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tlie leaves and branches of next year's growth. It sometimes blooms 

 all summer. 



Solanum nignim. — Britton and Brown say "annual." Gray's Syn. 

 Fl. N. A. says "Annuals (at least in our climate)," which of course in- 

 cludes Nebraska. I never heard this disputed. This year my atten- 

 tion was called to the plain fact that it is a good perennial, here in the 

 village grove. After collecting by pulling, I went again to prove my 

 contention, and dug four plants with a spade, all showing last year's 

 stubs plainly, and branching freely from a thichened root. I saw none 

 that looked like annuals. Ours is very pubescent. 



Callaway, Custer Co., Neb. J. M. Bates. 



The Wild Flower Preservation 



Society 



OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. 



Members of the Society aee Eequested to Kead the Following 



Paeagraphs with Care. 



Section 2, of Article VIII, of our By-Laws, is quoted entire : 



" Elections of members to the Board shall be conducted as follows : 

 On or before October 1 of each year, the outgoing Board shall prepare 

 a list of not less than two nominations to each vacancy, and shall print 

 the same in the next issue of the Society's official organ. Any ten or 

 more members of the Society may thereafter file vdth the Secretary 

 additional nominations, the revised list being printed in the succeeding 

 issue. Members may then forward their ballots by mail to the Secre- 

 tary at any time before the date of the annual meeting in December, the 

 polls closing at 12 M. on that day. The four or more persons receiving 

 the highest number of votes shall be declared elected as members of the 

 Board of Managers." 



The terms of the following Managers expire this year : Dr. L. H. 

 Bailey, Mrs. N. L. Britton, Miss Alice Eastwood, and Mr. E. L. Morris. 

 Miss Eastwood, owing to pressure of other duties, has expressed a wish 

 to withdraw from the Board. The following eight persons have there- 

 fore been nominated by a majority of the Board as the official candi- 

 dates : 



*Dr. L. H. Bailey, Cornell University. 



"^Mrs. N. L. Britton, New York Botanical Garden. 



*Mr. E. L. Morris, Central High School, Washington, D. C. 



Professor C. F. Wheeler, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



