96 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY [May, 
from whom we trust to have some particulars which will interest our readers. 
Dr. Taylor wishes to distribute his collections to those especially interested 
in diatom study, and all such who wish to obtain some of this fine material 
will do well to communicate with him. The collections will be distributed 
free, except a slight charge to recover the cost of obtaining the raw material. 
No attempt will be made to market the material, and Dr. Taylor expressly 
states that only one phial can be had by any one individual. This systematic 
study of these waters will no doubt furnish the basis for a very thorough sur- 
vey of the diatom flora of our southern marine waters. 
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The American Association for the Advancement of Science will hold 
its 36th meeting in New York city, beginning on Aug. toth, 1887. The 
meetings will be held at Columbia College, Prof. S. P. Langley presiding. 
Prof. E. S. Morse, of Salem, who is the retir ing president, gives the address. 
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The American Society of Microscopists will hold their annual meet- 
ing at Pittsburg, Penna. The date of the meeting has been fixed at Aug. 30, 
to last probably 4 days. There is promise of good work this year. Plans 
are not yet complete, but they include the following: Much attention will be 
given to practical demonstrations. Prof. S. H. Gage will demonstrate 
methods of preparing areolar tissue. Dr. Reeves will demonstrate his 
method of section cutting. Prof. Smith will continue his papers upon De- 
velopment of Diatomacee. A fuller account of the plans for the meeting 
has not yet reached us, but we hope to be able to place it before our readers 
in our next number. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
To THE EpiIror:—I send you a phial of diatoms from a new find (Tampa Bay, 
Fla.) The cleaning is not finished, so you must allow for that in examining it. I will 
have about twenty phials to dispose of to your subscribers. The rest of the cleaning, 
some eighty phials, will be sent out to my friends, through Queen & Co., of Philadel- 
phia. This is the last work I shall do on the Gulf coast. Iam about to extend my 
investigations along the Atlantic coast, and shall confine myself to the bays and sounds. 
The entire result of this work will be sent out through Queen & Co. free to all who 
apply for it. 
The cost of the raw material is beyond my means, and I take this method of dis- 
posing of diatoms to help pay for muds from the Atlantic coast. I will send the 
cleaned diatoms to any one who will furnish me their name and address, and allow 
them to place their own value upon it. 
I hope that those who really take an interest in diatoms will at least help me to pay 
for the raw material, in order that they may obtain the cleaned. I have sent out forms 
from the Gulf for some years without exchange, and have distributed free to all, through 
Queen and Co., of Philadelphia, watex-washed diatoms from Mobile Bay, Bon Secour 
Bay, Pensacola Bay, and St. Andrew’s Bay, the entire result of two years’ hard work, 
and enough forms to make at least four hundred phials, each phial of which should 
have contained enough material to make one hundred slides. I am now about to 
extend my researches to the sounds and bays of the Atlantic coast. My first point 
will be Albemarle Sound, N. C. I shall endeavor to work up the salt-water deposits 
to the best of my ability, but lack of means will be my greatest drawback. I worked 
for years on the Gulf deposits until I became skilful as a cleaner. I have a few 
phials of cleaned forms, on which I spent one month to each phial, and used three 
gallons of mud and four hundred gallons of water to produce the desired result. I 
thank you for your kind letter, and will cheerfully give any information in my power 
to any who may require it through the columns of your Journal. 
Gro. H. TAYLor. 
Mosite, ALA. 
