NEWS NOTES 



Dr. Edmund W. Sinnott will, after the first of July, divide 

 his time between the department of botany of Barnard College 

 of which he is head and the new laboratory of genetics being 

 established at Columbia l'ni\ersity. In the new laboratory he 

 will work in collaboration with Dr. Leslie C. Dunn, of the 

 department of zoology. 



The Gray Herbarium of Harvard University reports that 

 more than 58,000 plants were received during the academic 

 year '96-'97. The herbarium now numbers more than 950,000 

 sheets of plants. The collection of American plants represents 

 more than one hundred years of continuous growth. Collections 

 were made in various parts of our country and others received 

 from other parts of the country, from the Aleutian Islands to 

 Brazil. 



The Linnean Society of London celebrated its one hundred 

 and fiftieth anniversary in the latter part of May. The Linnean 

 Medal was presented to Sir D'Arcy W. Thompson. A sympo- 

 sium on "The Concept of Species from the Time of Linnaeus to 

 the Present" was held on May 25 and one on "Geographic 

 Isolation as a Factor in Species Formation" was held on May 

 27. Mr. John Ramsbottom, Keeper of Botany of the British 

 Museum (Natural History), South Kensington, gave the 

 presidential address on Linnaeus and the Species Concept. 

 Delegates from many foreign countries were present, and con- 

 gratulatory addresses and resolutions were received from many 

 scientific societies. 



Mr. T. H. Everett, Horticulturist of the New York Botani- 

 cal Garden left on May 13 for a six w'eeks trip to England. He 

 visited the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew and Edinburgh and 

 attended the Chelsea Flower Show. He also checked in private 

 gardens the growth of plants he collected in the Rocky Moun- 

 tains, which were sent to shareholders of the Garden's expedi- 

 tions. 



Dr. William J. Robbins, Director of the New York Botani- 

 cal Garden, Dr. Karl M. Wiegand of Cornell University and 

 Dr. \\'alter H. Snell of Brown University w^ere the speakers at 



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