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  GAZETTE. 
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  EDITORIAL, 
  

  

  The 
  Gazette 
  desires 
  to 
  call 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  its 
  readers 
  to 
  the 
  com- 
  

  

  m 
  

  

  mg 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Association 
  in 
  Indianapolis. 
  Every 
  eflFort 
  

   is 
  being 
  made 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  noteworthy 
  botanical 
  meeting, 
  and 
  as 
  botanists 
  

   claim 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  best 
  organized 
  scientific 
  brotherhood 
  in 
  the 
  country 
  they 
  

   should 
  show 
  their 
  strength 
  and 
  spirit. 
  A 
  great 
  railroad 
  center, 
  ample 
  

   accommodations, 
  and 
  a 
  hospitable 
  people, 
  speak 
  well 
  for 
  comfort 
  of 
  travel 
  ■ 
  

   and 
  entertainment. 
  In 
  order 
  to 
  give 
  more 
  point 
  and 
  pith 
  to 
  botanical 
  

   discussion, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  topics 
  was 
  selected 
  at 
  the 
  Toronto 
  meeting 
  and 
  cer- 
  

   tam 
  botanists 
  were 
  appointed 
  to 
  prepare 
  papers 
  upon 
  special 
  parts 
  of 
  it.' 
  

   "The 
  geographical 
  distribution 
  of 
  North 
  American 
  plants" 
  is 
  a 
  subject 
  of 
  

   great 
  mterest 
  to 
  American 
  botanists, 
  and 
  the 
  botanists 
  selected 
  to 
  present 
  

   various 
  phases 
  of 
  it 
  are 
  Watson, 
  Macoun, 
  Sargent, 
  Britton, 
  Underwood, 
  

   Halsted 
  and 
  Coulter, 
  all 
  of 
  whom 
  have 
  accepted 
  their 
  appointments- 
  

   Many 
  other 
  botanical 
  papers 
  will 
  be 
  read 
  before 
  the 
  biological 
  section; 
  

   while 
  the 
  meetings 
  of 
  the 
  Botanical 
  Club, 
  always 
  large 
  in 
  numbers 
  and 
  

   interest, 
  will 
  furnish 
  ample 
  opportunity 
  for 
  the 
  more 
  informal 
  discussion 
  

   of 
  all 
  sorts 
  of 
  botanical 
  matters. 
  The 
  fact 
  that 
  a 
  botanist. 
  Dr. 
  Goodale, 
  

   IS 
  thepresident 
  of 
  the 
  Association 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  botanist 
  to 
  serve 
  in 
  that 
  

   capacity 
  since 
  Dr. 
  Gray's 
  presidency 
  at 
  the 
  previous 
  Indianapolis 
  meet- 
  

   ing, 
  should 
  still 
  further 
  stimulate 
  a 
  large 
  attendance 
  of 
  botanists. 
  Taken 
  

   altogether, 
  the 
  programme 
  is 
  an 
  unuSually 
  attractive 
  one 
  to 
  botanists 
  

   ana 
  back 
  of 
  it 
  all, 
  and 
  more 
  than 
  papers, 
  is 
  the 
  personal 
  association 
  of 
  

   DO 
  anists 
  which 
  makes 
  them 
  better 
  friends 
  and 
  more 
  generous 
  rivals, 
  

   and 
  which 
  enables 
  them, 
  amidst 
  all 
  the 
  conflict 
  of 
  opinion, 
  to 
  recognize 
  

   a 
  common 
  purpose 
  and 
  a 
  downright 
  goodfellowship. 
  The 
  Gazette, 
  

   naturally, 
  has 
  something 
  of 
  a 
  personal 
  interest 
  in 
  thia 
  meeting, 
  and 
  in 
  

  

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  will 
  warmly 
  welcome 
  as 
  guests 
  

   the 
  whole 
  botanical 
  fraternity. 
  

  

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