Burton Edward Livingston 



B.S.Biol., University of Michigan, 1898; Ph.D. (Plant Physiology and 

 Animal Physiology), Chicago, December, 1901 



PROFESSOR OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND DIRECTOR OF 



THE LABORATORY OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 



OF THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, 



BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 



Assistant in Plant Physiology, University of Chicago, 1902-1904; Associate, 1904; 

 Collaborator, U. S. Bureau of Forestry, Washington, D. C., Michigan Geological Survey 

 and Michigan Forestry Commission, Lansing, Michigan, 1902; Research Assistant, Car- 

 negie Institution of Washington, 1904; Soil Expert, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 Bureau of Soils, Washington, D. C, 1905-06; Member of Staff of Desert Laboratory, Car- 

 negie Institution of Washington, Tucson, Arizona, 1906-09; Professor of Plant Physiology, 

 The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 1909-14; Professor of Plant Physiol- 

 ogy and Director of the Laboratory of Plant Physiology, 1914 — . 



Member: Amer. Assoc. Adv. Sci. (Fellow), Amer. Chem. Soc, Amer. Soc. Nat., Bot. 

 Soc. Amer., Ecol. Soc. Amer., Sigma Xi. Walker Prize, Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 1903. 

 Managing Editor, Physiological Researches; Member, Plant World Association. 



PUBLICATIONS 



On the nature of the stimulus which causes the change of form in polymorphic green 

 algae. Bot. Gaz. 30: 289-317. 1900. — Further notes on the physiology of polymor- 

 phism in green algae. Ibid. H: 292-302. 1901. — The distribution of the plant socie- 

 ties of Kent County, Michigan. Ann. Kept. Mich. State Board Geol. Surv. 1901: 81- 

 103. 1902. — The distribution of the upland plant societies of Kent County Michigan, 

 Bot. Gaz. 35: 36-55. 1903. — The effect of the osmotic pressure of the medium upon 

 the growth and reproduction of organisms. Role of diffusion and osmotic pressure in 

 plants, Chap. IV. {Preprinted from the next.) Chicago, 1903. — The role of diffusion and 

 osmotic pressure in plants. Decenn. Pub. Univ. Chicago. Second Series, Vol. VIII. 

 Chicago, 1903. — The soils and vegetational possibilities of the Michigan Forestry Reserve. 

 Ann. Rept. Mich. Forestry Commission 1902: 38-40. 1903. — Physical properties of bog 

 water. Bot. Gaz. 37: 383-385. 1904. — An experiment on the relation of soil physics to 

 plant growth. {With H. G. Jensen.) J6id. 38: 67-71. 1904.— The relation of soils to 

 natural vegetation in Roscommon and Crawford counties, Michigan. Ihid. 39: 22-41. 

 1905.— Chemical stimulation of a green alga. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 32: 1-34. 1905. 

 — The relation of soils to natural vegetation in Roscommon and Crawford counties, 

 Michigan. Ann. Rept. Mich. State Board Geol. Surv. 1903: 9-30. 1904.— Notes on the 

 physiology of Stigeoclonium. Bot. Gaz. 39:297-300. 1905. — Physiological proper- 

 ties of bog water. Ibid. 39: 348-355. 1905. — Studies on the properties of an unproduc- 

 tive soil. {With J. C. Britton and F. R. Reid.) U. S. Dept. Agric, Bur. Soils, Bull. 

 28. Washington, 1905. — Relation of transpiration to growth in wheat. Bot. Gaz. 

 40: 178-195. 1905 — Note on the relation between the growth of roots and of tops in 

 wheat. Ibid. 41: 139-143'. 1906. — A simple method for experiments with water cul- 

 tures. Plant World 9: 13-16. 1906. — Paraffined wire pots for soil cultures. Ibid. 9: 

 62-66. 1906. — The relation of desert plants to soil moisture and to evaporation. Car- 

 negie Inst. Wash. Pub. 50. Washington. 1906. — Relative transpiration in cacti. Plant 

 World 10: 110-114. 1907. — Further studies on the properties of unproductive soils. 

 {Assisted by C. A. Jensen, J. F. Breazeale, F. R. Pember and J. J. Skinner.) U.S. Dept. 

 Agric, Bur. Soils, Bull. 36. Washington, 1907. — Evaporation as a climatic factor influ- 

 encing vegetation. (Proc. Internat. Confer, on Plant Hardiness and Acclimatization, 

 Oct., 1907.) Hort. Soc. N. Y. Memoirs 2: 43-54. 1910.— Evaporation and plant de- 



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