Fifth Annual Report of the MI Academy of Sciences containing an account of the Annual Meeting held at Ann Arbor, March 26, 27, and 28, 1903

Lansing, Mich: Robert Smith Printing Co, State Printers and Binders, 1904. Hardcover. NEAR FINE. First edition (NOT a Reproduction.) As new except for faint tilt to spine and light age soil to exterior page edges. "July 31, 1906" stamped on endpaper. 246 indexed pages. No dust jacket. Contents:MI Flora: fern & seed plants growing without cultivation;scope of the agricultural section of the state Academy of Sciences; Helps to the high school teachers who teach natural sciences; How I know some of our trees in winter, WJ Beal --- topographic survey of MI, presidential address, I.C. Russell --- Flora of MI., Diatomaceae, H.H. Chase * The lichen genus, P EE Bogue * Notes on MI, HL Clark* Variations, Common Garter Snake, WL Sperry * Chemical industries of MI., AH White * Historical review of the geology of MI., AC Lang * Variation & correlation in the earthworm, R Pearl & WN Fuller * Variation & correlation in Arcella, Pearl & Dunbar * Dairy Inspection, CE Marshall * Studies in denitrification, SF Edwards * The question of water-absorption by foliage leaves, JB Dandeno * Preparation for dissectiing pans, SO Mart * The limits of difference in specific & subspecific distinctions, HL Clark *The social phase of the rural problem, KL Butterfield * Forestry from an economic standpoint, EE Bogue * Present methods of teaching soils, JA Jeggery * Economics of horticulture, UP. Hendrick * What organization has achieved for the American Farmer, JK Campbell * officers of the academy 1902-1903 * program of 9th annual meeting * biological conference of the schoolmasters' club 1.5