282 Votes... 
L. Robinson, Curator; Henry E. Seaton, Asst. Curator; Merritt 
L. Fernald and J. A. Allen, Assistants. Much good work may be 
expected from this group of young and active men, succeeding to 
the richest herbarium and best botanical library in America, and 
inheriting from their great predecessors traditions of moderation 
which may influence the too violent tendencies of nomenclatural 
reform. 
Mr. William T. Davis, writing in Bull. Torrey Club, xix, 301, 
about a patch of oaks on Staten Island, names one which he con- 
siders a hybrid, Quercus Brittoni. It will be interesting to observe 
how persons who act in such wise, propose to distinguish these 
names from those of valid species. Gardeners, of course, give 
names to the multitude of hybrids and sports which they produce for 
trade purposes, but such names are usually of a fanciful form, and 
botanical science takes little cognizance of them. . Our friends, the 
zoologists, are evidently neglecting their opportunities. How long 
the army mule, for instance, has led a miserable existence for want 
of a specific name, yet it is too be feared that if some fervent ‘“dis- : 
ciple’’ of any eminent zoologist testifies admiration by attaching 
his name to the long neglected quadruped, the well meant effort 
will hardly receive the thanks of the complimented. 
gaa 
ERRATA —In article on Balanoglossus, Ritter: 
Page 190, line 21, for ‘‘flow’’ read “ flows.” 
Page 197, line 34, for ‘‘sink’’ read ‘‘sinks.’’ 
Page 200, for “Fig. 6”’ read “ Fig. 7;’ and for ‘‘ Fig. 7’’ read 
i og a oi 
In “ List of Abbreviations,” for “ v. 4. Ventral blood vessel” read 
““w. s. Water vesicle.’’ 
On Plate xxii, Fig. 5, for “. s.” read ‘“w. s.’’ 
