NEWS. 
Dr. Evcen WarMING has been appointed director of the Geological 
Survey of Denmark. 
Dr. BrapLey M. Davis, of the University of Chicago, has returned to 
his work from a stay in Paris. 
AN EXCELLENT PORTRAIT of the late Thomas Meehan was published in 
Mechan's Monthly for December last. 
Dr. E. B. CopeLaND, formerly of the University of West Virginia, is 
engaged in research work at the University of Chicago. 
THE DISTINGUISHED MYCOLOGIST, Professor Robert Hartig, director of 
__ the Botanical Institute of Munich, died October 9, 1901. 
_ WE LEARN through Science of the recent death of Professor Miguel 
-olmeiro, director of the Botanical Garden at Madrid, aged 86. 
Miss JOSEPHINE E. TILDEN, of the University of Minnesota, has just 
from a brief winter exploring trip on the Vancouver coast. 
M. Duraxp, has been appointed director of the Botanical Garden in 
ussels, in place of M. Crépin, who has resigned because of ill health. 
Cuantes J. J. CHAMBERLAIN, of the University of Chicago, is spending 
nic year in Europe, chiefly at the University of Bonn. 
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