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Anatomical Society ; and the Morphological Society, of course, 
conflicts with it. The two must be combined if both are to suc-. 
ceed, and how this is to be successfully done is the problem 
before us. The name “ Morphological ” has our preference, and 
we hope that it will be retained; but the membership and organ- 
ization of the Anatomical Society need not be abandoned. 
It is rather unfortunate that the meeting of the American 
Geological Society has again failed to coincide with that of the 
societies above mentioned. We hope that the secretaries of the 
respective societies will be able in future to coöperate, so that the 
plan of a general winter meeting of American natyraliste of all 
kinds will not be lost sight of. 
—Tue Association of American Agricultural Colleges and 
Experiment Stations has at its last two meetings amended its 
plan of organization in a most important manner. Originally 
this association was a delegate convention, consisting mainly of 
college presidents and station directors, who met to discuss the 
executive affairs of their institutions. But as the station workers 
increased in members and experience it became evident that 
there was need for the various specialists also to meet, talk over 
- their work} and arrange plans for cooperation. The horticultur- 
ists were the first to take decisive steps, holding a meeting about 
three years ago. The entomologists and botanists soon followed 
their example by organizing independent associations. Hence it 
came to pass that either the scope of the original association of 
colleges and stations must be enlarged, or else a number of 
independent organizations would have to exist. Accordingly, at 
the Washington meeting, one year ago, the general association 
appointed committees on agriculture, botany, chemistry, ento- 
mology, and horticulture; and at the meeting held November 
11-14, 1890, at Champaign, Illinois, these committees were 
changed to sections. Consequently the association now em- 
braces all college and station investigators, and its future meet- 
ings will doubtless be second only to those of the American 
Association for the Advancement of Science in scientific im- 
portance.—W. 
