Section G, A. A. A. S. 
Proceedings of the Section. 
The section of botany was called to order on Thursday 
morning by Vice-president Arthur, Mr. B. T. Galloway being 
secretary, and proceeded to organize by electing the follow- 
ing officers: councilor, B. L. Robinson; members of sectional 
committee, N. L. Britton, Wm. Trelease, C. R. Barnes; 
member of nominating committee, David F. Day; committee 
to nominate officers of section, F. V. Coville, F. H. Knowl- 
ton, William Trelease; press secretary, W. T. Swingle. 
Mr. Galloway being compelled to leave on Friday, Mr. M. 
B. Waite was then elected secretary for the remainder of the 
meeting. 
Mr. J. E. Humphrey gave a brief account of the undertak- 
ing of Dr. H. H. Field in securing the cooperation of scien- 
tific bodies and governments in the establishment of an inter- 
national bureau, with headquarters at Ziirich, for indexing 
zoological] literature. : 
A committee on international bibliography was appointed 
to watch the workings of this Swiss bureau and to report to 
the section a plan of cooperation by which botanical literature 
may be included if the scheme seems to promise success. 
The president named Messrs. Humphrey, Coville and Under- 
wood as this committee. : 
The committee on bibliography presented a report of its 
work during the past year. 
Your committee beg leave to submit the following report: 4 
ex to American literature has been continue 
« committee also report that the journal index, which it was 
hoped would be begun in the past year, tie been delayed by the desire 
to cooperate with and obtain the benef of the similar work 0 i. 
ary. The committee expect that this will be pu 
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