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the amount may be increased to one hundred dollars, at the 

 discretion of the Walker Prize Committee. 



For the next best memoir a prize not exceeding fifty dollars 

 may be awarded. 



Prizes will not be awarded unless the memoirs presented are of 

 adequate merit. 



The competition for these prizes is not restricted, hut is open to all. 

 It is nevertheless the tradition of the Society that the founder 

 of these prizes intended them more in the nature of encourage- 

 ment to younger naturalists than as rewards for the work of 

 mature investigators. 



Attention is especially called to the following points: 



1. In all cases the memoirs are to be based on a considerable 

 body of original and unpublished work, accompanied by a general 

 review of the literature of the subject. 



2. Anything in the memoir which shall furnish proof of the 

 identity of the author shall be considered as debarring the 

 memoir from competition. 



3. Although the awards will be based on their intrinsic merits, 

 preference may be given to memoirs bearing evidence of having 

 been prepared with special reference to competition for these 

 prizes, 



4. Each memoir must be accompanied by a sealed envelope 

 enclosing the author's name and superscribed with a motto 

 corresponding to one borne by the manuscript, and must be in 

 the hands of the Secretary on or before March i of the year 

 for which the prize is offered. 



5. The Society assumes no responsibility for publication of 

 manuscripts submitted, and publication should not be made 

 before the Annual Meeting of the Society in May. 



SUBJECT FOR 1928 



Any subject in the field of botany. 



At Cornell University the ground was broken in September 

 for the new building of plant industries. This building is to be 

 connected with Baker Hall of the College of Agriculture. 



Frederic S. Lee, research professor of physiology in Columbia 

 University, has resigned the presidency of the board of managers 

 of the New York Botanical Garden after a service of five years, 



