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Bailey of Cornell University, who spoke from the standpoint of 

 " Taxonomy." 



The Sullivant Moss Chapter met at the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences, Philadelphia, December 31, 1904. There was an ex- 

 hibit of specimens and photographs, and five papers were read. 

 The officers for 1905 are : president, Mr. Edward B. Chamber- 

 lain; vice-president, Mrs. Carolyn W. Harris; secretary. Miss 

 Mary F. Miller; treasurer, Mrs. Annie Morrill Smith. 



According to a San Francisco letter in the New York Times 

 of Januar}' i, the Carnegie Institution has awarded to Mr. Tuther 

 Burbank, of Santa Rosa, California, a grant of $10,000, with pros- 

 pect of annual renewal for a period of ten years, in order to fur- 

 ther his experiments in plant breeding. We learn from Science 

 that Mr. Burbank has been appointed a special lecturer in Stan- 

 ford University. 



At the meeting held in Philadelphia, December 27-31, 1904, 

 the Botanical Society of America, the Society for Plant Mor- 

 phology and Physiology, and the American Mycological So- 

 ciety approved a preliminary plan for a proposed merger of these 

 three societies under the name of the Botanical Society of Amer- 

 ica. The details of the constitution of the new society are to be 

 formulated by a joint committee during the coming year. 



The eighth meeting of the Society for Plant Morphology and 

 Physiology was held at the University of Pennsylvania, December 

 28-30, 1904. Seventeen papers were read. The address of the 

 retiring president. Dr. George T. Moore, was upon "Applied 

 ]3otany and its Dependence upon Scientific Research." The 

 following officers were elected fc^r tlic ensuing year : President, 

 Professor IC. C. Jeffrey ; vice-president. Dr. C. O. Townsend ; 

 secretary-treasurer, Professor VV. F. Ganong. Professor W. G. 

 Farlow was chosen delegate to the International Botanical Con- 

 gress at Vienna. 



The Wild Flower Preservation Society of America held a 

 meeting in liiological Hall, University of Pennsylvania, De- 

 cember 30, 1904. The destructive effects of forest fires formed 

 the chief topic discussed. Reports of officers were read. Reso- 



