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SCIENCE. 



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



' On the Analytic Representation of Func- 

 tions,' was postponed till a later meeting. 

 Charles K. Wead, 

 Secretary. 



THE TOEREY BOTANICAL CLUB. 



The club held its regular annual meeting 

 for election of officers at the College of 

 Pharmacy Building, January 13, Dr. Eusby 

 in the chair. The following officers were 

 elected for 1903: 



President — Hon. Addison Brown. 



Vice-Presidents — Dr. H. H. Rusby and Pro- 

 fessor E. S. Burgess. 



Treasurer — Professor F. E. Lloyd. 



Recording Secretary — ^Mr. F. S. Earle. 



Corresponding Secretary — Dr. John K. Small. 



Editor-in-Chief — Dr. John H. Barnhart. 



Associate Editors — Dr. N. L. Britton, Dr. T. E. 

 Hazen, Dr. M. A. Howe, Dr. D. T. MacDougal, Dr. 

 W. A. Murrill, Dr. H. M. Richards and Miss Anna 

 Murray Vail. 



The treasurer reported a favorable balance 

 in the treasury. The editor reported that 

 1902 had been the most productive year in the 

 history of the club both in number of pages 

 printed and in plates. An increase of fifty 

 per cent, in the outside subscriptions to 

 Torr^ya was reported, making this publication 

 practically self-supporting. F. S. Earle, 



Secretary. 



the AMERICAN BOTANICAL CLUB. 



During the latter half of the year 1902 a 

 new organization known as The American 

 Botanical Club has entered the field of botany. 

 While yet in its infancy, the club has met with 

 remarkable success, having at the close of 

 1902 an enrolled membership of seventy-six, 

 covering a large portion of the country. 



While very liberal in its scope, so as to 

 admit the less advanced students, the club has 

 undertaken an important work by the en- 

 couragement of the study of plant life and the 

 preparation of members for deeper research. 



Officers for 1903 have been elected as fol- 

 lows: 



President — Willard N. Clute. 



Vice-Presidents — Miss Pauline Kaufman and 

 Miss Angie M. Ryon. 



Secretary — J. C. Buchheister. 



Treasurer — Frank A. Suter. F. A. S. 



THE BERZELiyS CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 



The 81st meeting of the Berzelius Chemical 

 Society was held in the Agricultural Depart- 

 ment Laboratory, Raleigh, N. C, Wednesday 

 afternoon, January 28, 1903. The program 

 was filled by Messrs. C. B. Williams and F. 

 C. Lamb. 



Mr. C. B. Williams presented a very inter- 

 esting abstract of a report of work recently 

 done at the Imperial University of Japan, on 

 ' The Occurrence of Manganese in Plants,' 

 pointing to the conclusion that this element 

 plays a far more important part in plant nu- 

 trition than is usually supposed. 



A paper was read from Mr. F. C. Lamb, 

 which embodied work recently done by Mr. 

 Lamb in behalf of the Department of Agri- 

 culture in the "investigation of ' Condimental 

 Stock Foods.' From the work done it is plainly 

 evident that the claims made by the manu- 

 facturers of these condimental powders are in 

 most cases perfectly absurd, and the prices 

 charged exorbitant. The powders examined 

 were found to be composed almost entirely 

 of the simple home remedies which have been 

 used by every country ' horse doctor ' from 

 time immemorial. 



The following officers have been elected for 

 the ensuing year: 



President — C. B. Williams. 



Vice-President — W. G. Haywood. 



Secretary-Treasurer — J. S. Cates. 



Abstractors — G. S. Fraps,. S. E. Asbury, P. R. 

 French, F. C. Lamb, W. A. Syme, J. M. Pickell, 

 W. G. Haywood and C. B. Williams. 



J. S. Gates, 

 Secretary. 



THE ONONDAGA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



The academy met on January 23 and elected 

 the following officers for the coming year : 



President — ^Dr. E. H. Kraus. 



Vice-President — John D. Wilson. 



Secretary — Philip F. Schneider. 



Corresponding Secretary — ^Dr. T. C. Hopkins. 



Treasurer — Miss Louise W. Roberts. 



Librarian — Mrs. L. L. Goodrich. 



At the meeting on December 21, Dr. M. 

 W. Smallwood gave an illustrated lecture on 

 the dinosaur fields of Wyoming, based on his 

 visit to that region two years ago. He showed 



