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work, and among the papers is one on fatigue 

 by Dr. Smith Baker. 



The annual meeting of the Pennsylvania For- 

 estry Association was held on December 12th 

 at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, 

 Philadelphia. President John Birkinbine made 

 an address, and a report was read by the Gen- 

 eral Secretary, Dr. Joseph T. Eothrock. Dr. 

 Rothrock said, according to the report in the 

 Philadelphia Ledger, that there had been a 

 great increase in the interest shown by the 

 people during the last year in the work of the 

 Association. They were apparently being edu- 

 cated up to an appreciation of the value of restor- 

 ing the trees to the denuded hills. He also re- 

 ferred with gratification to the active sympathy 

 shown by the Fish Commission and Game Pro- 

 tective Association, who had a mutual interest 

 in the preservation of the forests. Referring to 

 the three reservations authorized by the Act 

 of Assembly, he said the land purchased by 

 the State this year at tax sales amounted to 

 55,000 acres, and that he had personally ex- 

 amined many other tracts. Most of the tracts 

 purchased are contiguous, but those which are 

 not could be sold, as a rule, for more than they 

 cost, and the proceeds used for purchasing 

 tracts adjoining the nuclei of the three reserva- 

 tions. 



Those interested in botany, whether or not 

 they are special students of the science, are in- 

 vited to become members of the Torrey Bo- 

 tanical Club, which meets twice monthly at the 

 College of Pharmacy, 115 West 6Sth Street, 

 ]S1 ew York. The program for the evening meet- 

 ings of the Torrey Botannical Club during 1899 

 will include the following subjects : 



Our Native Roses, by Dr. George N. Best. 



A Comparison Between Geological Sequence and 

 Biological Development in the Vegetable Kingdom, 

 illustrated by lantern views, by Dr. Arthur HoUick. 



Notes on the Flora of Santiago de Cuba, illustrated 

 by lantern views, by Dr. Valery Havard, U. S. A. 



Our Eastern Ferns, illustrated by lantern views, by 

 Mrs. E. G. Britton and others. 



The North American Blue-Eyed Grasses, by Mr. 

 Eugene P. Bicknell. 



The Adirondack Mountain Flora, by Mrs. Annie 

 Jlorell Smith and others. 



The Pine-Barren Flora of New Jersey, illustrated 

 by lantern views, by Mr. Joseph Crawford and others. 



Progress of Work on the New York Botanical Gar- 

 den, illustrated, by Dr. N. L. Britton. 



Sea-Weeds, illustrated by colored lantern slides, by 

 Dr. C. C. Curtiss. 



Cultivated Palms and their Cultivation, illustrated 

 by living specimens, by Mr. H. A. Siebrecht. 



The Spurges, by Jlrs. Carolyn A. Creevy. 



Evergreens, illustrated by lantern slides, by Mr. 

 Samuel Henshaw. 



Eocky Mountain Wild Flowers, illustrated by col- 

 ored lantern slides, by Mr. Cornelius Van Brunt. 



We learn from Natural Science that the 

 British Mycological Society held its second an- 

 nual meeting in Dublin, September 19th-24th. 

 Excursions were made to Howth, Powerscourt, 

 Brackenstown near Swords, the woods of 

 Avoca, Lucan and Dunran. These resulted in 

 an addition of sixteen species to the fungus 

 flora of Dublin and Wicklow ; a list will ap- 

 pear in the December number of the Irish Nat- 

 uralist. Dr. Plowright, President for the cur- 

 rent year, delivered an address, discussing 

 certain fungi figured in Cooke's 'Illustrations.' 

 Papers were read by Messrs. Wager, Crossland, 

 M' Weeney, Soppitt and Rea. 



M. Thibbaut, Charg6 d'Afiaires of France, 

 has notified Secretary Hay that the French 

 government is about to adopt precautionary 

 measures against the introduction from this 

 country of the San Jose scale, and that decrees 

 will be issued prohibiting the importation of 

 trees, shrubs and plants from the United States 

 and requiring an inspection of all fruits, fresh 

 and dried, at the point of landing in France. 

 The general trade from this country to France 

 will suffer little through this step, as the ship- 

 ment of trees, plants and shrubs last year ag- 

 gregated only $328 and those of fruit $40,000. 

 The action of France was taken, it is said, only 

 after some of the American States had adopted 

 precautionary laws against the pest referred to. 



The British Medical Journal states that the 

 annual conversazione of the Rontgen Society was 

 given by the President and Mrs. Mansell INIoul- 

 lin, at St. Martin's Town Hall, on Monday, 

 November 21st. An inspection of the exhibits 

 ranged round the hall emphasized the fact — 

 which many who commence working at the 

 X-rays very soon realize for themselves — that 

 to make any advance in the knowledge of 



