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About one hundred new lantern slides, many of them colored, 
have been added to the collection of subjects for illustrating lec- 
tures and talks on economic plants. 
As for several years past, I have been editor of the Genetics 
Section of Botanical Abstracts, which involves the editing, ab- 
stracting and securing of abstracts of several hundred scientific 
ic. 8. Maize, showing two dwarf parent varieties (“ Nana” and 
“ Dwarf’), one on each side; their very tall, vigorous, first generation (F:) 
hybrid offspring between them. (6018.) 
papers and books annually. In the new abstract journal, Bio- 
logical Abstracts (which supersedes Botanical Abstracts), I have 
charge of the Plant Genetics section. In April, I was re-elected 
one of the officers and a member of the board of directors of the 
John Burroughs Memorial Association. 
