48 



William Titus Home (B.S., Nebraska, 1898), who held the 

 fellowship in botany in Columbia University in 1903— '04, has 

 been advanced to the headship of the department of plant path- 

 olog>' in the Estacion Central Agronomica de Cuba — the posi- 

 tion recently held by Dr. Melville T. Cook. 



Dr. and Mrs. N. L. Britton and Dr. and Mrs. C. F. Millspaugh 

 left New York early in February to continue the botanical ex- 

 ploration of the Bahamas. They plan this time to visit the outer 

 islands of the group, including Eleuthera, Little San Salvador, 

 Cat, Conception, Watlings and Long islands, and are expected to 

 return to New York late in March. 



An expedition from the University of Chicago, represented by 

 Professor Otis W. Caldwell, and accompanied by Professor C. F. 

 Baker and Mr. H. A. van Hermann, of the Estacion Central 

 Agronomica de Cuba, has been exploring the tree-cycad region 

 in the Sierras of western Cuba. Cycads of regal proportions, 

 1 5 to 30 feet in height, with cones weighing 25 pounds, were 

 found. Large series of specimens in many groups and numerous 

 photographs were taken. 



The twelfth annual winter meeting of the Vermont Botanical 

 Club and the sixth of the Vermont Bird Club were held at the 

 Fairbanks Museum, St. Johnsbury, Januaiy 18 and 19. ■ Among 

 the botanical papers presented were " Variations in Plants " by 

 President Ezra Brainerd, " Further Ob.servations on the Potato- 

 Leaf Fungi" by Professor L. R. Jones, "About Red Clover" 

 by Professor H. M. Seely, " Local Floras of Vermont " by Dr. 

 John H. Barnhart, and " The Flora of the Limestone Cliffs of 

 Pownal" by W. W. Eggleston. Miss Mabel Strong reported 

 the finding of Dryopteris Filix-inas in Woodstock, the second 

 known Vermont station for this fern. Officers of the Club for 

 the ensuing year are : president, President Ezra Brainerd ; vice- 

 president, Dr. Cyrus G. Pringle ; secretary and treasurer, Pro- 

 fessor L. R. Jones ; executive committee, Professor L. R. Jones, 

 Dr. H. H. Swift, and Mrs. T. C. Fletcher. The next summer's 

 field meeting will be held July 2 and 3 in Pownal, the extreme 

 southwestern township of Vermont. 



