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1899 ] NEWS 445. 
University of Michigan. Mr. Duvel has begun an investigation of certain 
factors affecting the vitality and germination of seeds. 
PROFESSOR IGNATIUS URBAN announces that the second fascicle of his 
Porto Rico plants is now ready for distribution, the price per hundred being 
M 40. A few sets of the first fascicle may still be obtained, at J/ 30 per hun- 
dred. Professor Urban’s address is Grunewald-strasse 6/7 Berlin W. 
PROFESSOR JEAN BAPTISTE CARNOY, professor of botany in the Catholic 
University of Louvain, died on September 8, at the age of sixty-three. Pro- 
fessor Carnoy was the founder and editor of the elegant periodical La Cellule, 
and the author of several works and papers of high value on cytology. 
THERE HAS come into the possession of the city of Philadelphia the dwell- 
ing and part of the grounds which belonged to James Logan (1674-1751), 
with Penn one of the founders of Pennsylvania, and a botanist of note, after 
whom Logania, the type of the Loganiacez, was named by Robert Brown. 
The property will be known as Stenton Park, the original name of the Logan 
estate, as there is already a Logan Square in the city. Mr. Thomas Meehan, 
the venerable horticulturist, has been the mover in the proceedings which 
have secured the preservation of the grounds of Bartram, McMahon, and 
ogan, 
Mr. J. B, Exxis being unable to continue the issue of Fungi Columbiant, 
has requested Mr. C. L. Shear, of Takoma Park, D. C., to take charge of it. 
Mr. Shear has acceded to this request, and seeks the cooperation of working 
mycologists and collectors. Mr. Ellis will assist in the determination of 
Material, and doubtful specimens of the various orders will be submitted to- 
other specialists. The series of North American Fungi has been discon- 
tinued, but the present series is in great part a continuation of it. Century 
is now in course of preparation. Complete sets of the first fourteen 
centuries can still be supplied. 
ON JANUARY 1 the Cambridge Botanical Supply Company will discon- 
tinue the publication of the card index of American Botany, and the commit- 
tee appointed by Section G of the A. A. A. S. is seeking to continue It under 
other arrangements, The present subscription price of $5 per year was made 
when only about 500 cards were issued and 1s inadequate to support the 
€nterprise with the increased number of titles. It has, therefore, been decided 
to make the rate one cent percard. The number of subscribers will govern 
the number of sets printed and the matter will not be electrotyped. Intend- 
ing subscribers should at once notify Professor L. M. Underwood, Columbia 
University, New York city. 
MR. Maturin L. DELAFIELD, JR., 56 Liberty street, New aes or 
having fulfilled the requirement of the constitution of the Botanical Soceity 
