NEWS. 
AFTER eighteen years of active work Professor J. C. Arthur 
resigns as editor of the Botanical Gazette, but will continue as one of 
the associate editors. 
The fifth International Zoólogical Congress will be held in Berlin 
in 19or, under the presidency of Professor Karl Möbius. 
Professor Carl Gegenbaur, of Heidelberg, has retired from active 
teaching. 
Appointments: Dr. H. Ambronn, professor extraordinarius of 
botany in the University of Jena. — Dr. Walter B. Cannon, instructor 
in physiology in Harvard Medical School. — Dr. Fridrano Carava, 
associate professor of botany in the University of Cagliari. — Dr. 
George V. N. Dearborn, assistant professor of physiology in Tufts 
College. — Professor Dr. J. V. Deichmiiller, custodian of the mineral- 
ogical museum in Dresden. — Dr. P. Dinse, curator of the Museum 
of Oceanography at Berlin. — Dr. Geo. P. Dreyer, professor of physi- 
ology in the medical school of the University of Illinois. — Dr. 
Charles L. Edwards, professor of natural history in Trinity College, 
Hartford. — Dr. J. W. Folsom, instructor in entomology in the Uni- 
versity of Illinois. — Dr. A. Fritsch, professor extraordinarius of bot- 
any in the University of Prag. — Dr. C. Gagel, regional geologist of 
Prussia. — Dr. Walter E. Garrey, of Chicago, professor of physiology 
in Cooper Medical College, San Francisco, Cal. — Frederick O. 
Grover, professor of botany in Oberlin College. — Professor Leon 
Guignard, director of the school of pharmacy in Paris. — Sir George 
F. Hampson, first class assistant in the British Museum, Natural 
History. — Miss A. P. Hazen, assistant in zoólogy in Smith College. 
— Dr. Janni, professor extraordinarius of mineralogy and geology in 
the University of Basel. — Dr. P. B. Kennedy, of Washington, asso- 
ciate professor of botany and horticulture in the University of 
Nevada. — Dr. Charles A. Kofoid, assistant professor of histology 
and embryology in the University of California. — Mr. ' Thomas 
Large, assistant in the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History, 
in charge of ichthyology. — Mr. John H. McClellan, instructor In 
zoology in the University of Illinois. — Dr. Albert P. Matthews, 
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