We are glad to welcome into the journalistic field such a fine periodical as thePhilippine Journal of Science, the first issue of which has just made its appearance. This journal takes the place of the bulletins formerly issued by the Bureau of Government Laboratories of the Philippine Islands. The periodical is to contain original articles by members of the bureau staff, as well as by others who are doing scientific work in the Philippine Islands and adjacent countries of the Orient. The journal will thus have the unique function of presenting the united scientific results achieved in contiguous countries in the tropics. With the growing interest which is being taken in tropical medicine, it seems certain that a publication of this character will secure a large number of readers. The present issue contains articles on "The Water Belations of the Coconut Palm," by E. B. Copeland; "The Coconut and
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