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EIGHTH REPORT. 
LIST OF PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL 
MEETING OF THE MICHIGAN ACADEMY 
OF SCIENCE. 
Presidential Address—“Fact and Fancy in Bird Migration,” Prof. W. B. Barrows. 
1. Recent Studies on the Cross Pollination of Orchard Fruits, Prof. S. W. 
Fletcher. 
2. Some Botanical Errors Found in Agricultural and Chemical Text Books, 
Prof. W. J. Beal. 
3. Some Notes on Nodules, Director C. D. Smith. 
4. (a) Vitality in Milk; (b) Von Behring’s Plan for Immunizing Cattle 
Against Tuberculosis, Prof. C. E. Marshall. 
5. Redfield’s Theory of Heredity, Prof. G. A. Waterman. 
6. Aerating Systems in Plants, Prof. J. B. Dandeno. 
7. The Protein Content of Wheat as an Index to its Bread-Making Qualities, 
A. J. Patten. 
8. The Occurrence of Benzoic Acid in Fruits, Prof. F. S. Kedzie. 
9. Some of the Latest Points Concerning the Improvement of Corn, Prof. 
J. A. Jeffery. 
10. Direction of Social Activities in Agricultural Communities, Ernest Burn¬ 
ham. 
11. Specific Variations of Roots on the Centrifuge, F. C. Newcombe, Ann Arbor, 
ten minutes. 
12. Seasonal Variation of Stored Foods in Trees, Frank J. Phillips, Ann Arbor, 
ten minutes. 
13. A Stimulus to the Production of Cellulose and Starch, J. B. Dandeno, 
Agricultural College, fifteen minutes. 
14. Variations in the Bibro-Vascular System of Certain Economic Plants, Miss 
Ellen B. Bach, Agricultural College, ten minutes. 
15. Response of Stems to Tension, R. P. Hubbard, Ann Arbor, ten minutes. 
16. The Relation of the Impervious Layer to the Distribution of Plants, G. P. 
Burns, Ann Arbor, fifteen minutes. 
17. Vegetation of the Yosemite Region, California, E. N. Transeau, Alma, 
fifteen minutes. 
18. The variation in Ground Water Level in a Bog, and its Relation to Vege¬ 
tation, Harold Steele, South Haven, fifteen minutes. 
19. Unreported Michigan Fungi for Petoskey, Detroit and Ann Arbor, C. H. 
Kauffman, Ann Arbor, fifteen minutes. 
20. Didymaria Perforans (Marsonia perforans Ellis), A Disease of Greenhouse 
Lettuce, J. B. Dandeno, Agricultural College, fifteen minutes. 
21. Variation on Different Culture Media of a Species of Fusarium, J. B. Pol¬ 
lock, Ann Arbor, fifteen mindtes. 
22. Conditions Inducing the Formation of Reproductive Organs in Marchantia, 
Alfred Dachnowski, Ann Arbor, ten minutes. 
23. A List of Michigan Algae, J. B. Pollock, Ann Arbor, ten minutes. 
24. The Genus Annularia in Michigan, O. E. Fischer, Ann Arbor, ten minutes. 
25. Some Undescribed Species of Fungi, and Species Not Previously Reported 
from the State, J. B. Pollock, Ann Arbor, fifteen minutes. 
26. Preliminary Notes on Plants of the Upper Peninsula, C. A. Davis, Ann 
Arbor, twenty-five minutes. 
27. Culture Studies of Certain Fungi, C. H. Kauffman, Ann Arbor, ten minutes, 
28. The Distribution of Plants in Mud Lake, L. H. Pennington, Ann Arbor. 
29. Some Notes Regarding the Variation of Rudbeckia hirta, Linn., W. J. Beal, 
Agricultural College, 
