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Cyrus Guernsy Pringle, for many years a collector for the 

 American Museum and Harvard University, died May 15 at 

 Burlington, Vt. Professor Pringle, who was seventy-three years 

 old, made very extensive collections in Mexico and in parts of New 

 England. In 1906 he received an honorary degree of Doctor of 

 Science from the University of Vermont at which institution 

 he was curator of the herbarium. 



According to the Evening Post (June 10) Professor D. W. John- 

 son, of Harvard, will undertake a survey of the Atlantic coast. 

 Special efforts will be made to determine the recently much- 

 discussed question of coastal subsidence. Work will be carried 

 on from Newfoundland to Florida. 



From the same source we learn that Professor C. S. Sargent 

 has been elected an honorary member of the Societe Nationale 

 d 'Acclimation de France and of the Royal Irish Academy. 



Professor R. A. Harper, of the University of Wisconsin, visited 

 the Brooklyn Botanic Garden on June 4. 



Alfred S. Goodale (Amherst, '98) has been appointed professor 

 of botany at Amherst College. 



On Saturday afternoon. May 13, the grounds of the Brooklyn 

 Botanic Garden were opened to the public for the first time. Of 

 the ten sections that will ultimately comprise the Garden's 

 out-door collections, three are already established, at least in 

 part. They consist of a Morphological Section, illustrating the 

 forms and structures of plants; an Economic Section, including 

 our common vegetables, medicinal plants, condiments, and 

 fibers: and a Local Flora Section. The latter is an attempt to 

 grow as many of our native wild plants as it is possible to get 

 established under cultivation, and includes an artificial bog for 

 the growing of plants requiring such an environment. 



