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marble bust will be made by the sculptor B. Mauthein Schmar- 

 gendorf . Contributions for this bust are solicited from American 

 botanists and may be sent Fiir die Engler-Biiste, care of Deutsche 

 Bank, Depositenkasse L, Berlin N. 4, or to Dr. L. Wittmack, 

 Berlin, N. W. 40. 



President Wilson has appointed Beverly T. Galloway as assis- 

 tant secretary of agriculture and the senate has confirmed the 

 appointment. The selection of Dr. Galloway, for more than 

 twenty years associated with the Department of Agriculture, 

 and since 1900 the active head of the Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 is in every way an appointment that must bring general satis- 

 faction to the scientific men of the country. Dr. William A. 

 Taylor has been appointed chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry 

 to succeed Dr. Galloway. 



Mr. E. L. Morris has gone to Arizona to study types of desert 

 vegetation, especially with a view to the making of museum 

 models for a comprehensive group to be installed in the Brooklyn 

 Institute Museum. 



The Brooklyn Botanic Garden has purchased the herbarium 

 of the late Henry Dautun, of Jersey City, who was a member of 

 the Torrey Club. The collection comprises about thirty thou- 

 sand specimens, mostly from Europe and the United States. 



A preliminary announcement has been published of an excur- 

 sion of European and American plant geographers, during August 

 and September. The party will leave Chicago about August i 

 and after touring over most of the United States, will arrive in 

 New York about September 25. A more comprehensive an- 

 nouncement will be issued in the near future. 



The University of Colorado mountain laboratory is to have a 

 six weeks' session during the coming summer at Tolland, Colo- 

 rado. Courses in botany and zoology are offered and particulars 

 may be obtained from Dr. F. Ramaly, Boulder, Colorado. 



