1907] NEWS 359 
Tae Marine BroLocicaL Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass., will begin its 
twentieth session on June 1, 1907. Dr. Grorce T. Moore will be in charge 
of the botany, and associated with him there will be Gzorcr R. Lyman, Dart- 
mouth College, and Ivey Foreman Lewis, Johns Hopkins University. 
Dr. Brapiey M. Davis has resigned. 
; Dr. Otis W. CALDWELL, State Normal School, Charleston, Ill., has been 
added to the botanical staff of the University of Chicago, as associate professor of 
botany in the College of Education, and Dr. Cartes J. CHAMBERLAIN and 
Dr. Henry C. CowLes have been promoted from instructorships to assistant 
professorships in the department of botany. 
At THE NEw York MEETING of the American Association a silver loving-cup 
was presented to Professor W. F. Ganonc. The presentation was made by 
Professor G. F. ATKINSON on the part of the former members of the Society for 
Plant Morphology and Physiology, as a token of appreciation of Professor 
Ganonc’s very efficient services during ten years as executive officer of that 
society. 
Tue Brorocicat Lasoratory of the Brooklyn Institute, which conducts 
summer work at Cold Spring Harbor, has announced that its next annual 
session will be held during July and August, 1907. The botanical oa will 
be as follows: Dr. D. S. Jonson, Cryptogamic Botany; Dr. E. 
SEAU, Plant Ecology; Mr. H. H. York, Associate in Botany; Mr. W. S. ae 
Assistant in Ecology. 
Proressor B. E. FERNow, State College, Pennsylvania, has been appointed 
dean of the Faculty of Forestry at the University of Toronto. According to 
Science, “‘it is proposed to organize the most complete system of forestry education 
on this continent, the university undergoing now a reorganization and broadening 
out its policy generally. It is expected that a large forest reservation will be set 
aside for the use of the school, and university extension work of the broadest kind 
is contemplated.” 
Dr. Ot1s W. CatpweE Lt, State Normal School, Charleston, Ill., has made 
Several visits to Cuba in search of Microcycas, reported as being endemic on the 
island and unknown in collections in any reliable way. The last trip was made 
during February and early March, and resulted in complete success. He has 
secured material for a proper morphological study of the genus, and his results 
will be an important contribution to our accumulating ee of the mor- 
Phology of the cycads. 
AN ASSOCIATION of twelve botanists has undertaken the direction of the Plant 
World, beginning with 1907. The scope of the journal will be enlarged by includ- 
ing more notes and news, accounts of explorations, illustrations of experiments, 
discussions of evolution and plant-breeding, etc. The subscription price is to 
remain $1 a year, and F. E. Luoyp continues to be the managing editor. The 
association includes the following botanists: J. C. ARTHUR, Miss M. M. Bracx- 
