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Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan died in Rome, on March 31. Besides 

 the many other activities in which Mr. Morgan was interested, 

 he was a member of the board of managers of the New York 

 Botanical Garden. 



A telegraphic dispatch to the Evening Post announces the 

 appointment of Dr. William Trelease, recently director of the 

 Missouri Botanical Garden, as professor of botany in the Uni- 

 versity of Illinois, at Urbana. He succeeds Dr. T. J. Burrill, 

 retired, who, as professor, dean, and vice-president, has been 

 connected with the university since 1868. 



The geological survey of Alabama has still some copies of 

 "Mohr's Plant Life of Alabama," for distribution. Bound or 

 unbound copies are to be had gratis by applying to the State 

 Geologist, University, Ala. Thirty-two cents in postage should 

 be sent in letters asking for the book. 



Professor Lester F. Ward, recognized as one of the foremost 

 American social philosophers, a geologist of note and author of 

 many scientific works, died April 18, at Washington, aged 

 eighty-one years. He was a native of Joliet, 111. Professor 

 Ward was first president of the American Sociological Society, at 

 different periods served as president of the Institute International 

 de Sociologie, and as a member of the faculty of Brown Univer- 

 sity, and for many years was on the staff of the National Museum. 



Among Professor Ward's written contributions to science are 

 "Dynamic Sociology," "Sketch of Paleobotany," "Synopsis 

 of the Flora of the Laramie Group," "Types of the Laramie 

 Flora and Geographical Distribution of Fossil Plants." He also 

 collaborated with James Q. Dealey in the writing of a textbook 

 on sociology. 



Dr. Ira D. Cardiff, professor of plant physiology and bacteri- 

 ology in the Washington State College, has been made head of 

 the department. Professor J. G. Hall, of Clemson Agricultural 

 College, South Carolina, has been appointed professor of plant 

 pathology at the same institution. 



