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horticulturist, biologist or bacteriologist, when such officers are named. i 
some cases where botany is associated with horticulture or entomology, it i 
either largely neglected, or receives the greater share of attention, for the 
subjects are too large to be successfully combined, so that a few names a 
this list represent but nominal botanists. Yet there are recognized botanists. 
not on the list, like Professor Rolfs of the Florida station, and Dr. Russel of 
the Wisconsin station, who offset such defection. 
A corps of fifty trained botanists, scattered over the breadth of see! 
should accomplish great good both for agricultural practice and for pa 
science. 
THE VERMONT BOTANICAL CLUB held its third annual meeting at 
University of Vermont, February 4 and 5. Among the titles we note the 
following: Recent tendencies to recognize new species, President | 
Brainerd ; Dissemination of plants due to seed structure rather than nus 
ber, Miss B. C. Verder; Among the ferns, Rev. J. A. Bates; Notes fra 
field and herbarium, Mrs. A. J. Grout, Carleton D. Howe, Dr. G. H.P. 
and Professor L. R. Jones,; Common notions of physiological constants 
Jessor F. A. Waugh; On collecting and preparing fleshy fungi for wi 
herbarium, Dr. E. A. Burt; Vermont myxomycetes, Miss F. M. Suttom, 
Miss L. C. Whitney; Vermont hepatics, C/zfton D. Howe. 
