NEWS NOTES 
THE FIRST number of a new botanical journal has recently 
appeared—Sunyatsenia,—from the Botanical Institute of the 
College of Agriculture of Sun Yatsen University, Canton, China. 
In this number there are two articles: On Miquel’s Kwantung 
species as based on Krone’s collection by E. D. Merrill and Con- 
tributions to the knowledge of Kwantung Flora by E. D. Merrill 
and Woon-Young Chun. i 
IN A CAMPAIGN to rid the farms of weeds the following ad- 
vertisement appeared in some Ontario papers this past spring: 
“To the rate payers of Ameliasburg Township—kindly take 
notice that the following weeds are proclaimed noxious under 
the Weed Control Act and that it is in your interest to plan 
your rotation and spring seeding so that you can eliminate some 
of them this year. Bladder Campion, Ox Eye Daisy, Sow This- 
tle, Canada Thistle, Blue Weed, Chicory, Docks, Ragweed, 
Ribgrass, Stinkweed, Tumbling Mustard, Wild Carrot, Bur- 
docks, Hawkweeds, Wild Lettuce. 
Sow Clean Seed, Cultivate and Rotate.” 
Dr. RUSSELL A. OAKLEY, Senior Agronimist, U. S. Depart- 
ment of Agriculture, died on August 6 at Monrovia, California, 
where he had gone about a year and a half ago in the hope of 
regaining his health. He was well known among professional and 
amateur golfers for his interest in the improvement of fine turf 
grasses, He was co-author with Dr. C. V. Piper of Turf for 
Golf Courses. 
Dr. W. E. Tottincuay, of the University of Wisconsin, was 
recently elected president and Dr. R. B. Harvey, of the ue 
versity of Minnesota, vice-president of the American Society of 
Plant Physiologists. Dr. M. A. Gardner will continue as secre- 
tary for another year. (SCIENCE) 
Dr. L. O. OVERHOLTs, of the Department of Botany of Penn- 
sylvania State College, has been granted a five months leave of 
absence to study timber diseases in the forests of Louisiana 
for the federal government. 
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