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NEWS ITEMS 



A valuable bulletin on " Range Improvements in Arizona," by 

 Dr. David Griffiths, expert in charge of field management, has 

 recently been published by the Bureau of Plant Industry of the 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



An interesting paper by Mr. V. K. Chesnut, on " Plants used 

 by the Indians of Mendocino County, California," has been issued 

 as No. 3 of Vol. 7 of the Contributions from the U. S. National 

 Herbarium. 



Dr. D. T. MacDougal left New York on January 31, to spend 

 a month or more in Arizona and northern Mexico. He plans to 

 bring back living cacti, yuccas, agaves and other xerophytes for 

 the New York Botanical Garden. 



The Southern California Academy of Sciences has begun the 

 publication of a monthly Bulletin under the editorship of Dr. 

 Anstruther Davidson. The first two numbers include descrip- 

 tions and figures of a new ZauscJineria and of a new Aster. 



Mr. K. Fujii, of the Imperial University of Tokyo, recently 

 visited Columbia University and the New York Botanical Garden. 

 Mr. Fujii was on his way to the German universities, where he 

 expects to devote three years to botanical studies. 



Through a blunder of the printers, something that was used 

 for the second title page of Volume I. of Torreya was printed on 

 the second page of the cover of our January issue in place of the 

 revised list of officers and our customary editorial statement. 



Dr. Edward Palmer, the veteran explorer of Mexico, left 

 Washington January 15, for a collecting expedition in the prov- 

 ince of Santiago, Cuba. He will obtain the usual number of 

 sets, which will be offered for sale upon his return. Dr. Palmer 

 will be accompanied by Mr. Charles Louis Pollard and Mr. 

 William Palmer, both of the United States National Museum, 

 who will collect plants, mammals, birds and reptiles for that in- 

 stitution. As the party will pay especial attention to the unex- 

 plored mountains in the southern portion of the province, it is 

 expected that the scientific results will be considerable. 



The seventh annual meeting of the Vermont Botanical Club 



