302 The American Naturalist. [March, 1891,] 
Knowledge of the So-called Poisonous Albumens, V. C. Vaughan; 
Suggestions for the More Effective Advancement of Physiology, 
Through the American Physiological Society, T. W. Mills; Further 
Observations in Regard to the Stimulation of Ganglion Cells, C. F. 
Hodge; On the Vasomotor Nerves of the Heart, H. N, Martin; On 
Muscle Fatigue, W. P. Lombard ; Reaction-time Apparatus, J. G. Curtis. 
SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 
‘The last legislature of Alabama made the annual appropriation for 
the geological survey, $7,500, and continuous,—v. e., till otherwise 
provided. This places it on a very desirable footing as to permanence, 
` for there will be no effort to bring the survey to a close so long as the 
state continues to advance in the direction it is now going, and so long 
as we have anything toreport npon. The amount of the appropriation 
is not so great as could have been wished, but a good deal can be done 
with it, especially as all engraving, printing, etc., come out of another 
d. The survey, under Prof. Eugene Smith, is mapping the Warrior 
and Coosa coal fields. 
Prof. Alpheus Hyatt has published an article in the February 
Atlantic Monthly entitled ‘The Next Stage in the Development of 
Public Parks.” In this paper Prof. Hyatt advocates the establishment 
of zoological collections in our public parks, grouped in a way to be a 
use to the student of zoology. He also suggests the establishment of 
marine and fresh-water aquaria, and believes that not only fish, but 
marine animals, insects, water plants, etc., should be shown in them. 
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