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state. The official organ is Bird Lore, edited l)y Frank M. Chapman 

 and pnblished at Ilarrisburg, Pa. 



American Ornithologists' Union, founded in 1883, has 1126 

 members, publishes the Auk, the official journal of American ornithology, 

 and also prints and keeps up to date the A. O. U. Check-List, giving the 

 authoritative names, popular and scientific, of all l>irds of the United 



States. 



American Association of Economic Entomologists, founded in 

 1889, has about 5(10 members; official organ. Journal of Economic Ento- 

 mology, Concord, N.H. A complete set of this journal ought to be 

 accessible in every city and town library. 



American Entomological Society, founded in 1859, has 110 mem- 

 bers and is devoted to purely systematic entomology. 



American Phytopathological Society. 



American Pomological Society, founded in 1819, has about 500 

 members and publishes biennial reports and special catalogues of fruits. 



American Society of Landscape Architects. 



American Genetic Association (continuation of the American 

 Breeders Association), founded in 1908, has about 1200 members and 

 jmblishes the Journal of Heredity, a monthly publication devoted to 

 plant, breeding, animal breeding, and eugenics. Washington, D.C. 



We have given dates of founding and number of mem- 

 bers in order to emphasize the fact that organization for kno^^- 

 ing how to do tilings is only just beginning, and that as yet 

 very few are actively concerned with these vital problems. 



