380 BOTANICAL GAZETTE | NOVEMBER 
ing address was made on June 13, by Sir Joseph Hooker, whose father had 
been for twenty years the professor of botany at Glasgow. He was followed 
by Lord Lister and Professor Bayley Balfour in proposing a vote of thanks 
for the address. 
AT THE DENVER meeting of the Botanical Society of America a com- 
mittee, consisting of Drs. Trelease, Britton, and Robinson, was appointed to 
investigate and report upon the condition of the National Herbarium. The fol- 
lowing resolution was passed: ‘‘ That it is the present policy of the society to 
accumulate invested funds until the annual income, interest and dues, is at 
least $500, and then to use such income yearly, or at greater or less intervals, 
as circumstances may dictate, for the best advancement of botanical knowl- 
edge.”’ 
THE SUBJECTS for the Walker prizes in Natural History for the next two 
years have been announced. For 1go2 the botanical subject is ‘‘ Nuclear 
fusions in plants,” besides a general subject entitled “ The reactions of organ- 
isms to solutions, considered from the standpoint of the chemical theory of 
dissociation,” which may just as well be competed for by a plant physiolo- 
gist. For 1903 the subject is “ A monograph of any genus or group of thal- 
lophytes.” For detailed information as to the conditions of competition 
address Glover M. Allen, Secretary, Boston Society of Natural History, Bos- 
ton, Mass. 
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE of the 11th Congress of Naturalists and 
Physicians has asked that the following announcement be made: The Con- 
gress will convene at St. Petersburg on January 2, 1902, and continue until 
January 12. General sessions will be held January 2, 8, and 12; and sec- 
tional meetings on the other days, botany constituting a distinct section. 
Those wishing to be present as members should send their names and 
addresses, with the membership fee (3 roubles), also indicating their section, 
- to the Executive Committee of the Congress, University, St. Petersburg, not 
later than December 15. 
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