﻿NEWS. 



Ed. ReineCk has succeeded the late G. Leimbach as editor of the 

 Deutsche botanische Monatsschrift. 



Dr. P. P. Deherain, professor of plant physiology at the Museum d'His- 

 toire Naturelle at Paris, and editor of the Annales Agro7toniiques, died 

 recently. 



On November 27 a celebration was held in honor of M. Chr. Gobi, 

 professor emeritus of the Imperial University of St. Petersburg, to com- 

 memorate the completion of thirty years of activity in teaching and investi- 

 gation. 



The officers of the Botanical Society of Washington for 1903 are A. 



F. Woods, president; Frederick V. Coville, vice-president; Charles 

 L. Pollard, recording secretary; Herbert J. Webber, corresponding 

 secretary; and Walter H. Evans, treasurer. 



Professor L. Celakovsky, professor of botany and director of the 



botanical institute and gardens of the University of Prag, died November 24 

 last, at the age of sixty-seven years. His numerous botanical contributions 

 are well known, and his death has removed one of the most constant con- 

 tributors to botanical literature. 



E. P. Burton & Co., a lumber firm of Charleston, S. C, have asked for 

 the help of the Bureau of Forestry in managing 60,000 acres of pine forest 

 about thirty miles northwest of Charleston, on the Cooper River, The forest 

 consists mainly of loblolly, with some longleaf and spruce pine. It contains 

 also some large swamps with heavy stands of cypress, gum, and oaks. 



The University of Michigan has secured the lease of a piece of 

 ground containing about seven acres for a botanical garden and arboretum. 

 The land is located in immediate proximity to the campus and adjacent to 

 other university property. It includes a "kettle hole," which will be utilized 

 for the growth of aquatics, and has the advantage of great variety of slope, 

 soil, and exposure. The front nearest to the university buildings is reserved 

 for the erection of a conservatory with workrooms. 



Dr. a, Wagner, of the University of Innsbruck, has announced the 

 publication of a new periodical to be entitled " Botanisches Litteraturblatt.'* 

 It is to be an " organ for author reports of the whole domain of botany." The 



autoreports'* of foreign authors, if not written in German, will be published 

 in " literal German translation." The publisher is Wagner, bookseller to the 

 University of Innsbruck. In case an author declines to furnish a report of 



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