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1889.] BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 269 



ing the standard of American botanical science as a whole. The means 

 relied upon for accomplishing this object were (1) to create a greater feel- 

 ing of fraternity among botanists and thus induce more of them to at- 

 tend the meetings, (2) to make the sessions quite informal, so that every 

 one in attendance would feel unembarrassed and at liberty to offer any bit 

 of information that he might think of interest to his fellow workers, (3) 

 to provide an audience for hearing such papers as are worthy of record, 

 but because of their brevity or the relative unimportance of their conclu- 

 sions would add nothing to the dignity or value of the proceedings of the 

 biological section of the association, (4) to scrupulously refrain from per- 

 mitting the club in any way to occupy or trespass upon the time or the 

 nterests rightfully belonging to the association, and (5) to keep the club 

 intimately but unofficially connected with the association and allow no 

 independent organization. The lines on which the club was established 

 have been very well maintained, and the opinion of members of the asso- 

 ciation, whether botanists or not, goes to show that it has exerted a con- 

 siderable influence and been reasonably successful in its aims. It is in 

 this very element of success, in fact, that the danger to the club lies. It 

 seems to be the common opinion outside of the club, and, we regret to 

 say, is held by some botanists as well, that the club, having become so 

 strong, will eventually form a section of the association. It seems to us 

 that those holding such views do not rightly appreciate what the club is 

 attempting to do. The idea of transforming such an excellent lever for 

 accomplishing a good purpose into the thing to be elevated, ought to re- 

 quire no argument to show its want of wisdom. This journal gave some 

 suggestions relative to the sphere of the club, in its editorial on the same 

 subject a year ago, which it is not necessary to repe.it here, although they 

 might profitably be borne in mind by those who help in shaping the bo- 

 tanical features of the programme for the meetings of both the club and 

 the association. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Association meets next year at Ind 



Prof. Dr. Sadebeck has been entrusted with the administration of 

 the Botanical Gardens at Hamburg, vice Prof. Reichenbach, deceased. 



Prof. Dr. K. Prantl, of Aschaffenburg, has been nominated as the 

 successor of Prof. Dr. Engler as Professor of Botany and Director ol the 

 Botanical Gardens of the University of Bresleau. 



Cook 



noney is digested nectar, that when Dees gamer ii«*,wm *™j *«^ y , 

 however, some of it fails to be digested. Honey taken under such cir- 

 cumstances will show right hand rotation from the presence of unchanged 



sucrose. 



