340 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 



A. L. Aret: Exhibitions of Guelph fossils found in Rochester, N. Y. 



John Kost: The American mastodon in Florida. 



X. H. Wixchell : Some problems of the Mesabi iron ore. 



V. Colyin: The mathematics of mountain sculpture. 



R. T. Hill: The volcanic craters of the United States. Recent geological 

 explorations in Mexico. The homotoxic relations of the North American Lower 

 Cretaceous. 



S. A. Lattlmore: Presentation of samples from the salt mines of New York. 



C. H. Hitchcock : Terminal moraines in New England. 



E. TV. Clatpole : A passage in the history of the Cuyahoga River. 



F. Leverett : Notes bearing upon the changes of the Pre-glacial drainage of 

 western Illinois and eastern Iowa. 



A. A. Wright: Extra-morainic drift in New Jersey. 



Section F. Biology. 



J. C. Arthur: How the application of hot water to seed increases the yield. 



L. H. Bailey : On the supposed correlation of quality in fruits — a study in 

 evolution. 



TV. J. Beal : Spikes of wheat bearing abnormal spikelets. A study of the 

 relative lengths of the sheaths and inter nodes of grasses for the purpose of 

 determining to what extent this is a reliable specific character. 



N. L. Britton: Notes on Ranunculus repens and its eastern North American 

 allies. Notes on a monograph of the North American species of Lespedeza. 



F. Y. Covii.le : Geographic relationship of the flora of the high Sierra Nevada, 

 California. Sketch of the Flora of Death Valley, California. Characteristics 

 and adaptations of desert vegetation. 



J. H. Comstock : The descent of the Lepidoptera ; an application of the 

 theory of natural selection to toxonomy. 

 0. F. Cook : Do Termites cultivate fungi ? 



E. D. Cope : A new form of Marsupialia from the Laramie. 



TV. M. Beauchahp: Variation in native ferns. Notes on some fresh water 

 Mollusks. 



W. A . Kellerman : Notes on yellow pitch-pine, Pinus rigida Mill, var. lutea. 

 Germination at intervals of seed treated with Fungicides. 



M. B. Waite : The fertilization of pear flowers. 



C. TV. Stiles: On the adult cestodes of cattle and sheep. 



H. L. Russell: Non-parasitic bacteria in vegetable tissue. Bacteriological 

 investigations of marine waters and the sea floor. 



H. E. TVeed : The insect fauna of the Mississippi bottoms. 



TV. V 7 . Rowlee : The root system of Mikania scandens L. Adaptation of 

 seeds to facilitate germination. 



C. TV. Stiles: Report of Biological Section of the committee on the Naples 

 tahle. 



D. G. Fairchild : Live-for-ever eradicated by a fungous disease. 



G. Vasey : Otto Kunze's changes in nomenclature of North American grasses. 



B. E. Fernow and G. B. Sudworth: Revised nomenclature of the arbores- 

 cent flora of the United States. 



A. H. Tuttle : The proposed Columbus biological stations in Jamaica. An 

 interesting case of parasitism. 



J. H. Stoller: The conditions which determine the distribution of bacteria in 

 the water of rivers. 



C. TV. Hargitt: Biological notes on fauna of Cold Spring Harbor. Notes on 

 Daucus carota, 



TV. P. "Wilson: Adaptation of plants to external environment. 

 S. A. Beach: Notes on self-pollination of the grape. 



G. B. Sudworth: Comparative influence of odor and color in attracting 

 insects. 



F. B. Maxwell: Comparative study of the roots of Ranunculaceas. 

 F. Roth : Shrinkage of wood as observed under the microscope. 



L. H. Pamjiel : Peziza sclerotium. Temperature and some of its relations to 

 plant life. 



