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Barre of South Carolina; H. S. Jackson of Indiana; n. P. Barss of Oregon; 

 nrni P. A. Murphy of Prince Edward [aland. 



The duties of the board Include the representation of the society before the 

 National Research Council; the preparation and distribution to members an- 

 nually of a list of active phytopathologlcal projects In this country; the ar- 

 rangement of conferences of groups of workers, both in phytopathology and 

 related lines; and the promotion of international relations In phytopathology. 

 It is expected b> render service particularly In promoting cooperation among 

 workers, notably in the testing over a wide held of results obtained in individual 

 research. 



Canadian Phytopathologlcal Society.- A Canadian branch of the American 

 Phytopathologlcal Society has been organized t<> bring together plant patholo- 

 gists in < ianada. The officers selected for the ensuing year are as follows : Presi- 

 dent, J. E. Howitt, Ontario Agricultural College; vice-president, W. A. .M<- 

 Cubbin, Dominion Department of Agriculture; secretary-treasurer, Dr. R. E. 

 Stone, Ontario Agricultural College; and councillors. P. a. Murphy, Dominion 

 Department of Agriculture, and W. P. Eraser, MacDonald College. 



Revival of Belgium League of Family Education. — With a view to as^i-t 

 ins in restoring the morale of people whose life has been fundamentally dis- 

 turbed by the trials and hardships of war, an attempt is being made in Bel- 

 gium to revive and develop the League of Family Education. This association 

 was founded by a group of Belgian parents in 1S99. Its fundamental purpose 

 is to encourage the education of children within the home in good morals, 

 correct physical habits, and practical efforts for the benefit of the family and 

 society. It fully recognizes the great value <>f the education given by the school 

 and the chunh, but holds that this can not take the place of the instruction 

 which parents and other members of the family should give to children as they 

 grow tip in the home. 



Before the war this association had a considerable development, organized 

 numerous conferences and courses for instruction of parents, and published 

 monographs and a monthly journal. It organized three international con- 

 gresses and a fourth was about to convene in this country when the war broke 

 out. It is now resuming its activities and by means of local, regional, and 

 provincial committees Is extending its influence throughout Belgium. 



To provide a central seat of its activities this league "has decided to estab- 

 lish an Institute of Family Education as a memorial to lasting peace and as a 

 starting point of a new era of intense moral progress. This institute will con- 

 cern itself with the study, publication, and dissemination of the best educa- 

 tional methods for the family." At the institute will be located a library, a 

 museum, an auditorium for conferences, and the central working force of the 

 league. 



Additional information about this enterprise may be obtained from Mr. Paul 

 DeVuyst, 22 Avenue de l'Yser, Brussels, a leader in government enterprises 

 for the benelit of the rural people of Belgium and at present I>irector-Gen°ral 

 in the Ministry of Agriculture. 



New Publications. — Bulletin Agricole de Vltutitui Scientifique de Saigon is 

 being published monthly as the organ of this institute. Under a decree of No- 

 vember 11, 1918, the agricultural and commercial services of Cochin China were 

 divided into two sections, an economic section attached to the Direction des 

 Affaires at Hanoi and a scientific section attached to the institute at Saigon. 

 The latter includes as its principal constituent parts the Garden of Botany 

 and Zoology and the laboratory of agricultural chemistry, both at Saigon; the 

 experimental station at Giaray and the arboretum at Trang-Bom; and the rice- 



