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FEBRUARY 13, 1912 
The meeting of February 13, 1912, was held at the American 
Museum of Natural History at 8:15 Р.М. Twenty-three persons 
were present. 
The announced scientific programme consisted of a lecture on 
"Some Botanical Features of a Desert Mountain Range," by 
Dr. Forrest Shreve. The lecture was illustrated with lantern 
slides. 
Meeting adjourned. 
B. O. DODGE, 
Secretary 
NEWS ITEMS 
We learn from Science that a comprehensive project for re- 
search on the Cactaceae has been organized by the department of 
botanical research of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. 
Dr. J. N. Rose, of the U.S. National Museum, has been appointed 
research associate. He has been granted a furlough from the 
museum, which also furnishes working quarters and facilities 
for handling the living collections. Dr. N. L. Britton, who has 
made extensive studies of the group, has also been appointed 
research associate, without salary. The New York Botanical 
Garden also contributes its extensive collections, and some of its 
explorational effort to the project. Dr. D. S. Johnson, of Johns 
Hopkins University, and Professor J. G. Brown, of the University 
of Arizona, will continue their studies on the Cactaceae. Other 
contributions will be made by the members of the staff and co- 
operators of the Desert Laboratory. 
At the one hundredth anniversary of the Academy of Natural 
Sciences of Philadelphia held March 18-21, Dr. C. Stuart Gager 
represented the Torrey Botanical Club and also the University 
of Missouri. 
From the Sun we learn that Michael H. Lawlor, an expert in 
the propagation and care of trees of foreign growth and known to 
horticulturists in all parts of the United States, has died, aged 
63 years. He was born in Ireland and came to this country 
