380 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [May 1898 
in Central Asia. He went from the Boissier Herbarium to South America in 
1895, bound then upon a year of botanical exploration of Tierra del Fuego. 
PROFESSOR W. W. BAILEY has succeeded in raising among his friends 
the sum of $1029 for the use of his department, with much more promised. 
The money was accompanied by messages appreciative of his long and faith- 
ful service. 
Dr. Fritz Nout, of the University of Bonn, on April 1 was appointed 
etats-mdssigen Professor of Botany at the Royal Academy of Agriculture at 
Popplesdorf, to succeed Professor Dr. F. Kérnicke, who has been nominated 
as privy councillor and retires from active service, but retains the direction 
of the economic section of the garden of the Academy. Dr. Noll retains his 
position in the University of Bonn. 
THE COMING MEETING of the A. A. A. S. at Boston promises to be one of 
the most notable in the history of the association. It is the fiftieth anniver- 
sary, and special efforts are being made to arrange a worthy celebration. 
The local committees have been appointed, and the week selected is August 
22 to 27. The local secretary is Professor H. W. Tyler, of the Massachusetts 
Institute of Technology. The usual number of affiliated societies will meet 
at the same time, among them the Botanical Society of America. The meet- 
ings will be held in the rooms of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
and of the Boston Society of Natural History, in three closely adjoining 
buildings. 
