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purchase of plants for the parks, greenhouses, etc., under the advice 
: : Mr. Albert F. Woods has been promoted to be Chief and 
_ Chief of the Division of Pomology confer upon all m 
_ 4nd plan with the Superintendent of Experimenta 
2 who is hereby designated as Director of Plant Industry. és 
_ Order the several branches of the department nant 
1900] NEWS 4st 
the progress and development of the garden in all its departments and of the 
activities of people connected with it in any way. At present technical 
articles will not be published, though botanical notes, news, and reviews will 
often be included. 
Tue O. S. U. Naturalist is the title of a new journal whose first number 
appeared in November. It is a journal devoted “more especially to the 
natural history of Ohio,” and is the official organ of the Biological Club of 
the Ohio State University. It is published monthly during the academic 
year, and its subscription price is fifty cents. The editor-in-chief is Professor 
John H. Schaffner, of the University. The first number contains two botanical 
papers by Professor W. A. Kellerman. 
IN THE Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club for October, some of the 
papers presented at the celebration of “Torrey Day” in connection with the 
last meeting of the A. A. A. S. are published. Dr. N. L. Britton has written 
an exceedingly interesting sketch of Dr. Torrey asa botanist, and follows it 
by a bibliography; Dr. Edward S. Burgess has presented the work of the 
Torrey Botanical Club; while Dr. James Hyatt, one of the earliest members 
of the club, Professor T. C. Porter, and Professor Charles H. Peck, have put 
in permanent form some delightful personal reminiscences of Dr. Torrey. 
By THE WILL of the late Charles H. Smith, of Providence, R. L., the 
botanical department of Brown University receives $2,000 the income from 
which is to be expended under the approyal of the senior professor of botany, 
now Professor W. W. Bailey. The city of Providence is made residuary 
legatee for the development of parks. The income, which is likely to 
amount to ten or twelve thousand dollars annually, is to be applied a 
direction of the superintendent of parks, and the senior professor of aty 
of Brown University. One thousand dollars is bequeathed to the city ane 
trust fund, the income to be used for purchasing microscopes for the ig 
Schools, 
; ae lant Industry, 
Mr. B. T, GALLoway has been appointed Director aera B. Waite 
. lo: 0,3, 
Assi ‘ Pare table Physiology and Pathology, 
istant Chief of the Division of Vege é d the following general 
S Department of Agriculture. The Secretary has issue 
_ order: “ For the purpose of unifying the 
_ Ment, it is hereby ordered that the Chie 
ology and Pathology, the Chief of the Division 0 
ed will maintain their 
Mtegrity and organization.” 
