February 27, 1903.] 



SCIENCE. 



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H. X. Whitfobd: 'Some Studies in Forest 

 Ecologj- in Northwestern :Montana.' (By invita- 

 tion.) 



W. A. Cannon : ' The Cytological Basis of the 

 Mendeliau Theory of Hybrids.' (By invitation.) 



H. M. RicnABDS : • The Effect of Wounds on 

 Turgidity.' 



R. H. True and VV. J. Gies: 'The Physiological 

 Action of Heavy Metals In Mixed Solutions.' 



W. J. Beal : ' What is a Bud and How Long 

 May it Survive ? ' 



F. E. Clements : ' The Limits of Ecology.' 



G. F. Atkinson : ' The Life-history of Hypocrea 

 alutacea.' 



B. il. Davis : ' The Origin of the Archegonium.' 



E. C. Jeffrey : ' Studies on the Cyperacese.' 



F. S. EarI£: 'Systematic Kelations of the 

 Genera of the Agaricacece.' 



A. il. Vail: 'A New Species of Vincetoxicum 

 from Alabama.' (By invitation.) 



A. M. Vail: 'Notes on the Genus Rouliniella.' 

 (By invitation.) 



D. T. :^LvcDol-GAL : ' Growth as Affected by 

 Light and Darkness.' 



D. T. JL\cDougal: 'Effect of Etiolation on the 

 Cortex and Periderm of Trees.' 



D. T. MacDougal and W. A. Cannon : ' Aerial 

 Propagative Roots of Globba.' 



B. C. Gruenberg and W. J. Gies : ' Chemical 

 Studies of Trade Varieties of Logwood.' (By in- 

 vitation.) 



N. L. Britton : ' Recent Botanical Explorations 

 in Bolivia.' 



A. S. Hitchcock: 'Type Specimens of North 

 American Species of Agrostis.' 



The following associates were elected 

 members : Dr. Charles Joseph Chamberlain, 

 University of Chicago, Chicago, 111. ; Dr. 

 Alexander "William Evans, Yale University, 

 New Haven, Conn. ; Dr. Duncan Stan- 

 Johnson, Johns Hopkins Univei-sit}^ Balti- 

 more, Md. 



The society now consists of 39 members, 

 16 associates and 1 patron. 



The treasurer's repoi-t showed the total 

 assets of the society to be $3,2-40, and grants 

 were made as below: 



To Dr. Arthur Hollick, .$1.50, to be used 

 in the prosecution of a study of the fossil 

 flora of the Atlantic coastal plain. 



To Dr. J. C. Arthur, $90, to be used in 



defraying expenses extending his researches 

 upon the plant rusts. 



To Dr. D. S. Johnson, $200, to enable 

 him to extend the study of the endosperm 

 and seed in the PiperacejE and Chloran- 

 thacete, by means of material to be col- 

 lected in Central America and the West 

 Indies. 



The officers for the ensuing year are : 



President — Charles Reid Barnes, University of 

 Chicago, Chicago, 111. 



Vice-Presideni — Joseph Nelson Rose, U. S. Na- 

 tional Museum, Washington, D. C. 



Treasurer — Arthur Hollick, New York Botan- 

 ical Garden, New York City. 



Secretary — Daniel Trembly MacDougal, New 

 York Botanical Garden, New York City. 



Councilors — William Trelease, Missouri Botan- 

 ical Garden, and Benjamin Lincoln Robinson, 

 Gray Herbarium, Harvard University, Cambridge, 

 Mass. 



The above officers, with past president 

 B. T. Galloway, constitute the Council of 

 the Society. 



Arthur Hollick and H. M. Richards were 

 chosen to represent the society in the coun- 

 cil of the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science. 



This meeting was a most notable one in 

 the history of the society, in the matter of 

 attendance of the members, the number 

 and character of papers presented and in 

 the showing of the general financial 

 strength of the organization. The award 

 of grants as above, constituted the first 

 series given under the newly declared 

 policy of the society. 



D. T. MacDougal, 



Secretary. 



THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE 

 ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 

 ELECTION OP FELLOWS. 



The following members were elected 

 fellows at the sessions of the Council on 

 December 31, 1902, and January 1, 1903 : 



Adams, C. C. 



Adler, Isaac P., Phvsician. 



