no 



November 7. — Fort Lee, N. J. Leave by West One Hundred 

 and Twenty-ninth Street Ferry at 1.15 P. M., then by trolley. 

 Fare about 30 cents. Guide, Prof. Underwood. 



November 14. — Rockaway, Long Island. Leave by East 

 Thirty-fourth Street Ferry and L. I. R. R., at 1.00 P. M. Ex- 

 cursion fare about 60 cents. Guide, Mr. McCallum. 



November 21. — Palisades Park, N. J. Leave by West One 

 Hundred and Twenty-ninth Street Ferry at 1.00 P. M., then by 

 trolley. Fare 30 cents. Guide, Mr. Dodds. 



November 28. — Richmond, Staten Island. Leave by Staten 

 Island Feny at 1.00 P. M. Fare 20 cents. Guide, Miss 

 Lawall. 



NEWS ITEMS 



Dr. D. T. MacDougal and family are in Jamaica during the 

 present month. 



Professor A. W. Evans sailed for Jamaica about the first of 

 July to investigate the hepatic flora of the island. 



The editor of Torreya returned to New York on July 12, 

 after a two months' visit to Porto Rico. 



Mr. W. T. Home, a graduate of the University of Nebraska, has 

 been elected to the fellowship in botany in Columbia University. 



Professor H. M. Richards, of Barnard College, Columbia Uni- 

 versity, sailed for Europe on July 17. He will spend his vaca- 

 tion in England and Ireland. 



We learn from Science that Dr. Douglas H. Campbell, pro- 

 fessor of botany in Stanford University, is spending his summer 

 vacation in New Zealand and Australia. 



Joseph E. Kirkwood, who was granted the degree of Ph.D. 

 by Columbia University at the last commencement, has been pro- 

 moted to the rank of associate professor of botany in Syracuse 

 University. 



Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Murrill sailed for Europe on July 4. Dr. 

 Murrill will occupy his time chiefly in mycological studies in 

 Italy and France, with a brief visit to Kew before his return. 



