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the preceding motion. Dr. H. \V. Olive was elected chairman of 



this committee and the president was authorized to appoint 



other members of the committee upon the recommendation of 



the chairman. Adjournment followed. 



B. O. Dodge, 



Secretary 



NEWS ITEMS 



Owing to the coal shortage Conservatory Range No. 2 at the 

 New York Botanical Garden was cleared in December, the plants 

 all being housed in the old conservatory range. On January 10 

 the Brooklyn Botanic Garden reduced by 375 linear feet its 

 greenhouse space, thus crowding the collections in fewer houses, 

 and necessitating the closing of the conservatories to the public, 



On January 10 the second issue of the Journal of the Inter- 

 national Garden Club was published. Hereafter the publication 

 will be issued quarterly in March, June, September and Decem- 

 ber, the March issue appearing on the twentieth. 



The British government has ordered one hundred thousand 

 kapok waistcoats for its sailors. This "vegetable wool," derived 

 from Bombax malaharicum, has been suggested as desirable also 

 for our own sailors. 



