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NEWS ITEMS 



Dr. and Mrs. N. L. Britton and Messrs. J. F. Cowell and 

 Stewardson Brown sailed on January 30 for Porto Rico, where 

 they will meet Professor N. Wille and carry on botanical ex- 

 ploration of that island. 



Dr. J. Arthur Harris and Mr. John V. Lawrence sailed January 

 13 for a few weeks, work on the osmotic pressure of the cell saps 

 of Jamaican rain forest plants, which are to be studied in com- 

 parison with the flora of the vicinity of Tucson, Arizona. 



Two prizes of $100 each are offered for photographs of large, 

 wild, native trees in the United States, by two members of the 

 American Genetic Association, who are interested in forestry and 

 wish to secure data along somewhat novel lines. These prizes 

 are to be awarded as follows : One hundred dollars for photographs 

 of the largest nut-bearing tree. This includes chestnuts, oaks, 

 walnuts, butternuts, pecans, etc. One hundred dollars for 

 photographs of the largest shade or forest tree, not nut-bearing. 

 This includes such trees as the elm, beech [sic], poplar, tulip- 

 poplar ("yellow poplar" or "tulip tree"), etc. Photographs of 

 conifers will not be considered. All photographs must be 

 submitted to the Journal of Heredity before July i, 1915, and will 

 become the property of the Association. Information may be 

 had at the office of the Journal of Heredity, Washington, D. C. 



On January 30 the "Flora of the Vicinity of New York: A 

 contribution to Plant Geography," by Norman Taylor, was 

 issued as volume five of the memoirs of the New York Botanical 

 Garden. The Introduction states that "All of the native and 

 introduced species contained in the manuals have been included, 

 besides many more, mentioned in notes." The book, which 

 contains 683 pages, may be purchased at the New York Botanical 

 Garden and the price is two dollars. 



At a meeting held at St. Louis on December 28, 1914, the 

 Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 

 adopted the following resolutions: 



Whereas, Various of the European nations with which many 



