103 



Decodon vcrtic Hiatus, Ilex vcrticillata, Solidago patula, Ccphalan- 

 thits occidentalism Symplocarpus joetidus, Vaccinmn Oxycoccus, 

 and Caltlia palustris. 



The New York Bird and Tree Club in cooperation with the 

 New York Botanical Garden had an all-day session at the Garden 

 on May 9. As part of the program a l)ronze plaque in memory of 

 Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton was unveiled in the wild 

 flower section of the Thompson Memorial Rock Garden. At the 

 same time the club turned over to the Garden a sum of money to 

 be known as the Elizabeth Britton Fund for the study and pro- 

 tection of wild flowers. Mrs. Britton, wife of Dr. Nathaniel Lord 

 Britton, was a pioneer in the movement for the protection of 

 native wild flowers. 



Dr. William J. Robbins, director of the New York Botanical 

 Garden, was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences 

 at the meeting held in Washington the end of April. 



A dinner in honor of Dr. Raymond J. Pool was given at the 

 Student Union of the University of Nebraska in recognition of 

 the completion of twenty-five years as chairman of the department 

 of botany. At the conclusion of the dinner Dr. Pool was presented 

 with a bound volume of letters of congratulation from former 

 students and professional friends. 



At the University of Iowa Professor Robert B. Wylie, due to 

 age regulations, has retired as chairman of the department of 

 botany, but will continue as professor of plant morphology. Pro- 

 fessor Walter F. Loehwing succeeds him as chairman. 



Dr. Albert C. Smith, associate curator of the New York Botani- 

 cal Garden, will leave on October 1 to become curator of the her- 

 barium at the Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University, succeeding 

 Dr. Alfred Rehder who will retire because of the compulsory age 

 limit. 



North American Sedges. The New York Botanical Garden 

 has published in two large volumes North American Cariceae by 

 Kenneth K. Mackenzie. There are 539 plates of species of Carex 

 and related genera, all prepared under the direction of Mr. Mac- 

 kenzie. Mr. Mackenzie, a lawyer in New York City and a mem- 



