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Arrangements have just been completed in New York whereby 
the resources of The Engineering Foundation, under the auspices 
of the four principal national engineering societies, are placed at 
the disposal of the National Research Council, which was ap- 
pointed by the National Academy of Science at the request of 
President Wilson. ‘The object of the council is to coordinate the 
scientific research work of the country in order to secure efficiency 
in the solution of the problems of war and peace. The council 
was without funds until The Engneering Foundation, established 
to further scientific and engineering research, offered to place 
its resources at the council’s disposal, including the services of 
its secretary, Dr. Cary T. Hutchinson, to act as secretary of the 
council. The offer was accepted and plans for immediate activi- 
ties have been placed in the hands of an executive committee. 
Fundamentals of Botany, a text-book for university and college 
use, by Dr. C. Stuart Gager, was issued in September by P. 
Blakiston’s Son & Co. The book comprises 640 pages, with 435 
illustrations. 
The large plan of the systematic collection of the Garden, pre- 
pared by Mr. Caparn and Mr. Taylor, was loaned to the Missouri 
Botanical Garden for an exhibition of Landscape Architecture 
during October. | 
Dr. George W. Reed, who spent three months at the Garden 
during the past summer as resident investigator, has returned to 
his duties as professor of botany in the University of Missouri. 
Dr. Reed’s problem is a survey of the diseases of the trees and 
shrubs in Prospect Park and the Garden. 
On nomination of the sectional committee, Dr. Gager has been 
elected vice-president and chairman of Section G (Botany), of 
the American Association for the Advancement of Science, for 
the coming New York meeting, in place of Prof. T. J. Burrill, 
deceased. 
