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appointed by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, in addition to the 
business manager) be elected by the Botanical Society of America 
under such terms and conditions, and at such periods as said 
Society may formally determine. 
(d) That the agreement, to be entered into as above, shall 
remain in force for not less than three years; and that it may be 
terminated by either party only after written notice of intention 
to terminate shall have been given to the proper official, at least 
one year in advance. 
(e) That in case, and when, the agreement shall terminate, the 
Botanical Society of America shall have possession of the re- 
served copies of the journal and shall have the right to the name 
of the journal; but the Brooklyn Botanic Garden shall retain 
ownership of the exchanges already received, and of such num- 
vers of incomplete volumes of exchanges as are necessary to 
complete the current volumes. 
For Botanical Society of America: 
(Signed) KF. C. NEwcomse, 
GEORGE T. Moore, 
Duncan S. JOHNSON, 
le Re ONS: 
Rk. A. HARPER, 
Committee on New Journal. 
For Brooklyn Botanic Garden: 
(Signed) C. Sruart GAGER, 
Director of the Botanic Garden. 
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
OF AMERICA AND THE BROOKLYN BOTANIC 
GARDEN CONCERNING THE PUBLICATION 
OF THE JOURNAITZ “EGOLOGY” 
WHEREAS, the Ecological Society of America, recognizing the 
lack of adequate provision in the United States for publishing the 
results of research, and for diffusing information, in the general 
subject of ecology, desires to establish and publish a new journal 
for this purpose, and 
