70 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [JULY 
(Prag), genesis of the African flora;- Kurtz (Cordoba), the fossil flora of 
Argentina; BorsAs (Klausenburg), the stipas of Hungary; Hua (Paris), 
report on the establishment of a new international organ for the publica- 
tion of new names; SCHINDLER (Briinn), regulatory processes in the plant 
body in relation to cultivation. 
On Wednesday a meeting of the Association Internationale des Botan- 
istes was held, at which reports of the treasurer and secretary were pre- 
sented. The most important action taken, by an overwhelming majority, 
was the direction of the Executive Committee, as soon as the present con- 
tracts permit, to print all résumés in type of the same size, abandoning 
the attempted discrimination. The next meeting will be held in Mont- 
pellier in 1908. The new officers are WETTSTEIN, president; FLAHAULT, 
vice-president; the present secretary and treasurer were re-elected. 
he botanical exposition, under the auspices of this Association, occu- 
outskirts of the city. The horticultural exhibit was open only during the 
week of the Congress, but the other exhibits remained: for two weeks. 
There was an historical section, comprising books, atlases, original draw- 
ings, engravings, portraits, busts, herbarium specimens, instruments, and 
preparations of historical interest. This portion of the exhibits was 
limited to Austria, and naturally the most important contributors were the 
The largest section of the exposition consisted of modern appliances 
for instruction and research. With many of the instruments demonstra- 
tions were given daily (10-1 2). In this section were shown living cultures 
of algae fungi, and bacteria ; photographs of plants and plant-formations, 
ing of pupils there stands in the foreground of the dis- 
093 5 experiments in plant physiology, which 
tanding of biological processes. Then come 
