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  which 
  is 
  illustrated 
  by 
  four 
  folded 
  plates, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  drawings, 
  

   in 
  part 
  colored, 
  were 
  made 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Eisen. 
  With 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  

   economic 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  Californian 
  Hypogsea 
  Dr. 
  Harkness 
  states 
  

   that 
  he 
  has 
  found 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  edible 
  varieties 
  of 
  Europe, 
  although 
  

   Tuber 
  Californica 
  is 
  nearly 
  identical 
  with 
  an 
  edible 
  species 
  of 
  

   Italy. 
  All 
  of 
  the 
  Californian 
  species 
  are 
  edible, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  so 
  

   rare 
  that 
  their 
  use 
  is 
  practically 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  question. 
  Notes 
  are 
  

   however 
  given 
  concerning 
  a 
  species 
  found 
  at 
  Marysville, 
  belong- 
  

   ing 
  probably 
  to 
  the 
  genus 
  Terfezia, 
  which 
  grows 
  in 
  large 
  quanti- 
  

   ties 
  and 
  is 
  esteemed 
  a 
  delicacy. 
  w. 
  g. 
  f. 
  

  

  IT. 
  Miscellaneous 
  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  1. 
  American 
  Association 
  for 
  the 
  Advancement 
  of 
  Science. 
  — 
  

   The 
  forty-eighth, 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Association 
  was 
  held 
  

   at 
  Columbus, 
  Ohio, 
  during 
  the 
  week 
  from 
  August 
  19th 
  to 
  26th. 
  

   The 
  President 
  of 
  the 
  meeting 
  was 
  President 
  Edward 
  Orton 
  of 
  

   Columbus. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  members 
  in 
  attendance 
  was 
  not 
  con- 
  

   spicuously 
  large 
  — 
  the 
  total 
  registration 
  being 
  three 
  hundred 
  and 
  

   fifty-two 
  — 
  but 
  much 
  interest 
  was 
  manifested 
  throughout 
  and 
  the 
  

   meeting 
  proved 
  as 
  a 
  whole 
  highly 
  successful; 
  the 
  various 
  local 
  

   committees 
  did 
  all 
  in 
  their 
  power 
  to 
  contribute 
  to 
  this 
  end. 
  

  

  The 
  retiring 
  President, 
  Professor 
  F. 
  W. 
  Putnam, 
  delivered 
  an 
  

   address 
  on 
  Monday, 
  August 
  21, 
  upon 
  the 
  subject 
  "A 
  Problem 
  in 
  

   American 
  Anthropology." 
  Other 
  able 
  addresses 
  were 
  also 
  given 
  

   by 
  the 
  Vice 
  Presidents 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  sections.* 
  Another 
  feature 
  

   of 
  the 
  meeting 
  was 
  a 
  public 
  lecture 
  with 
  lantern 
  illustrations 
  by 
  

   Professor 
  C. 
  E. 
  Munroe 
  on 
  the 
  application 
  of 
  modern 
  explosions. 
  

   Wednesday, 
  August 
  23d, 
  was 
  devoted 
  by 
  the 
  botanists 
  to 
  the 
  

   honor 
  of 
  the 
  famous 
  bryologists, 
  William 
  S. 
  SuUivant 
  and 
  Leo 
  

   Lesquereux, 
  both 
  of 
  whom 
  had 
  their 
  homes 
  in 
  Columbus. 
  A 
  

   number 
  of 
  excursions 
  were 
  carried 
  out, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  interest- 
  

   ing 
  being 
  to 
  the 
  Gas 
  Fields. 
  

  

  The 
  place 
  selected 
  for 
  the 
  meeting 
  of 
  1900 
  is 
  New 
  York 
  City 
  

   and 
  the 
  date 
  set 
  is 
  the 
  last 
  week 
  in 
  June, 
  a 
  radical 
  change 
  which 
  

   will 
  meet 
  with 
  universal 
  approval. 
  The 
  meeting 
  of 
  1901 
  will 
  be 
  

   held 
  in 
  Denver, 
  Colorado. 
  

  

  The 
  officers 
  nominated 
  for 
  1900 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  President 
  : 
  R. 
  S. 
  Woodward, 
  Columbia 
  University. 
  

   Yice 
  Presidents: 
  Section 
  A, 
  Asaph 
  Hall, 
  Jr., 
  University 
  of 
  

   Michigan 
  ; 
  Section 
  B, 
  Ernest 
  Merritt, 
  Cornell 
  University 
  ; 
  Section 
  

  

  C, 
  James 
  Lewis 
  Howe, 
  Washington 
  and 
  Lee 
  University 
  ; 
  Section 
  

  

  D, 
  J. 
  A. 
  Brashear 
  of 
  Pittsburg 
  ; 
  Section 
  E, 
  J. 
  F. 
  Kemp, 
  Columbia 
  

   University; 
  Section 
  F, 
  C. 
  B. 
  Davenport, 
  Harvard 
  University; 
  

   Section 
  G, 
  W. 
  Trelease, 
  Missouri 
  Botanical 
  Garden 
  ; 
  Section 
  

   H, 
  A. 
  W. 
  Butler 
  of 
  Indianapolis 
  ; 
  Section 
  I, 
  C. 
  M. 
  Woodward 
  of 
  

   Washington 
  University. 
  

  

  Permanent 
  Secretary, 
  L. 
  O. 
  Howard 
  of 
  Washington. 
  General 
  

   Secretary, 
  Charles 
  Baskerville, 
  University 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina. 
  

   Treasurer, 
  R. 
  S. 
  Woodward, 
  Columbia 
  LTniversity. 
  

  

  * 
  These 
  are 
  printed 
  in 
  full 
  in 
  the 
  issues 
  of 
  Science, 
  commencing 
  with 
  August 
  25. 
  

  

  