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Hibiscus oculiroseus" that has appeared in his cultivation of this 

 species. The new form was described in comparison with the 

 usual robust type, and the history of its origin was given. It is 

 the plan to present a full account of the plant in a future number 

 of the Bulletin of the Club. 

 Adjournment followed. 



B. O. Dodge, 



Secretary 

 NEWS ITEMS 



Announcements have been issued for the twentieth anni- 

 versary of the appropriation by the City of New York of 250 

 acres of land in Bronx Park for the use of the New York Botan- 

 ical Garden. The event will be commemorated at the Garden 

 during the week commencing September 6, 1915. Botanists 

 from all parts of North America have been invited to attend. 

 The part played by the Torrey Club in the early days of the initi- 

 ation of the movement for the establishment of the New York 

 Botanical Garden is well known to most of our members. On 

 Friday, September 10, the botanists attending the anniversary 

 are to be taken to a locality in the pine-barrens of New Jersey, 

 under the guidance of the Club. 



It Is reported in Science that Mr. G. Massee has retired from 

 his position as head of the cryptogamic department in the 

 herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 



Professor H. A. Cummins, professor of botany and agriculture 

 at University College, Cork, has been given a commission in the 

 British Army. 



The Plant World announces two prizes which are to be 

 awarded for the best papers embodying original work in any 

 phase of the water relations of plants. The amount of the first 

 prize is $50, and of the second prize $10. The offering of these 

 purses is made possible by the generosity of Professor B. E. 

 Livingston and by contributions from Dr. D. T. MacDougal, 

 Professor J. J. Thornber, Dr. J. B. Overton, Dr. H. C. Cowles 

 and Mrs. Edith B. Shreve. Competing papers should be written 



