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of living muscle, using the blood of the beetles for a medium. Dr, 
Kingsley described a number of methods for killing marine inverte- 
brates for histological purposes and for display. The following officers 
were elected for the ensuing year: Pres., J. M. Coulter; Vice Pres., 
S: Calvin, E. A. Birge, C. W. Hargitt; Treas., B- P. Colton; Sec., 
J. S. Kingsley. The next meeting will be held next November, at St. 
Louis, Mo. Four states were represented at the meeting. 
Indiana Academy of Science.—lIndianapolis, Dec. 3oth and 
31st, 1890. T. C. Mendenhall, president.—Eighty-two papers were 
read, the following being those relating to the natural sciences: A re- 
cent find of Musk Ox remains in Indiana, Joseph Moore. A review of 
the Niagara Group in Bartholomew Co., Ind. (by title), J. F. Newsom. 
Shelby County ‘‘ Earthquake,’’ J. F. Newsom. Some new Crustacean 
Fossils, C. E. Newlin. Geological Section at Vincennes, W. J. Spill- 
an. Sections of Drift in Vigo Co., Ind., J. T. Scovell. The high- 
est old Shoreline on Mackinac Island, F. B. Taylor. The effect ot 
the Great Lakes on the ice sheet, F. B. Taylor. Preliminary notes on 
Genus Polygonum, Stanley Coulter. Aberrant fruit of Juglans nigra, 
Stanley Coulter. Aberrant forms of Juglans nigra—structural changes, 
D. T. McDougal. Value of minute anatomy in plant classification, 
Stanley Coulter. Notes on the apical growth of Liverworts, David 
M. Mottier. Notes on the germination of spores of Notothylus (by 
title), David M. Mottier. A remarkable oscillating movement of pro- 
toplasm in a Mucor, J. C. Arthur. Accelerating germination by pre- 
vious immersion of the seed in hot water, J. C. Arthur. Notes on 
Guatemalan Composite, Henry E. Seaton. Parasitic Fungi of Indiana, 
E. M. Fisher. Circulation of sap, John Morgan. Distribution of Peuce- 
danum in North America, J. N. Rose. Plants collected by Dr. Palmer 
in Arizona in 1890, J. N. Rose. Comparative structure of the rootsof — 
Osmunda and Botrychium, D. H. Campbell. Notes on the prothallium 
of the Osmundacee, D. H. Campbell. Notes on new Puccineæ, 
Henry L. Bolley. On the manufacture of plant infusions for the cul- 
ture of Bacteria, Henry L. Bolley. The occurrence of Veratrum 
woodii in Decatur, Ind., W. P. Shannon. Some features of the occur- 
ence of Viola pedata var. bicolor, Joseph H. Tudor. Preliminary list 
of Knox County plants, W. J. Spillman. Introduction of noxious 
weeds, W. J. Spillman. Biological surveys, John M. Coulter. The 
flora of Texas, John M. Coulter. Weight of the seed in relation to 
production, Katherine E. Golden. The identification of Ghost-fishes, 
Charles H. Gilbert, The deep-water fishes of the Pacific, Charles H. 
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