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and Exp. Therap. (p. 288) ; Amer. Soc. for Exp. Pathol (p. 290) ; 

 Amer. Soc. of Naturalists (p. 296) ; Amer. Soc. of Zool. (p. 294) ; 

 Amer. Assoc. of Anatomists (p. 297) ; Soc. of Amer. Bacteriolo- 

 gists (p. 299). 



Amer. Chem. Soc'y : Pres't, Theodore W. Richards; directors, 

 M. T. Bogert and A. D. Little; councillors-at-large, for a three-year 

 period, C. H. Herty, Julius Stieglitz, L. H. Baekeland and W. L. 

 Diidley. 



Amer. Phytopath. Soc'y : Pres't, Haven Metcalf; vice-pres't, 

 Frank D. Kern; member of Council, H. R. Fulton; chief editors of 

 Phytopathology, L. R. Jones (one year), C. L. Shear (two years), 

 R. A. Harper (three years); assoc. editors (three years), F. D. 

 Heald, Mel T. Cook, B. M. Duggar, F. C. Stewart; bus. manager 

 of Phytopathology, Donald Reddick (reelected). 



Intern. Congr. (IX) of Physiology, Groningen, Sep. 2-5, 

 1913. See Archiv intern, de physioL, 1913, xiv, pp. 1-84 (No. I.) 



Miscellaneous items. Amer. Jour. of Botany. The Amer. 

 Jour. of Botany, an official publication of the Bot. Soc'y of Amer., 

 begins with the issue of January, 1914. It Starts with the Joint Sup- 

 port of the Bot. Soc'y of Amer. (the national botanical society) and 

 the Brooklyn Bot. Garden, and is open to publications in all branches 

 of botanical science. The board of editors comprise five appointed 

 by the Soc'y : Profs. F. C. Newcombe, ed.-in-chief, Univ. of Mich. ; 

 R. A. Harper, Columbia Univ.; R. L. Jones, Univ. of Wis. ; G. T. 

 Moore, Mo. Botan. Garden; D. S. Johnson, Johns Hopkins Univ., 

 and two appointed by the Brooklyn Bot. Garden: Drs. C. Stuart 

 Gager, bus. manager, and E. W. Olive. The new Journal will be 

 published monthly, except during July and August. The subscrip- 

 tion price is $3.00 a year to members of the Bot. Soc'y of Amer. ; to 

 all others $4.00. 



Censorship commit. for the Bureau of Chemistry. A 

 censorship committee, consisting of Dr. C. S. Hudson, Dr. /. K. 

 Phelps, Dr. H. A. Seil, Dr. A. L. Winton, chairman, and Mr. W. D. 

 Collins, secretary, has been appointed for the Bureau of Chemistry. 

 Hereafter all manuscripts intended for publication by officers of the 

 Bureau must be submitted for criticism to this committee. The 



