NEWS. 
Mr. J. G. BAKER retired as Curator of the Kew Herbarium on Janay 
12, and was succeeded by Mr. W. B. Hemsley. as 
THE REMOVAL of Dr. Carl von Tubeuf from Munich to Berlin has caused | 
the suspension of the Forstlich-naturwissenschaftliche Zeitschrift, of si: 
he was editor. 4 
Dr. F. W. C. AREscHovG, professor of botany in the University of tin : 
has retired, and Assistant Professor S. Berggren has been promoted to the 
place thus vacate 
Dr. W. C. Sturers has leave of absence from the Connecticut Exper: 
ment Station, and is working in the laboratory of Professor H. Marshall 
Ward, at Cambridge, England. 
ON DECEMBER 16, 1898, Dr. Karl Miiller, of Halle, the well-k2078 
bryologist and editor of Die Natur, celebrated his eightieth birthday. » ~The 
cable brings news of his death on February ninth. 
IN A BULLETIN of the Purdue University Experiment Station Dr. I ye 
Arthur calls attention to the possibility of developing a beautiful bedding 
plant from Cerastium arvense oblongifolium, which, even in its wild state, i : 
very attractive. 
IN RECOGNITION of services rendered to the colonial governments as 1 
Director of the Royal Gardens at Kew, the Queen has conferred upon Mr. W. i 
T, Thiselton Dyer the Knight Commandership of the Order of St. Michael and a 
St. George (K. C. M. G.). 
Mr. CuHarLes A. KEFFER, of the Division of Forestry, United sits 
Department of Agriculture, has been appointed Horticulturist in the Agrictl 
tural College of New Mexico at Mesilla Park. He will leave Washingt 
for his new work about the last of February. 
FaTHER J. H. Wiese died at his residence in Schenectady, N. Y» hae 
ary 7, 1899, at the age of 60. - He was well known to the older neem ; 
an enthusiastic collector and student of the local flora; and to aes 4 
enjoyed his personal acquaintance as a most genial friend. : ‘ 
THE OHIO StaTE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE held its eighth annual a 
December 29 and 30 at the State University. Botanical papers bg EL 
John H. Schaffner, A, D. Selby, Lumina C. Riddle, H. C. bee 
Fullmer, Edo Claassen, W. A. Kellerman, G. M. Holferty, and i= 
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