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NEWS NOTES 



Stanford University is planning a large botanical garden. 

 One thousand acres of land have been set aside for the garden, 

 which will be both an exhibition garden and an experimental 

 laboratory. One million dollars is to be raised for the work of 

 making the garden and more for endowing it. When completed 

 it will be one of the finest in the world. 



The appointment has recently been announced of Dr. Orland 

 E. White, at present curator of plant breeding and economic 

 plants at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, as professor of agri- 

 cultural biology and director of the Blandy Experimental 

 Farm of the University of Virginia. In connection with the 

 work at the experimental farm, five research fellowships have 

 been established; two carrying a stipend of $1000 each, and three 

 $500. The holders of these fellowships will be exempt from 

 paying tuition fees. Graduates of standard colleges who have 

 majored in biology or agriculture will be eligible candidates. 

 Appointees are expected to register in the graduate department 

 at the University of Virginia and to take work leading to a 

 higher degree. The Blandy Experimental Farm has been 

 acquired by the University of Virginia under the devise of the 

 late Graham F. Blandy. 



Over 200 varieties of the Bearded Iris are now growing in 

 various parts of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The Garden 

 has also between 200 and 300 Beardless Iris, which are being 

 raised under various environmental conditions to determine 

 experimentally what factors suit their growth best. The dif- 

 ferent varieties, as they flower, are being carefully reproduced 

 in water color by Miss Maud Purdy, with the aim of placing the 

 whole group, in which at present considerable nomenclatural 

 confusion exists, on a definite scientific basis. This work is in 

 charge of Dr. George M. Reed, Curator of Plant Pathology at 

 the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and is being carried on in coopera- 

 tion with the American Iris Society. The Society held its 

 annual meeting at the Garden on June 3. 



Non-resident members of the Club, who are scattered through- 

 out the United States and in foreign countries, will be interested 

 to learn of the affiliation of the Club with the American Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science. This action took place 



