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expedition plans to visit some of the least known of the islands 

 of the group. Dr. Svenson, as botanist of the expedition, will 

 collect on all the islands visited. The expedition will return the 

 latter part of May. 



Mr. Charles E. Foote, of Jackson, Michigan, died on the 

 sixth of February. Mr. Foote had been a member of the Torrey 

 Botanical Club for many years. 



A Memorial to Lamark. Lamark died a little over one 

 hundred years ago. The only memorial of him in France was 

 his birthplace, the home of his ancestors, at Bazentin, a small 

 village of the Somme. During the war the house was destroyed 

 and only a few scattered bricks and blackened stones are left. 

 On the centenary of his death the Societe Linneenne du Nord 

 de la France decided to erect a memorial on the site of the old 

 house. The memorial will stand in a garden in which will be 

 planted the species especially studied by Lamarck or named 

 after him. A request is made of botanists in the United States 

 to help with this memorial. Subscriptions, checks or interna- 

 tional postal orders, should be directed to the Banque de France, 

 succursale d'Amiens (Somme) to the account of the Societe 

 Linneenne, subscriptions Lanmark No. 2.433. 



Dr. George M. Reed, Curator of Plant Pathology at the 

 Brooklyn Botanic Garden, sailed in the early part of February 

 for Japan, where he will make a special study of the Japanese 

 Iris, its history, culture, and nomenclature. Dr. Reed expects 

 to be gone about seven months. The cost of the trip, which 

 will be about $3000.00, has been defrayed by special contribu- 

 tions. Included among these are $1000.00 from the National 

 Research Council and $250.00 from the American Iris Society. 

 The remainder has been contributed by various individuals in 

 different parts of the country. 



Some Notes from Science 



Dr. O. E. Jennings, head of the department of botany of the 

 University of Pittsburgh and curator of botany and director of 

 education at the Carnegie Museum, received the honorary 

 degree of doctor of science at the convocation of the University 

 of Pittsburgh in February. 



Dr. O. L. Sponsler, professor of botany in the University of 



