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[N. S. Vol. LII. No. 1354 



Meteorologique Militaire, Paris; Professor F. 

 Eredia, Ufficio Central di Meteorologia, Eome; 

 Professor E. van Everdingen, Meteorologisch 

 Institut, De Bilt, Holland; General Ferrie, 

 Minister of War, Paris; Captain Franck, 

 Service de la Navigation Aerienne, Paris; 

 Senor Jose Galbis, Sericio Meteorologico 

 Espanol, Madrid; Lieutenant H. D. Grant, 

 Meteorological Office, Aor Ministry; Dr. Hes- 

 selberg, Meteorologiske Instituut, Christiana; 

 Colonel Matteuzzi, Servizio Aerologico, Rome; 

 Professor A. de Quervain, Central Meteoro- 

 logical Office, Zurich; M. Eey, Ministers de 

 I'Agriculture, Paris; Captain C. Eyder, Mete- 

 orologische Institute, Copenhagen; Mr. T. 

 Thorkelsson, Meteorological Service, Eeyk- 

 javik; and Dr. A. Wallen, Meteorologiske 

 Hydrografiske Anstalt, Stockholm. Since the 

 war much progress has been made in different 

 countries in the development of codes for 

 telegraphic reports of the meteorological in- 

 formation which experience in the war and 

 the needs of aerial navigation indicated as 

 necessary. The main object of the commis- 

 sion is to coordinate these devlopmehts in the 

 revision and extension of the codes prepared 

 at the last meeting of the commission, which 

 was held in London in September, 1912. 



The Civil Service Commission announces 

 an examination for ordnance research engi- 

 neer at $2,000 to $5,000 a year, or higher or 

 lower salaries. It also announces an exami- 

 nation for junior physicist in the Bureau of 

 Mines, at $1,500 to $1,800 a year. 



At the recent Chicago meeting of the 

 American Mathematical Society the following 

 resolution was passed: "The Society recom- 

 mends for favorable consideration by the 

 council applications for membership from ad- 

 vanced students and others interested in 

 mathematics, whether engaged in teaching or 

 not, when properly proposed by members of 

 the Society." 



Dr. Jonathan Dwight contributes the fol- 

 lowing not« to the Journal of the New York 

 Botanical Garden on the Linnaean Botanical 

 Garden, at Upsala, Sweden: In the lower end 

 of Svartbacksgatan at Upsala is the old botan- 

 ical garden of Carl von Linne which has been 



nearly abandoned for about a century. This 

 was the spot where the Flower-King spent most 

 of his time among the plants, etc., where the 

 grass throve and trees grew tall. The Egyp- 

 tian Antiquities from the Victorian Museum 

 have reposed there for some time in part in 

 his hothouse and part in the Museum for 

 Northern Antiquities. A change has of late 

 taken place in the old garden. Some of the 

 old trees have been cut down, the well culti- 

 vated lawns are elevated, and Linne's lily 

 ponds (which are seen in old copperplate en- 

 gravings of his " Hortus Upsaliensis ") have 

 been rebuilt in their location. The young 

 men of the old Linnean Society have accom- 

 plished this change and renovation. Linne's 

 greenhouse and the foreground have as yet 

 not been restored. This fall, however, the 

 Museum of Northern Antiquities will be 

 moved to " Gustavianum " and then the house 

 will be arranged for a Linnean Museum. 

 Professor Svedelius informs the public that a 

 large donation has been received by the Lin- 

 nean Society for a new home for the director. 

 As soon as it is ready the Linnean Society 

 will take jxissession, and also of the Linne 

 House, where the extensive collections of 

 furniture, hooks, bric-a-brac, etc., which were 

 the belongings of Linne will then be moved. 

 The greater portion of these have been here- 

 tofore kept in the Linne house in Svartbacks- 

 gatan. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL 

 NEWS 



The University of Cincinnati has received 

 from the General Education Board of New 

 York, an offer to contribute $700,000 to the 

 Medical College. The gift is conditioned upon 

 the raising of an additional $1,300,000 to com- 

 plete the $2,000,000 endowment fund of the 

 college; $900,000 of this amount has been sub- 

 scribed. 



We learn from Nature that Professor James 

 Mark Baldwin, formerly professor of psychol- 

 ogy in the Johns Hopkins University, has 

 offered to pay for the present, in honor of his 

 friend. Professor Poulton, an annual sum of 

 £100 into a fund to be called " The Edward 



