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The Allegany School of Natural History has announced de- 

 tails for its ninth session at Allegany State Park, July 5 to 24. 

 Dr. Robert E. Coker of the University of North Carolina is the 

 director as in other years. The course in field botany will be 

 given by Dr. Robert B. Gorden of Ohio State University. There 

 will also be courses in field zoology, field geology, natural his- 

 tory of birds, and nature study. 



Dr. E. D. Merrill, Director of the New York Botanical 

 Garden, and Dr. A. B. Stout, Director of the laboratories of the 

 Garden, have been elected honorary fellows of the British 

 Royal Horticultural Society. 



Dr. Benjamin L. Robinson, who for forty-three years has 

 been curator of the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, 

 and for thirty-five years professor of systematic botany, has 

 resigned and been appointed, as of September 1, professor and 

 curator emeritus. 



