NEWS. 
PROFESSOR Dr. H. AMBRONN has been called to the assistant professor- 
ship of botany in the University of Jena. 
PROFESSOR J. W. ToumeEy, of the University of Arizona, has been j 
appointed assistant professor of forestry in the new school of forestry at a 
Yale University. ’ 
WITH THE BEGINNING of the present volume of the BOTANICAL GAZETTE, : 
Dr. J. C. Arthur, on accdunt of ill-health and pressure of work, retires from : 
the position of an active and responsible editor. For eighteen years he has — 
been identified with the journal, and has been a large factor in whatever 7“ 
cess it has achieved. In 1882 he became an associate editor, and in 1886 oF 
he became an editor, sharing financial as well as editorial responsibilities. Th 
GAZETTE will not lose his counsel and active cooperation, for his connects 
will be continued as an associate editor. 
THE FOLLOWING FELLows in Botany have been appointed by the Un 
versity of Chicago for 1g00-Igor: S. E. M. Coulter (Hanover College), B. E. 
Livingston (University of Michigan), and A. A. Lawson (University of 
ornia). A.C. Moore, a Fellow of last year, has been appointed Assist 
honorary fellow. 
WE LEARN from Science (June 15) that the appropriations for the Dep 
ment of Agriculture for the fiscal 
$4,023,500, being an increase of more 
‘Stations in the forty-eight states and territories, $12,000 for the stati 
Alaska, $10,000 for a new station in Hawaii, and $5000 for an investig 
and report to Con 
Puerto Rico. 
Division of Agrostology, $25,100, 
appropriation of $30,300; whi 
increased from $130 
1000 tO $170,000, an increase due in large measure q 
petition of some 225 
members of the House of Representatives. 
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