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earnestly requested to attend the sessions, so far as possible. A 
membership fee of two dollars will be required. 
The purpose of the Congress is the presentation and discussion 
of botanical questions of general interest relating to the advance- 
ment of the science. It is expected that the International Stand- 
ing Committee on Nomenclature, appointed last year at the Genoa 
Congress, will present its first report at thistime. Papers embody- 
ing research will not be received, but such papers, whether by 
American or foreign botanists, may be presented before the Bo- 
tanical Section or the Botanical Club of the American Association 
for the Advancement of Science, which holds its annual meeting 
preceding that of the Congress (August 17 to 24). 
Reduced rates of travel by steamship or railway cannot be pro- 
vided by the Congress, but special rates can be obtained for the 
World’s Columbian Exposition at Chicago. Madison is reached 
by several lines of railway from Chicago, and is distant only about 
four hours, 
It is hoped that societies will send delegates to the Congress. 
It is requested that all persons intending to be present notify the 
chairman of the committee of arrangements at as early a date as 
_ Possible. 
’ Another circular giving further information and alsoa program — 
of the sessions will be issued in July. 
‘J. C. Artuur, LaFayette, Ind. 
L. H. Baey, Ithaca, N. Y. 
N. L. Brirron, New York, N. Y. 
D. H. Campsett, Menlo Park, Cal. 
. J. M. Courter, Lake Forest, IIl. 
Committee; F. V. Covitte, Washington, D. C. 
B. T. Gattoway, Washington, D. C. ; 
onway MacMittan, Minneapolis, Minn. 
. L. Rosrnson, Cambridge, Mass. 
. M. Unperwoon, Greencastle, Ind. 
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Index to Recent Literature Relating to American Botany. 
Albert Kellogg (Zo#, iv. 1), with portrait. 
Alien Plants in California. WV. . Jepson (Erythea, i. 140). 
Amorpha fruticosa—The Range of. John M. Holzinger (Erythea, 
i. 131), . 
