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IOWA ACADEMY OP SCIENCES. 
L. W. Andkews and Carl Ende— Studies of the Physical Properties of 
Lithium Chloride in Amyl Alcohol. 
C. C. Nutting — Report of Committee on State Fauna. 
W. S. Franklin — New Method of Studying the Magnetic Properties of 
Iron. Design of Transformers and Alternating Current Motors. Note 
on a Phenomenon of Diffraction in Sound. 
W. S. WiNDLE — A Kymograph and Its Use. 
A. C. Page — Volatility of Mercuric Chloride. 
N. E. Hansen — Notes on Applying Pollen in the Cross-Breeding of Plants. 
C. F. Curtiss — Changes that Occur in the Ripening of Indian Corn. 
G. E. Patrick — Methods of Soil Analysis. 
D. B. Bisbee — Nitrogen Compounds of the Soil. 
W. H. Heileman — Chemical Study of Honey. 
A. A. Bennett — Notes from the Chemical Laboratory, Iowa Agricultural 
College, 1894. 
F. C. Stewart — Effects of Heat on the Germination of Corn and Corn 
Smut. 
C. W. Malley — P syllidse, found at Ames. 
Alice M. Beach — Some Bred Parasitic Hymenoptera in the Iowa Agricul- 
tural College Collection. 
Herbert Osborn and F. Atwood Sirrine— Plant Lice Infesting Grass 
Roots. 
L. H. Pammel and Alice M. Beach— Pollination of Cucurbits— by Title. 
L. H. Pammel — Distribution of Some Weeds in the United States. Dis- 
eases of Plants at Ames, 1894 — by Title. 
Emma Sirrine — Structure of the Seed Coats of Polygonaceas. 
Bruce Fink— Lichens Collected by Dr. C. C. Parry in Wisconsin and Min- 
nesota in 1848. 
Cassie M. Bigelow — Study of the Glands in Hoptree. 
T. Proctor Hall — Graphic Representation of the Properties of the Ele- 
ments. 
Arthur C. Spencer — Notes on the Minerals of Webster County. 
E. H. Lonsdale — Cement Clays in Iowa. Upper Carboniferous in South- 
western Iowa. 
REPORT OP THE SECRETARY-TREASURER. 
Gentlemen: I am pleased to report excellent progress in the Academy 
for the year. 
An act was passed by the General Assembly providing for independent 
publication, and in time to secure printing of our last proceedings, thus 
relieving us of any expense for publication, also providing for necessary 
illustrations. 
Articles of incorporation prepared by the committee were duly filed, 
and no farther action, I believe, is necessary, though it may be proper to 
print these articles in the forthcoming volume, with copy of amended con- 
stitution. 
