M. Weed, Durham, 

 N. H. 



Second Vice-President — Dr. Henry Skinner, Phil- 

 adelphia, Pa. 



Secretary and Treasurer — Professor A. F. Bur- 

 gess, Columbus, Ohio. 



A. L. QUAINTANCE, 



Secretary. 



THE BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. 



The Botanical Society of America held 

 its ninth annual meeting at Washington, 

 D. C, December 30, 1902, to January 1, 

 1903, under the presidency of Dr. B. T. 

 Galloway. 



The address of the past president, Dr. J. 

 C. Arthur, 'Problems in the Study of the 

 Plant Rusts,' was given in the medical 

 building, Columbian University, December 

 31, 1902. This address has been printed 



in the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical 

 Club for January, and reprinted as publi- 

 cation 22 of the society. The program of 

 scientific papers was presented on Decem- 

 ber 31, 1902, and January 1, 1903. 



L. M. Underwood and M. A. Howe : ' The Dis- 

 tribution of the Genus Riella, with Descriptions 

 of New Species from North America and the 

 Canary Islands.' 



P. S. Eable : ' Types of the Linnsean Genera 

 of Fungi.' 



L. R. Jones : ' Pressure and Flow of Sap in the 

 Sugar Maple.' 



B. M. DuGGAB: 'The Nutrition of Certain Edi- 

 ble Basidiomycetes.' (Illustrated.) 



H. DE Vbies : ' Atavistic Variations in Onagra 

 cruciata (Nutt. ) Small.' (By invitation.) 



J. M. CouLTEB and C. J. Chambeblain : ' The 

 Embryo of Zania.' 



K. GoEBEL: 'Regeneration in Plants.' (By in- 

 vitation. ) 



W. A. Kellebman: ' Uredinous Infection: Sug- 

 gestions and Experiments.' 



F. M. Andrews : ' Contribution to the Physiol- 

 ogy of the Cell.' (By invitation.) 



W. A. MuREiLL : ' North American Species of 

 the Genus Mison.' (By invitation.) 



W. A. MuERiLL : ' The Genera of Polyporacese.' 

 (By invitation.) 



J. C. Aethue : ' Cultures of Uredinse in 1902.' 



F. E. Clements : ' Herbaria Illustrating Plant- 

 foiinations.' 



H. C. CowLES ; ' The Relative Importance of 

 Edaphic and Climatic Factors in Determining the 

 Vegetation of Mountains, with Especial Reference 

 to Mt. Katahdin.' (Illustrated.) 



H. C. CowLES : ' Two Distinct Types of Rivers 

 from the Point of View of Physiographic Ecology.' 



D. M. Mottieb: 'Podophyllum peltatum as an 

 Anomalus Dicotyledonous Plant.' 



C. MacMillan : ' The Fenestration of Marten- 

 sia.' 



D. S. Johnson: 'The Development of the Em- 

 bryo-sac in the Genera of the Saururacese.' 



A. D. Selbt : ' The Etiolation of Seedlings of 

 Persea gratissima.' 



Arthur Hollick: 'A Fossil Petal of Magnolia 

 from the Dakota Group of Kansas.' 



W. J. GiES : ' Alkaverdin, a Hitherto Unknown 

 Pigment Found in Leaves of Sarracenia purpurea.' 

 (By invitation.) 



W. J. Gees : ' The Digestive Action Ensuing in 

 the Pitchers of Sarracenia purpurea.' (By invi- 

 tation. ) 



