158 NEWS 



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of Arceiithobiiim piisillum ; A. D. Selry, A destructive disease of ginseng 

 under cultivation caused by Alternaria sp., A disease of forced cucumbers 

 apparently allied to the mosaic disease of tobacco, tomato, etc.; J. A. Shafer, 

 MarshaUia trinervata (Walt) Porter in Pennsylvania, An interesting Heuchera; 

 C, L. Shear, Notes on Sclerodenia pteridis, n. sp.; F. L. Stevens, Notes on 

 Scelerospora, Notes on Symplocos and Salvia, A new character in Hexastylis ; 

 C. F. Stewart and H. J. Eustace, Frost blister of apple and quince leaves. 

 The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : F. E. Lloyd, 

 president ; A. F. Woods, vice-president ; W. R. Maxon, secretary-treasurer. 



The recent sessions of the Botanical Society of America in Pittsburg 

 marked an important epoch in the histor}' of that organization, and may be 

 taken to be of great importance to the botanical interests of the entire 

 country. Although in existence but eight years as an organization, the 

 funds in the hands of the treasurer now amount to over $2,700. By the 

 adoption of a resolution at the Denver meeting in 1901 the society committed 

 itself to the policy of expending $500 per year in grants in aid of investiga- 

 tions as soon as the state of its finances would permit. The income and 

 funds of the society have shown a gratifying and unexpected increase, and 

 this feature of the policy of the society is to be put in force at once, as indi- 

 cated by the resolutions given below. It is notable that the grants to be 

 made by the society form an example of perhaps the only series of scientific 

 grants ever offered in America by means of funds contributed by actual 

 workers in the branch of science benefited. The first grants may be made 

 at the coming meeting in Washington, as indicated by the resolutions : 



Resolved, That applications in aid of investigations may be made at any time by 

 members or associates in good standing. Such applications should be made to the 

 secretary, accompanied by a detailed statement in regard to the work for which the 

 grant is requested, and shall be referred by the secretary to the council. The council 

 shall report upon all applications at the next meeting subsequent to the date at which 

 they are received. The amount of any grant confirmed by the society may be drawn 

 by the applicant from the treasurer withhi six months after the meeting at which the 

 grant was made, after a proper receipt has been made therefor. 



The recipient of a grant must make a report of the progress or of the completed 

 results of the investigations for which the grant was given at the next annual meeting, 

 and at every succeeding meeting until the work in question is finished. Such report 

 must be made in writing to the council, and may or may not be referred to the 

 society. Any and every paper dealing with the results of investigations carried out 

 by the aid of grants as above shall bear the imprint, ** Investigations prosecuted with 

 the aid of a grant from the Botanical Society of America.'* 



Resolved, That at the next meeting of the society a grant or grants in aid of 

 investigation may be made in any amount not to exceed the total sum of '^'^^ hundred 

 dollars ($500.00) to members and associates of the society.— D.T. MacDougaI-, 5^^^^* 

 tary of Botanical Society of America, 



