1897] 
To the Editors of the Botanical Gazette:—The organization of the com- 
mission for the selection of a site for a botanical laboratory in the American 
tropics is now complete so far as the American membership is concerned, 
with the following representation : 
DoveLas H. CAMPBELL, Professor of Botany in Leland Stanford Uni- 
versity. 
Joun M. CouLTer, Head Professor of Botany in The University of 
Chicago. - ! 
W. G. Fartow, Professor of Cryptogamic Botany in Harvard Uni- 
versity. 
D. T. MacDouGat, Assistant Professor of Botany, in charge of Plant 
Physiology, in the University of Minnesota. 
As may be seen from the above list, the commission represents the entire 
country geographically, as well as the more important aspects of the subject. 
The British members of the commission will be announced in the GAZETTE 
for March.—D. T. MacDoueat, University of Minnesota. 
