940 The American Naturalist. [October, 
On the evening of Friday the 21st, Prof. John M. Macfarlane, of 
Edinburg, delivered an address consisting of ‘‘ Illustrations of Heredity 
in Plant Hybrids,’’ which was illustrated by enlarged views of plant 
cell structures thrown on a screen. 
At the conclusion of the lecture- the council met and elected the 
following officers for 1892 : 
President, Prof. Joseph LeConte, of the University at Berkeley, 
Cal. ; permanent secretary, Prof. F. W. Putnam, Cambridge, Mass. ; 
general secretary, Prof. Amos W. Butler, Brookville, Ind. ; council 
secretary, Prof. T. H. Horton, of Cincinnati University; and treas- 
urer, William Lilly, Mauch Chunk, Pa. The vice presidents of sections 
number: A, Prof. J. R. Eastman, of the Naval Observatory, Washing- 
ton; B, Prof. B. F. Thonias, State University, Columbus, Ohio; C, 
Dr. Alfred Springer, Cincinnati; D, Prof. J. B. Johnson, Washington 
University, St. Louis; E, Prof. H. S. Williams, Cornell University ; 
F, Prof. S. H. Gage, Cornell University ; H, W. H: Holmes, of the 
Ethnological Bureau ; and I, Prof. S. Dana Horton, Pomeroy, Ohio. 
Dr. H. Wheatland, of Salem, Mass., and Mr. Thomas Meehan were > 
chosen auditors, and the following gentlemen will be the new secre- 
taries of sections: 
A, Prof. Winslow Upton, Brown University, Providence, R. I. ; B, 
Prof. Browne Ayers, Tulane University, New Orleans; C, Prof. I L. 
Howe, Louisville Polytechnic Institute; D, Prof. O. H. Landreth, 
Vanderbilt University ; E, Prof. R. D. Salisbury, University of Wis- 
ems F, Prof. B. D. Halsted, Rutgers College, New Brunswick, 
; H, Dr. Stewart Culin, Philadelphia ; and I, Lester F. Ward, of 
the Geological Survey, Washington. 
The council was in receipt of a hearty invitation to select Racia, 
N. Y., as the place of the next convention, and a ballot resulted in the 
choice being made. 
‘general session was held on the evening of Tuesday, August 25th, 
when the above officers and place of meeting were chosen for 1892. 
An invitation to meet fh Chicago during the exposition in 1893 was 
presented by a Mr. Young in a speech commensurate with the antici- 
pated grandeur of the event. Resolutions of thanks to the various 
entertaining bodies and authorities were adopted. 
The Geological Society of America.—This organization com- 
menced its session August 24th in the Columbian University building, 
Washington, D. C., and closed it on the evening of August 25th. 

