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SCIENCE. 



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tude of islands, large and small, that occur 

 between latitude 10° S., and 20° N. and 

 longitude 90° to 170° E. From New Britain 

 in the Bismarck archipelago midway between 

 latitude 10° S. and the equator, to Mindanao, 

 the most southern of the Philippines between 

 latitude 5° and 10° N., situated to the north- 

 west of New Britain, is quite a leap, as will 

 be perceived by a moment's thought. The 

 occurrence of Eucalyptus in the Philippine 

 island above named has recently been verified 

 by Mr. Maiden, the director of the Botanic 

 Gardens, Sydney, N. S. W., who has examined 

 the specimen collected by William Rich, the 

 botanist of the U. S. ship Relief of the famous 

 Wilkes* Exploring Expedition, who collected 

 the plant or example, near Caldero, Mindanao, 

 some time between 1838 and 1842, and named 

 it E. multiflora; it proves, however, to be 

 identical with E. naudiniana E. v. Miiller.f 

 Eich's name being preoccupied explains the 

 change of name. E. naudiniana occurs in 

 New Pommern (New Britain) ' and is so 

 common in the forests that two saw-mills have 

 been started especially for the timber, which 

 is not hard as the Australian Eucalyptus, 

 but still good useful timber.':}: 



RoBT. E. C. Stearns. 

 Loa Angeles, Cal., 

 August 15, 1903. 



QUOTATIONS. 



LORD SALISBURY AS A MAN OF SCIENCE. 



It is generally understood that the branch 

 of science which Lord Salisbury loved best 

 was chemistry, and the freedom with which 

 he discussed chemical questions gives weight 

 to the suggestion. Besides, it is well known 

 that he spent much time in his laboratory in 

 Hatfield House, where, however, he directed 



* Proc. U. 8. National Museum, Vol. XXVI., 

 p. 691. 



fid., p. 692. 



t As Mr. Maiden says : " There are so few 

 Eucalypti found outside of Australia that the 

 question of the identity of one found beyond the 

 limits of that continent is of interest, and the 

 occurrence of the genus in the Philippines is now 

 set at rest, and doubtless its range in that group 

 will be ascertained by American botanists." 



his attention also to engineering and electrical 

 problems. He conceived the idea of utilizing 

 the flow of the River Lea for the electric 

 lighting of the house, and the provision of a 

 water supply to the town of Hatfield from the 

 mains of Hatfield Park was due to his thought 

 and kindliness. 



In many ways he showed that his love of 

 science had practical as well as academic lean- 

 ings, but he made no original communication 

 on scientific subjects to the learned societies. 

 He was elected to the fellowship of the Royal 

 Society in 1869, and almost immediately be- 

 came a member of the council. He took a 

 keen and active interest in the internal affairs 

 of the Royal Society, for he served on the 

 council in 1882-3, and again in 1892^. He 

 was vice-president also in 1882-3, and in 1893- 

 4. And almost his last public act was associ- 

 ated with science and not with politics, for on 

 the occasion of the election of the Prince of 

 Wales to the fellowship of the Royal Society 

 in April last it was Lord Salisbury who in- 

 troduced him to the president and fellows. 



Lord Salisbury's character as a man of sci- 

 ence deservedly secured for him the particular 

 respect and admiration of our profession, 

 though it must be confessed that he made no 

 bid whatever for our favor. Lord Salisbury's 

 name is not associated with a singular popular 

 measure of the kind that would be sure to win 

 medical approbation. But medical men could 

 see in his attitude toward life the trained and 

 austere thinker. He did not speak if he did 

 not know; he would not proceed to the next 

 step till he had verified the one on which prog- 

 ress should depend; and, having convinced 

 himself in which direction truth lay, he would 

 hold firmly to his convictions. — The Lancet. 



CTVIh ' ENGINEERS OF THE NAVY. 



The civil engineers of the navy seem to 

 have a substantial grievance. The service 

 has grown and with it the duties of these 

 dockyard oificials. Our navy repair shops do 

 an infinitely larger business than at any 

 time since the war for the union. The civil 

 engineer at Norfolk, for instance, has under 

 his charge public works involving an expend- 

 iture of $2,700,000, and is also responsible 



