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NEWS ITEMS 



The announcement is out for Physiological Researches a new 

 publication which is to appear at irregular intervals and is to 

 be devoted, as its title hints, to researches in physiology. Both 

 plant and animal physiology are to be included, although those 

 who are responsible for the enterprise are all botanists. "Each 

 volume will be completed in no specified time, is to contain not 

 less than 450 pages, the latter numbered serially throughout." 

 Further information about the proposed new publication can 

 be obtained from Dr. D. T. MacDougal, of the Carnegie In- 

 stitution, Washington; Dr. H. M. Richards, Barnard College, 

 Columbia University, or from Dr. B. E. Livingston, of Johns 

 Hopkins University, who is the manager. 



At the recent Cleveland meeting of the Botanical Society of 

 America the following ofhcers were elected for 191 3: President, 

 D. H. Campbell, Leland Stanford; Vice-President, M. A. Howe, 

 New York Botanical Garden; Treasurer, Arthur HoUick, New 

 York Botanical Garden; Councilor, G. F. Atkinson, Cornell 

 University. Dr. G. T. Moore's election as secretary in 1912, 

 at the Washington meeting, is effective until 1917. At the 

 Cleveland meeting a resolution was carried authorizing a com- 

 mittee of five to establish a journal. The committee consists 

 of F. C. Newcombe, Chairman; L. R. Jones, G. T. Moore, D. S. 

 Johnson and R. A. Harper. 



Under the auspices of the Carnegie Institution, the New 

 York Botanical Garden and the Smithsonian Institution an 

 expedition left New York on January 25 for the West Indies. 

 Dr. and Mrs. Britton, Miss D. Marble, Dr. Shafer and Dr. J. 

 N. Rose will visit St. Thomas, the Virgin Islands, Guadeloupe 

 and Martinique, returning by way of Porto Rico, where Dr. 

 Shafer will remain. The chief object is to collect living and 

 herbarium specimens of cacti. 



The United States Geological Survey has just issued a publi- 

 cation of great interest to plant geographers. It is a work of 900 

 pages on the geology of North America, by Bailey Willis. It is 



