308 BOTANICAL GAZETTE {OCTOBER 
all its phases. It was decided to found such a journal, contingent upon 
securing a sufficient number of subscriptions to maintain it. Dr. Uhlworm 
was chosen editor for a period of five years, and the new journal is to replace 
the Botanisches Centralblatt, which in consequence will be discontinued after 
the close of the present year. 
During the afternoon the botanical gardens of the university and the 
famous DeCandolle herbarium -were visited, and in the evening a brilliant 
reception was held, tendered to the congress by the city of Geneva. The last 
day of the meeting was given up to visits to the Barbey-Boissier herbarium 
at Chambésy and the gardens of M. Micheli at Jussy, with an elaborate ban- 
quet in the evening at the Eynard palace, tendered by the canton of Geneva. 
At this dinner the menu and the toasts had a strong international coloring, 
within European limits. After adjournment an excursion through the valley 
of the Saas to observe alpine plants was conducted by Professor Chodat. 
The Americans in attendance at the congress were Mr. David G. Fair- 
child, of the United States Department of Agriculture; Mr. F. E. Lloyd, of 
Columbia University ; Dr. D. S. Johnson, of Johns Hopkins University; Dr. 
H. von Schrenk, of the Missouri Botanical Gardens; Mr. and Mrs. W. Mur- 
rill, of Cornell University ; and Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Arthur, of Pande Univer- 
sity. The meeting was fortunate in having pleasant weather; the local 
management was untiring in forwarding the interests of the meeting. and in 
providing for the comfort and enjoyment of the members, and the opinion 
was unanimous that the gathering had been unusually enjoyable and suc- 
cessful. The next meeting of the Société Internationale de Botanique will 
be held in 1904 in Vienna, under the presidency of Professor Goebel, of 
Munich, Professor F. O. Bower, of Glasgow, being vice-president, and Dr. ji 
P. Lotsy, of Tjébodas, Java, secretary.—J. C. ARTHUR. 
