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the ultimate results of their efforts 

 must depend upon the co-operation 

 of others. Members should not delay 

 replying to the circular and filling the 

 blanks with care. Correspondence 

 should be addressed to Chas. E. 

 Ailing, 45 Tremont st. , Rochester. 



We have received the following 

 communication from Mr. Griffith, 

 dated July 5th, which we hasten to 

 publish : — 



' It has been decided to devote at 

 least one hour of the working session 

 of the Rochester meeting to ques- 

 tions and answers relating to any de- 

 partment of microscopy. In order 

 to save time, also to secure a chapter 

 of valuable information for the " Pro- 

 ceedings," the questions should be 

 sent in writing to the undersigned 

 immediately, so that they may be dis- 

 tributed among the proper persons 

 for written answers, to be read and 

 discussed at the time designated. 

 Veterans in any work, especially in 

 microscopy, are often asked simple 

 questions which they are unable to 

 answer, and amateurs often desire in- 

 formation which they are unable to 

 find in books. No names will be 

 read in connection with such com- 

 munications, and it is earnestly de- 

 sired that practical questions, no 

 matter how simple, will be sent in at 

 once. If you desire for yourself, or 

 for the benefit of others, information 

 on any depai'tment of microscopy, 

 please sit down at once, write the 

 questions, and send them. — E. H. 

 Griffith, Fairport, N. Y.' 



The American and British As- 

 sociations. — From TJie Natural- 

 ist's Leistirc Hour we copy the fol- 

 lowing, which, coming from Phila- 

 delphia, may be regarded as conveying 

 correct if not official information : — 



'The Council of the British Asso- 

 ciation has invited the fellows of the 

 American Association to join in the 

 meeting at Montreal on the footing of 

 honorary members, and the Ameri- 

 can Association and the local commit- 



tee of Philadelphia have invited the 

 members of the British Association, 

 with their near relatives who may be 

 with them, to take part in the Phila- 

 delphia meeting. * * * xhe 

 probabilities, therefore, are that the 

 Philadelphia meeting will be largely 

 international in its character. * * * 



' The local committee are actively 

 engaged in perfecting their arrange- 

 ments for the accommodation of the 

 large number of persons which the 

 unusual circumstances will call to 

 Philadelphia ; and while the contem- 

 plated arrangements provide for two 

 thousand members of the Association, 

 it is earnestly requested by the com- 

 mittee that they be notified as early 

 as possible of the intention of mem- 

 bers and their families to be present. 

 * * * 'Y\\e. hotels have agreed to 

 reduce their rates to the members of 

 the Association, and lodgings will be 

 available at from one to four dollars 

 a day. * * * 



' A series of receptions will be of- 

 fered the Association and its guests, 

 including one at the Academy of 

 Music after the President's address ; 

 a reception at the Academy of Fine 

 Arts, a garden party at Haverford 

 College, and a microscopical exhibi- 

 tion at the Academy of Natural Sci- 

 ences. * * * There will also be 

 visits to the International Electrical 

 Exhibition, the Zoological Gardens, 

 Fairmount Park, Independence Hall, 

 and other places of interest, and the va- 

 rious institutions in the city will wel- 

 come the Association to their halls 

 During the meeting five excursions 

 will be offered, to the seashore, the 

 anthracite coal regions, and other 

 places of interest, and possibly limit- 

 ed excursions to more distant points 

 after the meeting. Special botanical 

 and geological excursions will also 

 be given.' 



The official announcements of the 

 meeting have not yet reached lis. 

 The permanent secretary of the Asso- 

 ciation is Prof. F. W. Putnam, who 

 may be addressed at Salem, Mass. 

 Prof. H. C. Lewis and Dr. E. J. 



