120 THE PLANT WOULD. 



The recent Arizona Legislature appropriated $40,000 to- 

 ■ward the construction of a science building at the University of 

 Arizona at Tucson. Tliis amount will be increased from (itlior 

 sources. The building will be occupied by the Departmeut'^ of 

 chemistry, nhysics and biology. 



//; a recent Arhor Daij puhlieation of the Arizona Experi- 

 ment Station, the cedar of Lebanon, Indian cedar, Chinese 

 arbor-vitse, Monterey and Arizona cypresses, and several species 

 of resistant Eucalypts are among the species recommended for 

 southwestern ornamental planting. 



Dr. Tracij E. Hazen, of the Botanical Department of Bar- 

 nard College, has been advanced to the grade of instructor. ]\Iiss 

 Marion Latham, who has been lecturer in the department for 

 two years, has been made tutor. Professor H. ]\L Richards, 

 of the department, has been elected secretary of the division of 

 Bioloffv of ( \ )lumbia LTniversitv. 



Dr. ^y . A. Cannon will earn/ on same expenmoital and 

 cytological work at ]\[onterey, California, during the sunnner, 

 and will also join Dr. Shull in the observations upon ^Mr. Lur- 

 bank's plantations at Santa Rosa, California, during the sum- 

 mer. 



An international eonference on Acclimatizati<:in and Ilardi- 

 ness of Plants will be held in Xew York Septemlier 30 to Octo- 

 ber 2. llXfT, under the auspices of the Horticultural Society of 

 IvTew York. 



The Seventh International Zoolor/ical Congress will be held 

 in Boston, August 19 to 24, 1007. Papers on both ]danr~ and 

 animals will be presented before the section on heredity. 



JS^eirs lias heen received from Dr. E. 13. Copeland that after 

 a very brief stay in Morgantown he has decided to leave the 

 position in the ITniversity of West Virginia, to which he was 

 recently appointed, and that he is now returning to Manila. 



Dr. IT. N. ^yhitford. of the Bureau of Forestry of the Phil- 

 ippine Islands, Avill spend the sunnner in America and return 

 to Manila in the fall. 



