October 27, 1911] 



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Baker, Mr. George B. Cooksey, Dr. H. D. 

 Dakin, Dr. and Mrs. Edward K. Dunham, Mr. 

 and Mrs. Eichard M. Hoe, Mr. Alexander E. 

 Orr, Mr. Cornelius N. Bliss, Miss Bliss, Mr. 

 David Dows, Mr. Tracy Dows, Dr. and Mrs. 

 L. Emmett Holt, Dr. Graham Lusk, Mr. Fred- 

 erick Strauss. This fund, now amounting to 

 forty thousand dollars, has been confided to 

 the care of the directors of the Journal of Bio- 

 logical Chemistry under the provisions of a 

 declaration of trust executed by them. The 

 chief aim of the trust is to further the inter- 

 ests of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, 

 an instrument for the development of science 

 created by Christian A. Herter and fostered 

 by him up to the time of his death. In the 

 event that conditions arise removing the need 

 for such a use of the income, provisions are 

 made by which the fund shall continue as a 

 memorial of Professor Herter and of service 

 to humanity by the promotion of scientific re- 

 search. 



Lectures given in the lecture hall of the 

 Museum Building of the New York Botanical 

 Garden on Saturday afternoons are as follows : 



September 2 — "The Berlin Botanical Garden," 

 Dr. W. A. Murrill. 



September 9 — ' ' Plants and People of Pinar del 

 Eio, Cuba," Dr. C. Stuart Gager. 



September 16 — "The Fruit Industry of the 

 Northwest," Mr. George V. Nash. 



September 23 — ' ' The Vegetation of the Dismal 

 Swamp of Virginia, ' ' Dr. Arthur Hollick. 



September 30 — ' ' The Progress of the Develop- 

 ment of the New York Botanical Garden, ' ' Dr. N. 

 L. Britton. 



October 7 — ' ' Some Scenic and Floral Features 

 of Cuba," Dr. Marshall A. Howe. 



October 14 — ' ' The Movements of Plants, ' ' Dr. 

 C. C. Curtis. 



October 21 — "Some Types of Variegated 

 Plants," Professor E. A. Harper. 



October 28— "The Methods of Detecting Adul- 

 teration in Food and Drugs, ' ' Dr. H. H. Eusby. 



The new pathological institute of the Eoyal 

 Infirmary, Glasgow, has been formally 

 opened by Sir William. Osier, as we learn 

 from The British Medical Journal. The new 

 building, which forms an important feature 

 of the extensive reconstruction scheme of the 

 Eoyal Infirmary, is situated in the eastern 



corner of the infirmary grounds and abuts on 

 Glenfield Street. It is a fine building which 

 reflects great credit on the architect, Mr. 

 James Millar, who has already had experience 

 of modern laboratory requirements in the new 

 university medical extension. The feature of 

 the institute is a large central hall, well lit by 

 roof windows. Bound the hall runs a gallery. 

 The eastern end communicates with a large 

 museum, consisting of a central well with two 

 galleries. The museum is beautifully lit 

 both by roof and side windows. Off the cen- 

 tral hall open the various laboratories and re- 

 search rooms. On the ground floor are lab- 

 oratories for the teaching staff and a large 

 general laboratory for research purposes. 

 From the gallery entrance is gained to the 

 lecture theaters, bacteriological laboratory, 

 histology room, and the chemical laboratory, 

 while a staircase gives access to the photo- 

 graphic room and library. At the western 

 end of the building the post-mortem room, 

 with a small chapel, etc., are situated. 



Nature learns from a Sydney correspondent 

 that the New South Wales government has 

 issued instructions for the appointment of a 

 state astronomer, who is also to be professor 

 of astronomy in the Sydney University. At 

 present it is said there is no chair of astron- 

 omy in Australia. In making this appoint- 

 ment, the public service board is acting with 

 the university authorities, and they have fixed 

 the salary at £800 per annum, with £100 for 

 quarters; the professorship will carry with it 

 the usual pension allowance. The first duty 

 of the new state astronomer will be to organ- 

 ize the erection and equipment of a new ob- 

 servatory, as the present site is condemned. 



Mr. Charles E. Goodspeed, of Boston, paid 

 $2,000 for a copy of the elephant folio edition 

 of Audubon's " Birds " at a recent auction sale 

 of rare books by C. F. Libbie & Co. The copy 

 of Audubon's " Birds " was in fine condition, 

 with the large plates of the turkey full-size, 

 and many other plates in practically uncut 

 condition. This original edition contained 

 435 beautiful plates, colored by hand. The 

 work was published by the author in London 

 in 1827-38. 



