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awarded, has done much, especially through 

 his writings in horticultural literature, as an 

 exponent of the natural style of flower garden- 

 ing as opposed to the formal bedding and rib- 

 bon borders of former years. 



The Frankfurter Zeitung, as quoted by the 

 Journal of the American Medical Association, 

 has published a statement to the effect that 

 Professor W. Kolle, chief of the Institute for 

 Bacteriology and Hygiene of the University of 

 Bern, has been called to Frankfurt as suc- 

 cessor to Ehrlich in the Institute for Experi- 

 mental Therapy and also in the G. Speyer- 

 Haus. Professor Wassermann, of Berlin, was 

 called first, but he yielded to pressure from the 

 local scientific authorities and finally de- 

 clined. Professor Hans Sachs, Ehrlich's co- 

 worker, has been appointed director of the 

 Institute for Experimental Therapy, and Pro- 

 fessor Morgenroth of the Charite, Berlin, is 

 being considered for director of the Speyer 

 Institute. 



Professor A. S. Hitchcock, systematic 

 agrostologist, U. S. Department of Agricul- 

 ture, has returned from a five months' tour of 

 the Hawaiian Islands. He explored in con- 

 siderable detail the islands of Hawaii, Maui, 

 Molokai, Lanai, Oahu and Kauai, and brought 

 back important collections of plants. He was 

 accompanied by his son, Albert E. Hitchcock, 

 as assistant. 



Dr. Waichiro Ocado, professor of medicine 

 at the University of Tokyo, is making a tour 

 of inspection of the hospitals of the United 

 States. 



At the meeting of the Eoyal Statistical So- 

 ciety held on November 21, the president, Sir 

 Bernard Mallet, delivered his presidential ad- 

 dress on " The Organization of Registration 

 in its Bearing on Vital Statistics." 



The Mineralogical Society, London, has 

 elected the following officers : President, Mr. 

 W. Barlow; Vice-presidents, Professor H. L. 

 Bowman and Mr. A. Hutchinson; Treasurer, 

 Sir William P. Beale, Bart.; General Secre- 

 tary, Dr. G. T. Prior; Foreign Secretary, Pro- 

 fessor W. W. Watts; Editor of the Journal, 

 Mr. L. J. Spencer. 



The Geographical Society of Philadephia 

 celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of its 

 founding at the Academy of Natural Sciences 

 on Wednesday evening, December 6. The ad- 

 dress of welcome was given by Dr. Samuel G. 

 Dixon, president of the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences, and addresses were made on " Men 

 and Memories of the Early Days of the Soci- 

 ety" by Mr. Henry G. Bryant, president of 

 the Geographical Society, and on " Past and 

 Future of the Society," by Dr. Talcott Wil- 

 liams, director of the school of journalism, 

 Columbia University. A reception was held 

 afterwards in the Library Hall of the academy. 



Dr. W. F. Hillebrand, chief chemist of the- 

 Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C, lec- 

 tured at Columbia University, on November- 

 27, on "Analytical Chemistry and Its Pos- 

 sible Future." This was the second lecture 

 on the Chandler Lecture Fund which was 

 established by former students of the univer- 

 sity in honor of Dr. C. F. Chandler, Mitchell 

 professor emeritus of chemistry. 



Dr. Henry H. Donaldson, of the Wistar 

 Institute of Anatomy, will give the fourth 

 Harvey lecture in the New York Academy of 

 Medicine on the evening of December 16. The 

 subject of the lecture is " Growth Changes in 

 the Mammalian Nervous System." 



A bust of John Muir was unveiled at the 

 University of Wisconsin on the evening of 

 December 6. The bust was presented by Mr. 

 T. E. Brittinham to the university where Muir 

 was a student for four years. Dean E. A. 

 Birge presided, and addresses were made by 

 Regent Charles H. Villas and President 

 Charles R. Van Hise. 



In the eighth Kelvin lecture, delivered be- 

 fore the Institution of Electrical Engineers, 

 Dr. Alexander Russell dealt with some aspects 

 of his subject's life and work which are of 

 special interest to engineers. 



An exhibition and sale of water-color 

 sketches by the late Professor Silvanus P. 

 Thompson, the distinguished physicist, was 

 held at the rooms of the Alpine Club, London, 

 from November 27 to December 10. 



