January 6, 1905.] 



SCIENCE. 



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ography including 89 titles. It constitutes 

 a valuable addition to our knowledge of the 

 embryology of a family whose place in the 

 system of plants is still in doubt. 



A HELPFUL BULLETIN. 



TriE olRce of experiment stations of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture has 

 issued a bulletin (No. 2) consisting of an 

 outline of a lecture on ' Potato Diseases and 

 their Treatment,' for the use of farmers' insti- 

 tute lecturers. It was prepared by F. C. 

 Stewart and H. J. Eustace, of the New York 

 Experiment Station. It contains summaries 

 of our knowledge of the most important dis- 

 eases which aifect the potato in the United 

 States. The descriptions are given in non- 

 technical language, and ought to convince 

 every botanist of the possibility of treating 

 quite difficult subjects in plain English. Fol- 

 lowing the description of diseases, is an ad- 

 mirable chapter on spraying and other pre- 

 ventive measures. A very useful bibliography 

 is added in an appendix. 



Charles E. Bessey. 



The University of Nebra.ska. 



THE NOBEL PRIZES. 



In a cablegram from Stockholm to the Lon- 

 don Times, dated December 10, further details 

 are given in regard to the Nobel prizes. 



The prize for physics has been awarded to 

 Lord Eayleigh, professor of natural philos- 

 ophy at the Royal Institute. The chemistry 

 prize is conferred upon Sir William Ramsay, 

 professor of chemistry at University College. 

 M. PavlofF, professor at the Military Academy 

 of Medicine at St. Petersburg, receives the 

 prize for physiology and medicine. The lit- 

 erature prize is divided between M. Mistral, 

 the Provengal poet, and Don Jose Echegaray, 

 the Spanish dramatist. The peace prize has 

 been awarded to the Institute of International 

 Law. 



The distribution of the Nobel prizes took 

 place in the great hall of the Academy of 

 Music at Stockholm in the presence of King 

 Oscar. Lord Rayleigh, Professor Ramsay 

 and M. Pavloflf received their prizes, together 

 with diplomas and gold medals, in person 



from his Majesty, while the prizes awarded 

 to M. Mistral and Don Jose Echegaray, who 

 were unable to be present, were handed to the 

 French and Spanish ministers respectively. 

 The sum of money attaching to each prize 

 amounts to 140,858 kroner (about $39,000). 

 The Nobel peace prize will be presented by 

 the Norwegian Storthing at Christiania. 



The distribution of the prizes was followed 

 by a banquet at the Grand Hotel. Covers 

 were laid for 190 guests, the company in- 

 cluding the Crown Prince, Prince and Prin- 

 cess Charles, Lord and Lady Rayleigh, Sir 

 William and Lady Ramsay and M. and Mme. 

 Pavloff. Count Morner, speaking in German, 

 proposed the health of M. Pavloff; Professor 

 Petterson, in English, proposed the health of 

 Sir William Ramsay; and Professor Hassel- 

 berg, in Latin, that of Lord Rayleigh. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS. 



At the meeting of the American Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science held at 

 Philadelphia last week. Professor C. M. Wood- 

 ward, of Washington University, was elected 

 president for the New Orleans meeting. 



At the recent Philadelphia meeting of the 

 American Society of Naturalists, Professor 

 William James, of Harvard University, was 

 elected president. Professor Chas. B. Daven- 

 port, of the Cold Spring Laboratory of Experi- 

 mental Evolution of the Carnegie Institution, 

 and Professor J. M. Coulter, of the University 

 of Chicago, were elected vice-presidents, and 

 Professor W. E. Castle, of Harvard University, 

 secretary. 



Professor Mary Whiton Calkins of Welles- 

 ley College, has been elected president and Mr. 

 Wm. Harper Davis, of Lehigh University, 

 secretary, of the American Psychological Asso- 

 ciation. 



Professor John Dewey, of Columbia Uni- 

 versity, has been elected president of the Amei*- 

 ican Philosophical Association. 



Professor S. W. Burnham, astronomer at 

 the Terkes Observatory, has been awarded the 

 Lalande gold medal of the French Academy of 

 Sciences for his researches in astronomy. 



Professor Svante Arrhenius has been 

 made head of a laboratory for physical chem- 



