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The Baltimore meeting of the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, which begins December 28, includes, 

 besides the sessions of the Section G, Botany, meetings of the 

 following societies : American Federation of Teachers of the 

 Mathematical and Natural Sciences, the American Society of 

 Biological Chemists, the Botanical Society of America, Sulli- 

 vant Moss Chapter, and Wild Flower Preservation Society. 



Some weeks ago at the Chicago meeting of the board of 

 trustees of the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, 

 measures were taken to institute a central board composed of 

 representatives from the various stations engaged in marine work. 

 Fourteen biological stations are at present included. Professor 

 N. L. Britton (of the Torrey Club) represents the Cinchona Station 

 of the New York Botanical Garden. 



The new field organization of the Forest Service is well under 

 way. The 377 foresters, clerks, and stenographers who are to 

 make up the personnel of the service have been assigned to the 

 six offices previously announced : Denver, Colo., Ogden, Utah, 

 Missoula, Mont., Albuquerque, N. Mex., San Francisco, Cal., 

 and Portland, Oreg. Much of the national forest business which 

 formerly was transacted in Washington will now be handled by 

 officers on or near the ground, which is a distinct improvement. 



Mr. J. G. Lemmon, a pioneer botanist of California, died at his 

 home in Oakland, November 24, aged seventy-six years. He 

 served in the Civil War, came to the high Sierra Nevada to re- 

 cuperate his shattered health, and under the inspiration of Asa 

 Gray, collected plants and distributed widely his specimens, many 

 of which represented species described as new by the botanical 

 staff at Harvard. He was California State Forester from 1886 

 to 1890 and the author of numerous papers concerning west 

 American trees. — W. L. Jepson. 



