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The Okefinokee Society has recently been organized, with 
headquarters in Waycross, Georgia. The purpose of the society, 
as stated in the constitution is: First, to secure a part or all of the 
Okefinokee Swamp as a permanent Government Reservation ; 
second, to cooperate with the government, scientific societies, and 
other agencies in using this reservation as a Natural History Mu- 
seum and for a semi-tropical recreation and educational center ; 
third, to give authentic publicity regarding the swamp, such as 
may promise to be of general public and scientific interest. The 
preamble to the constitution of the society states that the primi- 
tive esthetic character, and the great wealth of scenic and scientific 
attractiveness of the swamp are in danger of being lost beyond 
recall through continued exploitation of its timber resources. 
The secretary of the society is Dr. J. F. Wilson, Waycross, Ga. 
Bulletin Agricole De L’Institute Scientifique De Saigon is the 
title of a new monthly publication received by the Garden library. 
The first number was issued Januray, 1919—published at Saigon, 
Indochina, by the Scientific Institute. From this number we 
learn that the Governor General of Indochina has arranged for 
the organization of a scientific institute “for the study, develop- 
ment and utilization of the productions of the soil and waters of 
Indochina.” The agricultural and commercial activities of 
Cochinchina have been divided into two sections—an economic 
section associated with the Department of Economic Affairs at 
Hanoi, and a scientific section associated with the Scientific In- 
stitute of Saigon. The organization is under four departments, 
as follows: (1) Botanic and Zoological Gardens of Saigon; (2) 
Laboratory of Agricultural Chemistry of Saigon; (3) Experi- 
ment Station of Giaray, and Arboretum of Trang-Bom; (4) De- 
partment of Rice Culture, with a station at Carthe. The Sci- 
entific Institute at Saigon includes, (5) a laboratory for the study 
of flora and forest products and a herbarium; (6) laboratory for 
the study of the diseases of cultivated plants; (7) a museum of 
agriculture and forestry. It is announced that the Bulletin will 
concern itself especially with the following: rice culture, caout- 
chouc, coffee, tea, paper, tropical oils and other textiles, sugar 
cane, tobacco, spices and aromatics, fruit trees, plants producing 
paper pulp, horticulture, forest products, and sylviculture. 

