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outlined by S. 0. Mason, of Kansas. The author thought tliat indus- 

 trial horticulture offers great advantages in that it gives manual train- 

 ing and presents unusual opportunities for teaching by advanced 

 students. Such a course should be preceded by some botanical work. 

 The horticultural course in the Kansas Agricultural College was 

 outlined. 



The paper on "Laboratory methods in horticulture," by E. S. Goff, 

 of Wisconsin, was read by the temporary secretary. The author out- 

 lined the course provided in the University of Wisconsin and gave in 

 detail the laboratory work and implements used. 



L. 0. Corbett, of West Virginia, read a paper on " Systems of note 

 taking in experimental horticulture.'' A modification of the loose-slip 

 method of note taking was shown which was claimed to have the 

 advantages of a permanent form for filing and convenient size and 

 shape for field use. The books are so constructed as to admit of the 

 insertion of new slips. The discussion following the paper disclosed 

 about as many systems of note taking as there were persons taking 

 part in the discussion. 



A paper by E. G. Lodeman, of New York, on the "Position of botany 

 in horticultural education," was read by L. C. Corbett, in which it 

 appeared that the author considered systematic botany of little impor- 

 tance in horticulture except from a theoretical standpoint. The other 

 fields of botany were given very slight consideration. 



Upon motion of L. C. Corbett, of West Virginia, a committee was 

 appointed to consider the question of providing a bureau of plant reg- 

 istration. The committee appointed consisted of L. C. Corbett, of West 

 Virginia; W. A. Taylor, of this Department; L. 11. Bailey, of New 

 York; F. S. Earle, of Alabama; and C. H. Shinn, of California. The 

 objects of such a bureau were stated to be (1) to prevent duplication of 

 names and the renaming of old sorts; (2) to form a national herbarium 

 of economic plants; (3) to simplify nomenclature; (4) to aid the student 

 of varieties and variation under cultivation, and (o) to secure to the 

 originator his discovery as is now done for the inventor. It was gen- 

 erally considered that such a bureau should be attached to the Division 

 of Pomology of this Department. 



The section appointed a committee on seed testing, consisting of 

 G. McCarthy, of North Carolina; F. W. Rane, of New Hampshire; 

 and G. H. Hicks, of this Department, which was made a subcom- 

 mittee to the one appointed in general session of the convention (see 

 p. 545). 



SECTION OX ESTOMOLOGV. 



The sessions of the section on entomology were opened with the dis- 

 cussion of the need of better legislation against injurious insects in 

 the difterent States (see p. 548). The matter was referred to a committee 

 of three consisting of W. B. Alwood, of Virginia; L. O. Howard, of 



