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agriculture, leadirig to the establishment of a college of agricul- 
ture and forestry 
Columbia University is offering through the department of 
botany a course of extension lectures on agriculture and agricul- 
tural methods. This series is designed to serve as an introduc- 
tion to the extensive additions planned by the department, lead- 
ing, it is hoped, to the establishment of schools of forestry and 
agriculture. 
At the Boston meeting of the American Association for the 
Advancement of Science and affiliated societies the following 
botanists were elected to the positions designated: Dr. D 
MacDougal (Desert Botanical Laboratory, Tucson), president of 
the American Society of Naturalists; Dr. F. L. Stevens (North 
Carolina Agricultural College), president of the American 
Phytopathological Society ; Professor D. P. Penhallow (McGill 
University), vice-president of Section G; Dr. Erwin F. Smith 
(Department of Agriculture, Washington), Professor L. R. Jones 
(University of Wisconsin), and Dr. G. T. Moore (Missouri 
Botanical Garden) were, respectively, elected as president, vice- 
president, and Secretary of the Botanical Society of America. 
Meteorology for February. —The total precipitation for the 
month was 3.86 in. Maximum temperatures were recorded of 
46° on the 2d, 42” on the 8th, 54° on the 16th, and 57.5° on 
the 27th. Also minimum temperatures were recorded of 2° on 
the 7th, and 12.5° on the 1gth and 26th. 
ACCESSIONS. 
MUSEUMS AND HERBARIUM. 
283 specimens of flowering plants and ferns from New Caledonia. (By exchange 
with the Museum of Natural History, Paris. 
1§ specimens of flowering plants from Panama. (Collected by Dr. M. A. How 
3 specimens of Eriocaulon from New Jersey and Maryland. (By exchange vith 
2 arenas of Quercus from Vermont. en by Professor F. S. Lee.) 
specimen of Quercus heterophylla from he Island, New as (Given by 
Dr. a ie Hollick. 
specimen of Cocos from Chile, (Given by Dr. Robert E. Morris.) 
