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held on Thursday, at Schermerhorn Hall, Columbia Univer- 

 sity ; on Saturday, at the Museum of the New York Botan- 

 ical Garden, when one of the papers was the address of the retir- 

 ing president, Professor R. A. Harper, on " The Organization of 

 certain Coenobic Plants " ; and on Monday, at Schermerhorn 

 Hall. In all, twenty-nine papers were presented. Officers of 

 the new Botanical Society of America were elected as follows : 

 Professor George F. Atkinson, president ; Dr. N. L. Britton, vice- 

 president; Professor D. S. Johnson, secretary; Dr. Arthur Hol- 

 lick, treasurer. 



The American Society of Naturalists held its twenty-fourth 

 annual meeting in Schermerhorn Hall, Columbia University, New 

 York City, on the afternoon of Friday, December 28, 1906. 

 The scientific program consisted of a discussion of the biological 

 significance and control of sex, and several of the papers viewed 

 the topic from a botanical standpoint. 



The Sullivant Moss Chapter held a meeting on Friday after- 

 noon, December 28, 1906, in Schermerhorn Hall, Columbia 

 University, the president, Mr. Edward B. Chamberlain, in the 

 chair. In the absence of the secretary, Dr. John W. Bailey, 

 Miss Edith A. Warner acted as secretary pro tern. There were 

 exhibits by members of specimens and photographs, and a scien- 

 tific program of six papers, by Professor A. W. Evans, Miss Annie 

 Lorenz, Mrs. Elizabeth G. Britton, Professor Bruce Fink, Dr. A. 

 J. Grout and Mr. R. S. Williams. 



At the American Museum of Natural History, on the afternoon 

 of Saturday, December 29, 1906, occurred the ceremonies attend- 

 ing the unveiling of the busts of American men of science, pre- 

 sented to the Museum by Mr. Morris K. Jesup. Among the 

 busts unveiled was that of Professor John Torrey, and a brief 

 memorial address upon the life and work of Dr. Torrey was deliv- 

 ered by Dr. N. L. Britton. Busts of Alexander von Humboldt 

 and Joseph Leidy, both of whom contributed to the advancement 

 of botanical science, although better known from their work in 

 other fields,'were also among the number. 



