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illustrations of American plants as submitted by Mrs. 
Stevens and Miss Clark of the United States Department of 
Agriculture. 
Professors Bessey, Britton and Kellerman were appointed 
a committee to memorialize the United States Congress, and 
the Secretary of Agriculture to provide safe and commodious 
quarters for the National Herbarium. 
The committee appointed to prepare resolutions relative to 
the death of Dr. Geo. Vasey, reported as follows: 
The death of Dr. Geo. Vasey, Botanist of the United States 
Department of Agriculture, which occurred on March 4th, 
1893, has called from us one of America’s most widely known 
botanists. Dr. Vasey occupied for more than twenty years 
the most prominent botanical position in_ the gift of our 
its present rank as one of the chief centers of botanical 
research. His extensive contributions to the literature of the 
Graminesw have made his name familiar to botanists of all 
countries. Be it therefore 
Resolved, That the Madison Botanical Congress realizes 
that in the death of Dr. Vasey, botanical science has suffered 
a most serious loss; an ws 
Resolved, That this preamble and resolutions be entered 
on the minutes of the Congress, and that a copy be engrossed, 
signed by the officers of the Congress, and transmitted to the 
family of the deceased. 
CHARLES E. BESSEY, 
N. L. Britton, 
Committee. 
Mr. Coville presented the report of the Committee on the 
Terminology of Geographical Botany. The report was 
accepted and the committee requested to continue the con- 
sideration of the subject and submit it at the next meeting of 
Section G, A. A. A. S. 
It was resolved that the secretaries of the Congress be 
authorized to publish and distribute the proceedings, and that 
the expense of such publication not met by funds available 
to the Organizing Committee be assessed on the members of 
the Congress. 
