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of Chicago in 1896. He retired from Chicago a few years ago, 

 moving to Yonkers to become a director of the Boyce Thompson 

 Institute for Plant Research. He published the Manual of 

 Rocky Mountain Flora, numerous text books of botany and 

 was the founder and for many years the editor of the Botanical 

 Gazette. He had been president of the Botanical Society of 

 America and of the American Association of University Pro- 

 fessors. 



After thirty years of gratuitous service the original editorial 

 board of Rhodora, journal of the New England Botanical Club 

 has asked to be relieved and the council of th^ club has ap- 

 pointed a new board. The editor is now Merritt L. Fernald with 

 James F. Collins, Charles A. Wetherby, Ludlow Griscom and 

 Carroll \\'. Dodge as associate editors. (Science) 



The Botanical Society of America held the largest meeting 

 in its history during the Christmas holidays in connection with 

 the meetings of the American Association for the Advancement 

 of Science. The officers elected for the coming year are: Presi- 

 dent, Dr. Margaret C. Ferguson; Vice-president, Lester W. 

 Sharp; Treasurer, George E. Nichols; Representative in the 

 National Research Council, Ivy F. Lewis. 



The Fifth National Shade Tree Conference was held at the 

 Brooklyn Botanic Garden on February 7 and 8 with about 

 seventy-five scientists and practical tree men in attendance. 

 The purposes of these conferences is stated in the program of 

 the meetings to be, "To stimulate greater interest in the study 

 of Shade Tree Problems. To exchange ideas for enhancing the 

 beauty and usefulness of shade trees." Various problems and 

 phases of work with shade trees were discussed, such as, tree 

 surgery, destructive diseases and insects, and methods of spray- 

 ing and fertilizing. 



In a news note in the Sept.-Oct. number of Torreya we 

 spoke of the expedition to the Amazon of which Mr. Norman 

 Taylor was the botanist. Since then the daily papers report the 

 abandonment of the plans for an extensive exploration of the 

 jungles of the Aripuna River. We have recently received in- 

 teresting articles from Mr. Taylor describing the botanical 



