1897.] Proceedings of Scientific Societies. 185 
Presidential Address by Prof. E. H. Barbour on “ Academies of 
Sciences, their Economic and Educational Value,” with suggestions 
for the improvement of our Academy ; “ A New Plankton Pump” for 
collecting aquatic organisms from any desired depth, H. B. Ward and 
Charles Fordyce ; “ Continued Biological Investigations,” H. B. Ward ; 
“ Progress in the Study of the Fauna of the State ” showing the rich- 
ness of our fauna and how little it is known, Lawrence Brunner ; “ Some 
Methods of Collecting, Preserving and Mounting Fossils,” Carrie A. 
Barbour ; “ Nomenclature of Nebraska Trees” with the history of par- 
ticular names, Charles E. Bessey ; “ Reflections on the Genus Ribes” 
importance of recognizing the validity of species created by the gar- 
dener, F. W. Card; “ Chalcedony-lime Nuts of the Genus Hickora 
from the Bad Lands of Nebraska,” E. H. Barbour; ‘Comparison be- 
tween Nebraska Diatomaceous Earth and that from Neighboring 
States,” C. J. Elmore ; “ What is Mathematics ” and how it correlates 
other sciences, E. W. Davis; “ A Family of Quartic Surfaces,” the 
sum of the distances of whose locus from two given surfaces is constant, 
Robert E. Moritz; “ A Form of Weir Notch,” giving a flow of water 
varying directly as the head, instead of following the usual more com- 
plicated law, O. V. P. Stout; “An Observation on Annual Rings in 
Tree Growth” when complete defoliation did not induce the growth of 
a second ring, F. W. Card ; “Internal Temperature of Trees” rising 
as high as 119° at a depth of half an inch in a trunk exposed to sun- 
shine, R. A. Emerson. The remaining papers, owing to the lateness of 
the hour were read by title only, as follows: “Notice of Two Import- 
ant Books on Systematic Botany,” Charles E. Bessey ; “ The Barites 
of Eastern Nebraska and the Bad Lands,” Erwin H. Barbour; “ Some 
Data as to Wind Distribution of Seeds,” Ed. M. Hussong ; “ Parasites 
of Nebraska Dogs,” Henry B. Ward ; “ Discovery of the First Meteor- 
ite in Nebraska,” Erwin H. Barbour; “ Notes on Phyllopod Crusta- 
cea,” H. A. Lafler and A. S. Pearse. 
The following officers were elected: President, Dr. A. S. Von Mans- 
felde ; Vice-President, Dr. E. H. Barbour; Secretary and Treasurer, 
Prof. G. D. Swezey ; Custodian, Prof. Lawrence Bruner; Directors, 
Dr. H. B. Ward, Prof. H. B. Duncanson, Mr. C. J. Elmore and Dr. 
H. Hapeman. 
The next Annual Meeting will be held on the day following Thanks- 
giving. The volume of Proceedings for 1894-1895 has just been issued, 
price 40 cents—G. D. Swezey, Secretary. 
The Botanical Seminar of the University of Nebraska.— 
December 5, 1896.—The following papers were presented : Mycolog- 
