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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. L. No. 1279 



removed from Worplesdon to South Kensing- 

 ton, and kept together as the " Selous collec- 

 tion " for a period of years. 



The establishment of a new Jardin des 

 Plantes is proposed for France in the park of 

 Versailles between the Trianon (villas of 

 Louis XrV. and XV) and the Forest of Marly. 

 The new garden of about fifteen hundred acres 

 will be, to a large extent, supplemental to the 

 old Jardin des Plantes in Paris, the further 

 expansions of which has been shut off by the 

 growth of the city. 



A CONFERENCE devoted to the consideration of 

 problems of reconstruction in relation to pub- 

 lic health was held in London from June 25, to 

 June 28. The subjects considered were under 

 the following heads: (1) The Work of the 

 Ministry of Health; (2) The Prevention and 

 Arrest of Venereal Disease; (3) Housing in 

 Relation to National Health; (4) Maternity 

 and Child Welfare, and (5) The Tuberculosis 

 Problem under After-War Conditions. 

 , Miss Elizabeth C. White is offering $50 

 apiece for wild blueberry bushes bearing ber- 

 ries as large as a cent. She has already se- 

 cured two such plants from New Jersey. Be- 

 sides propagating from these bushes for her 

 own blueberry plantation she will furnish cut- 

 .tings of them to Mr. Frederick V. Coville, of 

 ,the United States Department of Agriculture, 

 lor use in his blueberry breeding experiments. 

 Details of the offer can be had from Miss 

 White, whose postoffice address is New Lisbon, 

 New Jersey.. 



The University of California, in cooperation 

 with the U. S. Bureau of Soils, has started 

 work on the soil survey of the Big and Little 

 Shasta Valleys in Siskiyou County. E. B. 

 Watson, of the Bureau of Soils, is in charge of 

 the work and is assisted by Professor Alfred 

 Smith, of the university. The survey will 

 cover about 450 square miles and when com- 

 pleted will be published with a map showing 

 the location of each of the soils that occur in 

 ,the region and a report in which each of these 

 iSoils will be fully described. The report will 

 also contain a discussion of the agricultural 



conditions of the region and of the crops that 

 can be grown on the soils. 



The British government proposes to expend 

 during the next five years about £2,000,000 on 

 9gricultural research and agricultural educa- 

 tion. Substantial scholarships will be offered 

 to men who have distinguished themselves in 

 ,the natural sciences at the universities, and 

 a certain number will be selected for employ- 

 ment in universities and other institutions. 

 Nature says that research is already carried 

 on at Cambridge, Eothamsted, Bristol and 

 Reading; but whereas at present there are 

 probably not more than forty men in England 

 ^and Wales engaged on pure research in agri- 

 cultural science, it is hoped that during the 

 ,next decade or so the number may be raised 

 to about 150. Another feature will be the en- 

 .couragement of higher agricultural education 

 in colleges by means of grants and in other 

 ,ways. There are about a dozen agricultural 

 colleges in England and Wales, and it is hoped 

 .to bring the farmer into more sympathetic 

 .touch with them by the creation of more 

 jdemonstration farms and of a keener sense of 

 the general value of science in agriculture. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL 

 NEWS 



An unnamed donor has provided the funds 

 for a new chemistry building for Cornell Uni- 

 versity, to take the place of Morse Hall, which 

 was destroyed by fije several years ago. The 

 sum promised is said to be about $1,000,000. 



By the will of the late Professor William 

 G. Farlow his books, papers, manuscripts etc., 

 are left to Harvard University, to be known 

 as the Farlow Reference Library. The sum 

 of $25,000 is left in trust for his assistant, 

 Arthur B. Seymour, who will enjoy the in- 

 come during his life. On his death the in- 

 come will be added to a gift of $100,000 pre- 

 viously made to Harvard, which is known as 

 the John S. Farlow Memorial Fund. Pro- 

 fessor Farlow further provides that on the 

 death of his wife $100,000 be given to Har- 

 vard and added to the John S. Farlow Memo- 

 rial Fund. 



