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g. The course is arranged in two parts, each occupying a half- 

 year and complete in itself. This is in part to accord with prin- 

 ciple 6, preceding, and in part to allow either a combination of a 

 half year of botany with a half year of zoology to. form a year's 

 course in biology, or else to provide a shorter course as needed 

 in some schools. In any case a half-year course in botany should 

 consist of Part I or Part II, never of a combination of both, a 

 recommendation based partially upon educational principle and 

 partly upon the practical difficulty of providing examinations and 

 articulating later college courses with such diverse combinations. 



lO. The course is intended to be relatively permanent, yet is 

 modifiable in adaptation to changing educational conditions and 

 the approved results of experience. Changes will not, however, 

 be made for some time, and not until announced in a fifth edition 

 of this report. The committee will welcome all suggestions and 

 criticisms. 



Those interested in the theories of sex-heredity will find an 

 interesting paper on " A Mendelian View of Sex-heredity" by 

 Professor W. E. Castle, of Harvard, in Science, for March 5, 

 jpog ; in this paper Professor Castle brings " into harmony the 

 seemingly discordant results of Wilson, of Correns, and of Bate- 

 son and his associates." 



NEWS ITEMS 



A company called " The Luther Burbank's Products Com- 

 pany, Incorporated " has recently been formed with a capitaliza- 

 tion of several million dollars. The company will attend to busi- 

 ness matters connected with Mr. Burbank's work, and control 

 the distribution of his new productions. 



Dr. N. L. Britton, director-in-chief of the New York Botanical 

 Garden, accompanied by Mrs. Britton and Dr. Marshall A, 

 Howe, curator of the museums, sailed for Jamaica, February 20. 

 They expect to spend about six weeks visiting the eastern parts 

 of Jamaica and Cuba, and possibly some of the southwestern 

 Bahamian islands. 



