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The gathering of botanists at Washington during " Convocation Week " 

 was the largest that has ever occurred in the history of this country. Besides 

 the meetings of Section G, A. A. A. S., and its informal Botanical Club, 

 meetings were held of the Society for Plant Morphology and Physiology and 

 of the Botanical Society of America. Over one hundred professional botanists 

 were registered, and it is safe to say that at least fifty others more or less 

 directly interested in botanical matters were in attendance. 



Before Section G, Mr. F. V. Coville presiding, the retiring president, Dr. 

 D, H. Campbell, of Leland Stanford University, gave an address on "The 

 evolution of land plants." About twenty five papers were admitted to the \ 



program and read in full or by title. The sessions closed on Wednesday- 

 Professor T. H. Macbride was elected president for the next meeting, which . 

 is to be held in St. Louis December 28, 1903-January 2, 1904. Dr. F. E. * 



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Lloyd was elected secretary for five years. | 



The Society for Plant Morphology and Physiology met on Tuesday and ' : 



Wednesday. Eighteen papers were read in full ; seven others were presented : 



by title. The proposed central bureau of the Association Internationale des 

 Botanistes was discussed, and the decision was unanimous that the proposed 

 bureau would not be useful in proportion to its cost and the labor of main- [ 



taining it. The following were elected members; W, A. Cannon, New York 

 Botanical Garden ; Judson F. Clark, Cornell University; G. P. Clinton, Con- ; 



necticut Experiment Station ; W. C. Coker, University of North Carolina; C. r 



C. Curtis, Columbia University; E. J. Durand, Cornell University; J. E. 

 Kirkwood, Syracuse University ; W. A. Orton, Department of Agriculture, 

 Washington ; K. M. Wiegand, Cornell University. Dr. Roland Thaxter, of 

 Harvard University, was elected president ; Professor Conway MacMillan, of 

 the University of Minnesota, vice-president; and Professor W. F. Ganong, of 

 Smith College, secretary-treasurer. Thirty-five members were in attendance. 

 The Botanical Society of America met on Wednesday afternoon and 

 Thursday. The retiring president, Dr. J. C. Arthur, of Purdue University, 

 gave an address, illustrated by lantern slides, on " Problems suggested by 

 cultures of the Uredineae.** Forty papers were read in full or by title. No 

 new members were elected on account of the defective report of the commit- 

 tee on membership. A committee was appointed to confer with similar 

 committees from other botanical societies, for the purpose of securing | 



cooperation and, if possible, federation. Dr. C. R. Barnes, of the University ^ 



of Chicago, was elected president; Mr. J. N. Rose, of the U. S. National 

 Museum, vice-president; Dr. D. T, MacDougal, of the New York Botanical 

 Garden, secretary ; and Dr. Arthur Hollick, of the New York Botanical 

 Garden, treasurer. 



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The botanists of the central states organized themselves into a society, 

 electing Professor Conway MacMillan, of the University of Minnesota, presi- 

 dent, and Dr. C. F. Millspaugh, of the Field Columbian Museum, Chicago, ^ 

 secretary. Arrangements for the next meeting are left to an executive 



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