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While attending the meeting of the American Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science at St. Louis, the edi- 

 tor dropped into a section in which a large number of 

 eminent botanists from all parts of the Union w^ere dis- 

 cussing papers relating to Ecology and was interested in 

 the way references to nomenclature were received. Any 

 mention of the subject w^as sure to cause a smile. One 

 speaker said of a species, "We used to call it (mention- 

 ing a scientific name) I don't know w^hat it is called at 

 present," and another said, "The summit is covered with 

 the plant which we call (another scientific name) but 



