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Section G-. Botany. 



C. A. Davis : Trillium grandiflorum (Michx.) Salisb.; its variations, normal and 

 teratological. 



E. J. Durand : Discussion of the structural characters of the order Pezizince of 

 Sehroeter. 



K. E. Wiegand : Taxonomic value of fruit characters in the genus Galium. 



C. E. Bessey : Report upon the progress of che botanical survey of Nebraska. 

 Some characteristics of the foothill vegetation of western Nebraska. Are the 

 trees receding from the Nebraska plains? 



B. T. Galloway : Changes during winter in the perithecia and ascospore3 of 

 certain Erysiphecz. The Erysipheoe, of North America. A preliminary account of 

 the distribution of the species. 



L. R. Jones: Some contributions to the life-history of Hcematococcus. 

 A. E. Woods: Bacteriosis of carnations. 



E. F. Smith: Walker's hyacinth bacterium. 



G-. F. Atkinson : Notes on some new genera of fungi. Comparison of the 

 pollen of Pinus, Taxus and Peltandra. 



C. A. Peters: Reproductive organs and embryology of Drosera. 

 J. 0. Schlotterbeck : Development of some seed coats. 



J. H. Schuette: Contributions on wild and cultivated roses of Wisconsin and 

 bordering States. 



Fanny E. Langdon: Morphology of the flower of Asclepias cornuti. 

 Bohumil Shimek: On the distribution of starch in woody stems. 

 J. B. Pollock : Mechanism of root curvature. 

 R. H. True and C. G. Hunkel : The toxic action of phenols on plants. 



F. C. Newcombe : Cellulose-ferment. 



C. P. Hart : Is the characteristic acridity of certain species of the arum family 

 a mechanical or a physiological property or effect? 



W. J. Beal : How plants flee from their enemies. 



A. P. Anderson: Stomata on the bud-scales of Abies pectinata. Comparative 

 anatomy of the normal and diseased organs of Abies balsamea (L.) Miller, affected 

 with Aecidium elatinum (Alb. et Schwein). New and improved self- registering 

 balance. 



C. 0. Townsend : Correlation of growth under the influence of injuries. 



W. W. Rowlee and K. E. Wiegand : The botanical collection of the Cornell 

 Arctic expedition of 1896. 



E. F. Smith : Description of Bacillus phaseoli n. sp., with some remarks on 

 related species. On the nature of certain pigments, produced by fungi and bac- 

 teria with special reference to that produced by Bacillus solanacearum. 



D. H. Campbell: Notes on Jamaica. 



Section H. Anthropology. 



Zelia Nuttall : Superstitions, beliefs and practices of the ancient Mexicans. 

 W. Matthews : The study of ceremony. 

 Anita Newcomb McGee: Koreshanity: a latter-day cult. 

 S. D. Peet: Comparison of Cherokee and European symbolism. Serpent sym- 

 bols in Nicaragua and Yucatan. 



R. J. Floody : Origin of the week and holy day among primitive peoples. 

 Stansbury Hagar : Micmac mortuary customs. 



F. W. Putnam: Recent researches, by George Byron Gordon, on the banks of 

 the Ullva river in Honduras for the Peabody Museum. Early man in the Dela- 

 ware valley. The Jesup expedition and the Asiatic-American problem. 



W. H. Holmes: Surveys of ancient cities in Mexico. Archaeological researches 

 in the Trenton gravels. 



M H. Saville : Ancient figure of terra cotta from the valley of Mexico. Geo- 

 graphical distribution of a certain kind of pottery in Mexico and Central America. 

 Decoration of the teeth in ancient America. 



G. N. Knapp : On the implement-bearing sand deposits at Trenton, N. J. 

 H. B. Kummel : Implement-bearing sand deposits at Trenton, N. J. 



