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28".9. "Description: 15i magn., 12" diam- 

 eter, with possibly a faint nucleus or indefinite 

 fleck of light in it." The comet was also pho- 

 tographed by Mr. Lee at the same time. 



Lectures will be delivered in the Lecture 

 Hall of the Museum Building of the New 

 York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, on Sat- 

 urday afternoons, at four o'clock, as follows: 



September 25 — "Native Trees of the Hudson 

 River Valley," by Dr. N. L. Britton. 



October 2 — " Some Floral and Scenic Features 

 of Porto Rieo," by Dr. M. A. Howe. 



October 9 — " The Flora of the Upper Delaware 

 Valley," by Mr. George V. Nash. 



October 16—" Collecting Fungi at Mountain 

 Lake, Virginia," by Dr. W. A. Murrill. 



October 23—" Autumnal Wild Flowers," by Dr. 

 N. L. Britton. 



October 30 — "Some Plant Diseases: their Cause 

 and Treatment," by Mr. Fred J. Seaver. 



November 6 — " The Reclamation of the Desert 

 in San Bernardino Valley, California," by Dr. H. 

 H. Rusby. 



November 13 — "The Hudson River Valley be- 

 fore the Advent of Man," by Dr. Arthur Hollick. 



It is stated in the British Medical Journal 

 that the sanitary commissioner with the gov- 

 ernment of India has proposed the formation 

 of a permanent organization to inquire sys- 

 tematically into the problems, both practical 

 and scientific, connected with malaria in India. 

 The governor-general in council has decided 

 to convene a conference to examine the whole 

 question, and to draw up a plan for the con- 

 sideration of the government of India and the 

 local governments. The conference will as- 

 semble at Simla on October 11, and is expected 

 to last about a week. Each local government 

 is nominating to the conference an adminis- 

 trative officer of experience, a medical officer 

 and an Indian gentleman. 



In February last Surgeon 0. P. Werten- 

 baker, of the Public Health and Marine-Hos- 

 pital Service, in giving an illustrated lecture 

 on tuberculosis before the Negro Farmers' 

 Conference at Savannah, Georgia, suggested 

 the organization of a State Anti-tuberculosis 

 League for Negroes. The idea was well re- 

 ceived and a league was organized. The pro- 

 posed plan of organization contemplated a 

 league in each state, with a branch in every 



colored church. This plan, which has been 

 followed, is given in detail in the Public 

 Health Eeports of May 28, 1909. The move- 

 ment was indorsed by the last conference of 

 state and territorial boards of health. Up to 

 August 6, leagues had been formed in the fol- 

 lowing states : Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, 

 North Carolina and Virginia. " A Working 

 Plan " for these leagues has been published in 

 the Public Health Eeports of September 3, 

 1909, giving in detail the method of organiza- 

 tion of state leagues and of the local branch 

 leagues. The " Proposed Plan of Organiza- 

 tion " and the " Working Plan " have been 

 reprinted, and limited editions are available 

 for distribution to those interested in the 

 work. Requests for copies should be addressed 

 to the Surgeon-General, Public Health and 

 Marine-Hospital Service, Washington, D. C. 



The Eeale Accademia dei Lincei has, as we 

 learn from Nature, made awards as follows : 

 The royal prize for mathematics is divided 

 equally between Professors Enriques and Levi- 

 Civita, and that for social and economic sci- 

 ences is similarly divided between Professor 

 Rodolfo Benini and Dr. G. Mazzarella. From 

 the Santoro foundation the academy has 

 awarded a prize of 10,000 lire to Professor 

 Quirino Majorana, for his researches on 

 wireless telephony; in addition minor awards 

 to Professor Gabbi, for researches on Malta 

 fever, and to Dr. Canovetti, to enable him to 

 continue his experiments on air resistance. 

 From the same benefaction grants have also 

 been made to Professors Vinassy de Eegny 

 and Gortani, for Alpine studies; Professor 

 Gorini, for investigating diseases of cheese; 

 Professor Silvestri, noxious insects; Professor 

 Almagia, study of precipices; the Lombardy 

 commission for seiches on Laghi di Garda 

 and Maggiore; Dr. Abetti, solar physics, in 

 Professor Hale's observatory. The Carpi prize 

 for experimental physiology is divided between 

 Drs. Baglioni and Lombroso. The late Pro- 

 fessor Sella has bequeathed to the academy a 

 prize of 1,000 lire, to be awarded annually to 

 some assistant in an Italian physical labora- 

 tory. 



