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members formed a chapter of the Wild Flower Preservation 

 Society of America. 



Botanical visitors in New York City since the middle of Feb- 

 ruary include Dr. Hugo de Vries, Professor of Botany and Direc- 

 tor of the Botanical Garden of the University, Amsterdam, 

 Holland ; Professor Dr. L. Wittmack, of the University of Berlin, 

 editor of Gartciiflora ; Mr. Frederick V. Coville, Mr. and Mrs. 

 C. V. Piper, Mr. William R. Maxon, Dr. J. N. Rose, and Mr. 

 W. F. Wight, of Washington, D. C; Mr. John F. Cowell, 

 Director of the Botanic Garden, Buffalo, N. Y.; Dr. C. F. Mills- 

 paugh, of the Field Columbian Museum, Chicago ; Mr. George 

 H. Shull, lately of the University of Chicago, now in charge of 

 the botanical work at the Station for Experimental Evolution, 

 Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y.; Professor and Mrs. T. D. A. Cock- 

 erell, of Colorado Springs, Colo.; Dr. John W. Harshberger and 

 Dr. Charles H. Shaw, of the University of Pennsylvania ; Pro- 

 fessor E. Mead Wilcox, of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 

 Auburn, Alabama ; and Professor W. C. Coker, of the Uni- 

 versity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. 



