NEWS. 
PROFESSOR STRASBURGER has been awarded the gold medal of the Lisa 
Society of London. me 
Dr. W. B. McCatium has been appointed assistant in plant physiology in ? : 
the University of Chicago. 
PROFESSOR CHARLES R. BARNES, after spending six months in Ea As 
return to his duties at the University of Chicago October 1. 
Mr. J. W. Rircuie, Fellow in botany at the University of Chicago, has beet <a 
appointed Professor of Biology at William and Mary College, Virginia. 
Proressor JonN M. Courter and Dr. H. C. Cowes will nai 
autumn and winter in Europe, returning to their duties at the University 7 
Chicago April 1, 1906. 4 
HL. S. Graves, School of Forestry, Yale University, has returned from a study c 
of the forest conditions to be observed in a trip around the world, special attention 
having been given to those of India. 
' Mr. Jesse M. GREENMAN, recently of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard ae 
sity, has been appointed assistant curator of the Department of Botany we 
Field Columbian Museum. His duties began June 1. 
A VERY INTERESTING ACCOUNT of a visit to LUTHER BURBANK by 
Huco DeVrrgs is published in Popular Science Monthly for August. Tt 
translated from the Dutch, and contains a clear statement by @ great 
ene of the scientific results of the work of a great pace 
A NEW BOTANICAL INSTITUTE has recently been completed for 
RITTER von Westersnetm R. WeTTSTEIN in the Imperial Bo 
Vienna. The building is admirable both for the artistic beauty of its we 
and interior finish, and for the completeness of its equipment. It is 
for research and instruction. The muse um, so often a mere ace 
rubbish, is particularly attractive and useful. 
