44 THE PLANT WORLD. 



Mr. H. R. Fidtou, who recently resigned his position as 

 Plant Pathologist in the Louisiana Experiment Station at 

 Baton Rouge, entered upon his duties as Assistant Professor 

 of Botany in the Pennsylvania State College on February ist. 



Dr. H. L. Shantz, of the University of Missouri, has 

 been appointed Professor of Botany in the State University 

 of Louisiana In place of Dr. F. H. Billings, who recently 

 resigned. 



Prof. J. JV. Harshberger has undertaken a compara- 

 tive morphologic and physiologic study of the clovers, and 

 wishes to receive dried and preserved material from any 

 source. Postage will be refunded, or express paid on ma- 

 terial sent to him at the University of Pennsylvania, Phila- 

 delphia, Penn. 



A scientific movemoit on a great scale has been In- 

 augurated In Hawaii, which Is called the Pacific Scientific 

 Institution, with Honolulu as headquarters. Wm. A- Bryan 

 Is president and Gov. Frear Is chairman of the Board of 

 Trustees. It Is planned to explore the Pacific, to make col- 

 lections, and to study the ethnology, anthropology, zoology, 

 botany, geology, climatology and oceanography of this vast 

 region. A botanical garden of acclimatization will be in- 

 stalled In Hawaii. The work Is said to Involve an Initial 

 expenditure of $400,000.00; and as much more annually 

 for the fifteen years for which the explorations are planned. 



Trinity College, Dublin, has just completed a two- 

 storied building for the School of Botany. The upper story 

 consists of a large microscope room and auditorium for 

 students, where about sixty are accommodated, a prepara- 

 tion room and an assistant's room, and in the lower story 

 are a laboratory for microscopic research, a general physio- 

 logical laboratory, a library, the professor's laboratory, a 

 chemical laboratory, and a greenhouse. As it stands, the 

 new School of Botany In Trinity College Is said to rank with 

 the best in the British Isles. 



