VOL. III. NOVEMBER, 1904 NO. 8 



BULLETIN 



OF THE 



ooutfiern Cafifornia Academy of ociences 



COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION 

 Theo. E. Comstock, S. D.; A. Davidson, C. M., M. D.; Wm. H. Knight. 



CONTENTS : 

 Page Page 



Editorial 129 



Fossil Peak, Santa Catalina Island, By 

 Blanci.e Trask 140 



A Preliminary Synopsis of the Southern 

 California Cyperacea;, By S. B. Parish 141 



Announcements for November, 1904 143 



This Means You ! 

 Thanks to The Ebell 



Trans, ctions for October, 1904 130 



Oceanclogy, By Sir John Murray, K.C.B., 



Edinburgh, Scotland 133 



Work of tne United States Reclamation 



Service in California, By J. B. Lippin- 



cott. Supervising Engineer 137 



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DECEMBER 7. 1904 



This Means You! 



Don't put this aside until you have accomplished something 

 in the way of adding to the membership. There is no organi- 

 zation which fills the place of the Southern California Academy 

 of Sciences. It provides "a course of forty high class lectures, 

 each year, with ample opportunity of publishing much valu- 

 able literature, besides preserving the work of local investi- 

 gators. It will not keep down and it will continue to prosper 

 in spite of any fate or any degree of meager support. But it 

 deserves well at your hands and your best interest lies in up- 

 holding its work. Act now and do not forget. 



THANKS TO THE EBELL 



The joint meeting of the Los Angeles Ebell and the Academy 

 was a great success, owing to the goodness and self-sacrifice of 

 the ladies of the Ebell. Disappointed by the tardy arrival of 

 Sir John Murray's belated train, they were unable to meet the 

 distinguished guest in their own hall, as previously arranged, 

 and they generously united with the Academy, transferring 

 to it a goodly share of the honors, while themselves sharing 

 most heavily in the expense and providing the larger portion 

 of the audience. 



