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On the report of this committee, the Congress was officered 
as follows: 
President—Enpw. L. Geach 
Vice-Prissdonic, Henri L. DE VILMORIN. 
Lucien M. UNDERWOOD. 
( J. C. ARTHUR. 
Secretaries. F. V. CovILte. 
| B. L. Rosrnson. 
Treasurer—C. R. BARNES. 
M. de Vilmorin presided over the first session of the Congress. 
Communications were received from Professors Ascherson and 
Engler, of the International Committee on Botanical Nomen- 
clature, appointed at the congress held last August at Genoa, 
Italy, and from Dr. Otto Kuntze. They were referred to the 
American members of the International Committee, Profs. N. L. 
Britton, John M. Coulter and Edw. L. Greene. 
Topics for consideration by the Congress were suggested by 
the organizing committee, and the following were selected and 
referred to committees for preparation before presentation : 
1. The Nomenclature of Plant Diseases. 
( Byron D. Halsted, Chairman. 
Committee. 4 W. T. Swingle. 
| L. R. Jones. 
2. The Terminology of Anatomy and Morphology. 
( Douglas H. Campbell, Chairman. 
Committee. « Conway MacMillan. 
/ C. R. Barnes. 
3. The Terminology of Physiology. 
( J. C. Arthur, Chairman. 
Committee. 4 W. T. Swingle. 
! A. S. Hitchcock. 
4. The Nomenclature of Horticulturai Forms. 
( Wm. Trelease, Chairman. 
Committee. 1 Henri L. de Vilmorin. 
| B. L. Robinson. 
5. Bibliography and Typography. 
( C. R. Barnes, Chairman. 
Committee. A. B. Seymour. 
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N. L. Britton. 
A committee consisting of M. de Vilmorin and Mr. Coville were 
_ 8Ppointed to draft suitable resolutions regarding the death of M. 
