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ous and protracted sessions in which definite progress was made 

 in dealing with some of the open questions in nomenclature. 



The Wild Flower Preservation Society of America held a busi- 

 ness meeting of its board of managers, and a popular meeting, in 

 which the greatest interest was evinced in the purpose and rapid 

 progress of this new organization. 



Dr. Halsted's address as past president of the Botanical Society 

 of America was not given owing to his continued illness, but 

 about thirty papers were read before this body, many of which 

 embodied the results of completed researches and represented 

 the principal phases of the entire subject. Dr. B. T. Galloway 

 was elected president and Dr. D. T. MacDougal, secretary, for the 

 ensuing year. This organization passed a series of resolutions 

 on Monday, June 30, 1902, by which the sum of $500 is set 

 aside from its yearly income, this year and every succeeding 

 year, to be used in making grants in aid of investigations. This 

 measure goes into operation at once, and applications from the 

 members and associates of the Society may be sent to the secre- 

 tary at any time. The funds of the Botanical Society of America 

 consist of the accumulated dues paid in by the members, and the 

 grants in question probably constitute the only series ever offered 

 in America, the money for which has been contributed wholly 

 by a body of scientific workers. [D. T. MacD.] 



