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SCIENCE. 



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scientific research. His publislied works 

 on ' Plan of Classification for the World's 

 Columbian Exposition,' ' Museums of the 

 Future' and other contributions to museum 

 methods and the history of scientific and 

 educational institutions made him the lead- 

 ing authority in America on these subjects. 

 His executive work in the Smithsonian 

 Institution and the U. S. National Museum, 

 extending to every detail and label, will 

 only be appreciated by those who have 

 been associated with him. 



It is fitting that we should refer to his 

 connection with this Jouenal. For him it 

 was only one of many interests, but the Jour- 

 nal had scarcely another friend so able and 

 wise. He contributed an important paper, 

 his address as President before the Philo- 

 sophical Society of Washington, to the first 

 issue of the new series, and in the last num- 

 ber that appeared before his death his last 

 paper was printed. He not only published 

 in Science many articles of great value but 

 he also helped continually in its editorial 

 conduct. This Journal, like the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, the IS'ational Academy 

 of Sciences and other agencies devoted to 

 the advancement and diffusion of science, 

 has suffered an irreparable loss. 



But Goode's greatest work was the man 

 himself. He was honored and loved by all. 

 His untiring and unselfish devotion to his 

 work and to the helping of others ended 

 only when he had sacrificed his life to it. 

 A man such as Dana dies, his life work ac- 

 complished, and we do not rebel against the 

 order of the world. But when nature, 

 prodigal of life and souls, spends millions 

 of years to bring forth at the end a man 



such as Groode, and then cuts him down in 

 his prime, we stand at gaze. Each must 

 take up his appointed task, but more 

 wearily. 



BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF A3IEBICA. 



The second annual meeting of the Botan- 

 ical Society of America, was held at Buffalo, 

 N. Y., on August 21 and 22, 1896, in rooms 

 in the High School building, kindly pro- 

 vided for its use by the Local Committee 

 of the A. A. A. S. Business sessions were 

 held on Friday afternoon, Saturday morn- 

 ing, and for a few minutes late Saturday 

 afternoon. The reading of papers occupied 

 the greater part of Saturday afternoon, and 

 the address of the retiring president was 

 given on Friday evening. Sessions of the 

 Council preceded the business sessions of 

 the Society for which it arranges the pro- 

 gram. 



The Society was called to order by Presi- 

 dent William Treleasb, who resigned the 

 chair to the president-elect, Charles E. 

 Bessey, which he assumed with a brief 

 address. 



The Secretary announced that since the 

 last meeting one of the most distinguished 

 members of the Society, Michael Schuok 

 Bebb, had passed away. A committee 

 consisting of Messrs. Coulter, Britton and 

 MacMillan, was appointed to prepare 

 suitable resolutions. These, presented 

 later and adopted, are as follows : 



' ' The Botanical Society of America desires to place 

 upon record an expression of esteem for its deceased 

 member, Michael Schuck Bebb, who died December 

 5, 1895, at San Bernardino, California. 



"His published studies upon the difficult genus 

 Salix have brought him to high rank as a professional 

 botanist, and American botany owes to him a debt of 

 gratitude as one of its most distinguished representa- 

 tives." 



The ballots for of&cers for the coming 

 year, which are mailed to the secretary, 

 when canvassed by the council, showed the 



