THE MIcROSCOPE. 273 
EDITORIAL. 
WHERE SHALL IT BE? 
T THE last meeting of the American Society of Microscop- 
ists, at Chautauqua, invitations were extended to the 
Society to hold its next gathering at Indianapolis, San Francisco, 
or Washington. As the merits and advantages of each of these 
places were urged by the gentlemen extending the invitations, the 
Society very wisely left the matter of decision with the Executive 
Committee, who now have it under consideration. 
There are, it seems to us, several conditions which should lead 
them to decide upon Washington as the next meeting place. We 
have never met in that city, and the National Capital offers, per- 
haps, the greatest inducements possible of any city in this country. 
Not only are the great museums there, collections in which the 
zodlogist and comparative anatomist may revel for a life-time, but 
many of the scientific experts under government employ are also 
members of our Society, and would therefore be able to place their 
visitors under the most advantageous circumstances for acquiring 
any desired information, or inspecting the collections. Another 
point, and perhaps the most important, to be borne in mind is that 
the International Medical Congress meets at Washington early in 
September, By appointing the meeting of the A.S. M. toward the 
latter part of August, members who are physicians and who can- 
not absent themselves from home on two occasions would be able 
to attend our meeting as well as the Congress. That the govern- 
ment could be induced to place at the Society’s disposal such rooms 
and apparatus as might be required for the sessions, soiree, etc., 
is beyond question. These are merely suggestions which might 
be greatly elaborated. Enough, however, has been said to indi- 
cate good reason why Washington for next year, at least, offers 
inducements with which no other city can compete. Let us go 
South for a change! 
Dr. THomAs Taylor, Microscopist to the Agricultural Depart- 
ment at Washington, has sent some of his slides of butter and fat 
crystals, and a number of photo-micrographs of the same. We 
hope soon to report on these. 
Mr. R. Woops, whose article appears in this number of THE 
