48 BOTANICAL GAZETTE | JANUARY 
assured by the general sentiment in favor of it. The opportunities 
offered to American botanists by a conveniently situated tropical 
laboratory can hardly be overestimated, and the present time seems to 
be peculiarly appropriate in which to begin the movement. So many 
things must be considered in this selection that it will be difficult to 
decide among numerous “favorite sites,” but the claims of all should 
be presented and investigated. The commission must of necessity 
maintain a judicial mind and express no opinion until its return, but 
the GazETTE would suggest that all who have special knowledge of 
any place which seems to them to be suitable for this purpose should 
communicate directly with Mr. MacDougal. The assured cooperation 
of British botanists is a further cause for congratulation. With the 
general favorable sentiment among botanists, developed by the corre- 
spondence of Mr. MacDougal, and with the joint presence of Amer- 
ican and British botanists at one or both of the association meetings 
next summer, it would seem that no small obstacle should stand in the 
way of seizing the present opportunity. 
THE PRESENT number of the GAZETTE announces the names of nine 
foreign associate editors, representing seven European countries and 
Japan. The names of these botanists are well known in 
Foreign |§= America, and their cordial acceptance of this responsi- 
ssociate bility promises well for more intimate relations between — 
Editors — the botanists of the two hemispheres. It is confidently © 
expected that this association will result in a larger — 
recognition of American work, the lack of which has been pointed 
out more than once in this journal. These foreign associates are wel- 
comed, not only by the editors of the GazeTrr, but also by American 
botanists, whom they have put under obligation by offering their | 
assistance in the development of an American journal, and their influ- 
ence in securing for it the widest possible foreign audience. Their 
contributions will largely take the form of reviews, notes of current 
work, and botanical news, so that American botanists will be peouee 
into more immediate contact with foreign botanical activity; while 
occasional papers dealing with American material will aid in our own 
ie ems. It has been the purpose of the editors to secure as asso- 
| ‘ciates not only representatives from cerest. eeu: but sho. fone 
different fields oe j otanical 
