EDITORIAL. 



This year the American Association for the Advancement of Science 

 departs from its time honored custom of meeting in late summer, and 

 will assemble in the week beginning June 25th. New York City has been 

 selected as the place of meeting, and there will be many features that 

 should make it a memorable occasion. Thus aside from the Associa- 

 tion Itself with its numerous sections, there are sixteen affiliated socie- 

 ties that will hold their meetings at the same time and place. Of these 

 the Botanical Society of America, the Linnean Fern Chapter, the 

 Sullivant Moss Chapter and the Botanical Club of the Association will 

 all furnish interest to our readers; and we shall hope to pulilish certain 

 of the more interesting results brought out before them. One day that 

 will ])c of special interest to botanists, has been set aside as Torrey 

 Day, on which occasion memories of this distinguished botanist will be 

 revived. This meeting is to be held at the New York Botanical 

 Garden, and an opportunity afforded of viewing this splendid institu- 

 tion. We trust that many of our readers may have opportunity of 

 attending this Association meeting. As has been our custom for 

 several years past, a representative of The Plant World will be 

 present, and copies of the journal on exhibition. 



The Department of the Interior has just issued a Keport in the 

 Petrified Forests of Arizona, by Prof. Lester T. Ward, of the U. S. 

 Geological Survey, who visited the locality last season at the request 

 of the Department. It gives valuable information regarding the ex- 

 tent and appearance of this fossil forest and recommendations for its 

 preservation. Since this report was printed a bill was introduced into 

 and passed the lower House of Congress setting aside the principal area 

 in which, the trees are found as a natural park. The area will com- 

 prise four townships. 



