Prov. J. M. Coulter, for many years head of the Department of 

 Botany at the University of Chicago, has moved to Yonkers 

 where he is now Scientific Advisor of the Vance Thompson In- 

 stitute for Plant Research, Prof. Coulter has recently become a 

 member of the Torrey Club. 



A dinner was recently given by Dr. N. L. Britton of the New 

 York Botanical Gardens in honor of Dr. F. Bower of Glasgow 

 who is spending a few months lecturing in the United States. 

 A large number of botanists representing the different Botanical 

 Institutions and the local colleges were in attendance. 



A recent notice in the daily papers describes a plan made by the 

 Pan-Pacific Biology Commission to make the Island of Ohau of 

 the Hawaiian group a Pan- Pacific Botanical Garden. It is 

 planned to grow on the Island every kind of tropical fruit and 

 other plants of economic importance, while on the mountain 

 slopes will be grown economic plants from other parts of the 

 world. Many plants from other parts of the tropics are already 

 being grown on the research grounds of the Pan-Pacific institute 

 of Ohau and seed and cuttings are being constantly received. 



