and Laboratory Methods. 1715 



Mr. Harbert Hamilton has started on a scientific exploring and collecting trip 

 in the vicinity of Santiago, Cuba. Collections will be made in all branches of 

 natural history, the bulk of which will go to the New York Botanical Gardens, 

 the American Museum of Natural History, and the Academy of Natural Sciences 

 of Philadelphia. Specialists or institutions desiring material in any branches 

 direct from the locality are invited to correspond with Mr. Hamilton at Santiago, 

 Cuba. 



It is proposed to hold a summer school of chemistry and biology at Wesleyan 

 University, Middletown, Conn., between July 1 and 31, 1902. Lectures and 

 laboratory courses will be offered, embracing methods employed in the investiga- 

 tion of food and nutrition, food analysis, dietary studies, qualitative and quanti- 

 tative analysis, chemical phenomena at low temperature, bacteriology, etc. 

 Information may be obtained from Professors F. W. Nicolson, W. O. Atwater, 

 W. P. Bradley, or H. W. Conn. 



Prof. W. W. Rowlee, of the botanical department of Cornell University, and 

 Prof. J. C. Gifford, of the College of Forestry, have gone on an expedition to 

 Cuba to study the botany and forests of Western Cuba and the Isle of Pines. 



The president of the Association Internationale des Botanistes has appointed 

 the following American editors for the Botanisches Centralhlatt : 

 D. H. Campbell, Stanford University, California. — Morphology. 



C. J. Chamberlain, University of Chicago. — Cytology. 



D. T. MacDougal, New York Botanical Garden. — Physiology. 



G. T. Moore, Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. — Alga, Lichens, 

 Archegoniates (systematic). 



D. P. Penhallow, McGill University, Montreal. — Paleobotany. 



H. von Schrenk, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo. — Fungi (systematic) 

 and Vegetable Pathology. 



William Trelease, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Mo. — Phafierogams 

 (systematic). 



For the coordination of the editorial work, the two editors last named have 

 been asked to serve respectively as secretary and chairman of the American 

 board. 



We have received a copy of the constitution of the Montana Academy of 

 Sciences, Arts and Letters, recently organized at the University of Montana. 

 The annual meetings of the academy will be held between Christmas and New 

 Year, with additional summer meetings as desirable. Information regarding the 

 Academy may be obtained from Morton J. Elrod, president. 



