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latter, west into Lake Ontario. Salmon River falls (110 ft. high) 
are in the south-eastern part of the town of Orwell. The river, 
at the place where the fall occurs, flows west, exposing the face of 
the cliff upon the north side of the ravine to the sun. It is upon 
this sunny southern exposure that the plant in question grows. A 
few plants were still flowering September 9, 1892, The mist from 
the falls and the water from the dripping rocks above keep the at- 
mosphere moist and cool. 
Potentilla fruticosa also grows pendent from the fotits with the 
Saxifrage, and at a distance somewhat resembles it. 
Primula Mistassinica also occurs in the same place. 
I searched very carefully for Pinguicula vulgaris but was unable 
to detect it, and have since found out that while it has been found 
at Taughhannock and at Portage with Saaifraga it has not been 
reported from the Fish Creek station.. W. W. RowLEeEE. 
An International Botanical Congress —Since the meeting of the 
botanists at Rochester, last August, it has become evident that an 
International Botanical Congress should be held in 1893 in this 
country. Upon the return of Professor Underwood from Genoa, 
with his report of what was done there, as well as of what was left 
undone, such a Congress seemed a necessity, especially when it 
was learned that the delegates to the Genoa Congress expected 
one to be held in America this year, in order to complete the work 
left bythem. The Columbian Exposition will doubtless bring many 
botanists to this country during the year. Most of these will 
attend our scientific meetings, if possible, and it seems wise to take 
advantage of this, and to arrange for a formal Congress. There 
being no committee to take charge of the work of preparing for 
the Congress, after a consultation with a number of botanists, it 
was thought advisable that the chairman of the Section of Botany 
of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and 
the President of the Botanical Club, Dr. Wilson, should appoint a 
committee to take the matter in hand. Accordingly, on Decem- 
ber th, notices were sent to the following gentlemen with the re- 
quest that they serve on such committee: J. C. Arthur, L. H. 
Bailey, N. L. Britton, D. H. Campbell, J. M. Coulter, B. T. Gal- 
loway, Conway MacMillan, B. L. Robinson, William mong Le 
M. Underwood, George Vasey. 
