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species based on Rumphlus. As it is, his material has enabled 

 me to clear up a very large number of these 'doubtful' species." 



Mr. George Gordon Copp, formerly a reporter on the Sun, 

 who went with Dr. D, T. MacDougal to deserts in southwestern 

 United States, died in New York on November 20. 



The Botanical Society of Washington has elected the follow- 

 ing officers for the ensuing year: President, Mr. T. H. Kearney; 

 Vice-President, Mr. Edgar L. Brown; Recording Secretary, 

 Mr. Charles E. Chambliss; Corresponding Secretary, Dr. 

 H. L. Shantz; Treasurer, Mr. F. D. Farrell. Mr. A. S. Hitch- 

 cock was nominated by the society for the position of vice- 

 president of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 



It is reported in Science (24 November) that Stanford Uni- 

 versity, with the co-operation of Dr. N. L. Britton, has arranged 

 to finance the publication of an Illustrated Flora of the Pacific 

 Coast. Dr. LeRoy Abrams will edit the work, with the assist- 

 ance of a number of the leading American botanists as collab- 

 orators. The flora will comprise four volumes containing illus- 

 trations and descriptions of all the ferns and flowering plants on 

 the Pacific Coast. 



