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NEWS ITEMS 



Dr. John K. Small, head curator of the herbarium and mu- 

 seums of the New York Botanical Garden, left New York on 

 October 23 for further explorations in the southern end of the 

 peninsula of Florida. 



The general arrangements for botanical meetings of the Amer- 

 ican Association for the Advancement of Science and affiliated 

 societies, to be held in New York, December, 1906, are as follows : 

 Wednesday, December 26. Afternoon. Meeting of Torrey 



Botanical Club at New York Botanical Garden. 



Evening. Reception to visiting botanists by the Torrey 



Botanical Club in Schermerhorn Hall, Columbia University. 

 Thursday, December 27. In Schermerhorn Hall, Columbia 



University. 



a. Council, Botanical Society of America, 9 a. m. 



b. Business meeting. Botanical Society of America, 10 a. m. 



c. Organization of Section G, 1 1 a. m., followed imme- 

 diately by address of the Vice-President. 



d. Joint session, Sections F and G, 2 p. m. 



e. Evening. Address of the retiring President of the Asso- 

 ciation, followed by a general reception by the trustees of 

 Columbia University. 



Friday, December 28. Morning. Joint session of Sections F 

 and G continued, at Columbia University. 



Afternoon. Section G and Botanical Society of America, 

 Columbia University. Sullivant Moss Chapter and other 

 botanical associations at Columbia University. 



Saturday, December 29. Morning and afternoon. Meetings of 

 Botanical Society of America at the New York Botanical 

 Garden. In the late afternoon unveiling of busts of distin- 

 guished American men of science at the American Museum 

 of Natural History. 



Evening. Reception at American Museum of Natural 

 History by the trustees of that institution and by the New 

 York Academy of Sciences. 



Monday, December 3 i. Meetings of Section G and of Botanical 

 Society of America at Schermerhorn Hall, Columbia University. 



