NEWS NOTES 



The newly elected officers of the Botanical Society of Amer- 

 ica are: President, Dr. George J. Peirce of Stanford University; 

 Vice-president, Dr. Arthur J. Eames of Cornell University; 

 Secretary, Dr. Sam F. Trelease of Columbia University; Editors 

 of the American Journal of Botany, Dr. Lester W. Sharp of 

 Cornell University and Dr. B. M. Duggar of the University of 

 Wisconsin. 



At the meeting of the Botanical Society of America in New 

 Orleans the Mycological Section voted to establish an inde- 

 pendent society. Dr. William H. Weston of Harvard University 

 was elected president and Dr. H. M. Fitzpatrick of Cornell Uni- 

 versity, secretary. It was planned to arrange, if possible, with 

 the New York Botanical Garden to have Mycologia adopted as 

 the official organ of the newly-formed Mycological Society of 

 America. 



Dr. Paul Weatherwax, of the department of botany of Indi- 

 ana University, left in February on a three months' collecting 

 trip in southern Mexico and Central America. A general collec- 

 tion of grasses will be made and special emphasis will be placed 

 on material having any bearing on the question of the ancestry 

 of Indian corn. (Science) 



Mr. George Forrest, one of the greatest plant collectors of 

 the world, died at Tengyueh, Yunnan Province, China early in 

 January. 



Compton, 170-acre estate of the late John T. Morris, re- 

 garded as one of the country's finest arboretums, is to become 

 the Morris Botanical Garden, School and Museum. An en- 

 dowment for the arboretum is provided for in the will of Mr. 

 Morris. The estate is close to Philadelphia. 



At a meeting of the president and fellows of Harvard Col- 

 lege on January 11, it was voted to establish the Botanical 

 Garden in Soledad, Cuba, as a branch of the Arnold Arboretum, 

 to be called the Atkins Institute of the Arnold Arboretum. 

 (Science) 



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