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i904-'05, and now assistant curator of the division of plants, 

 U. S. National Museum, has been appointed assistant professor 

 of systematic botany in Stanford University. 



The sixth annual meeting and exhibition of the Horticultural 

 Society of New York was held at the museum building of the 

 New York Botanical Garden, May 9 and 10, 1906. The sixth 

 summer exhibition will be held at the same place June 13 and 14. 



Syracuse University is to have a botanical garden, of which 

 Professor Joseph E. Kirkwood, the head of the department of 

 botany of that institution, will have charge. A part of the " old 

 Yates Castle " grounds will be used for the purpose. 



The building of the California Academy of Sciences in San 

 Francisco was destroyed by earthquake and fire on April 18. 

 Botanical collections of great scientific value were lost, but a 

 private letter from Miss Alice Eastwood, the botanical curator, 

 brings the welcome information that most of the botanical type 

 specimens were extracted and carried to a place of safety before 

 the fire reached the building ; " having them in a case by them- 

 selves was their salvation." 



The third annual meeting of the Botanical S}'mposium will be 

 held from July 2 to 9, 1906, at Mountain Lodge, Little Moose 

 Lake, Old Forge, N. Y. Through the courtesy of the members 

 of the Adirondack League Club, the privilege of occupying the 

 Club House for one week is extended to the members of the 

 Conference. Tickets should be bought to Fulton Chain Station 

 on the Adirondack Division of the N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. 

 Single fare from New York City, $6.46. Board, S2.50 to $3.00 

 a day. Stages will meet the part)'^ at Fulton Chain Station. 

 Botanists are requested to notify Mr. Joseph Crawford, Secretary, 

 2824 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa., if they expect to 

 attend the S}'mposium. 



