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present use of power in the United States is about eighty million 

 horse-power or one horse-power per capita. This quantity is 

 likely to increase more rapidly than the population in the future 

 unless curtailed by lack of fuel, but it is evident that a very small 

 fraction of the sun's radiation would meet all demands." 



NEWS ITEMS 



Mr. E. H. Eaton has been made professor of biology at 

 Hobart College. 



Mr. A. J. Grout has been transferred to the Curtis High 

 School, New Brighton, Staten Island. 



Dr. J. K. Small has recently been sent to Florida by the New 

 York Botanical Garden for a month's collecting trip. 



In December, 1 908, New York State, at a cost of about ^600,000, 

 added 15,000 acres to its forest reservations in the Adirondack 

 and Catskill regions. 



Mr. Raphael Zon is studying forest management in Europe, 

 preparatory to taking charge of the experimental work of the 

 United States Forest Service. 



The Sullivant Moss Society met at Baltimore with the Am- 

 erican Association for the Adv^ancement of Science. Several 

 interesting papers were presented. 



Mr. C. A. McLendon, of the South Carolina Experiment Sta- 

 tion, has accepted the position of botanist and plant pathologist 

 at the Georgia Experiment Station. 



On January 1 1 the United States Senate passed a bill appro- 

 priating ^90,000 for acquiring all private holdings in the Sequoia 

 and General Grant national parks, California. 



Collections are now being made for the New York Botanical 

 Garden along the northern coast of Cuba by Dr. J. A. Shafer, 

 who expects to spend three months in that region. 



The State Agricultural College at New Brunswick, New 

 Jersey, offers several short winter courses in general agriculture, 

 fruit farming, market gardening, etc. Tuition is free to residents 

 of the state. 



