Scientific News. 



SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 



Huxley Memorial.— Since the first meeting of the General Com- 

 mittee on November 27, which was fully reported by the Press, two 

 meetings of the Executive Committee have been held. 



At the first of these, at which Lord Shand accepted the office of 

 Chairman, it was reported that a number of foreigners of eminence had 

 expressed a wish to be associated with the proposal to commemorate 

 Mr. Huxley's distinguished services to humanity. It was resolved, in 

 the first instance, to invite subscriptions from the members of the 

 General Committee. 



At the second meeting, held on December 18, it was reported that 

 the subscriptions, which at the General Meeting had amounted to 

 £557, had been increased to about £1,400, and it was resolved that a 

 wider appeal for subscriptions should now be made to the friends and 

 admirers of Mr. Huxley amongst the general public. The sum sub- 

 scribed now exceeds £1,500. 



The Committee resolved to communicate, by means of a sub-com- 

 mittee of their number, with Mr. Onslow Ford, R. A., who had the 

 advantage of being well acquainted with Mr. Huxley, in reference to 

 the statue, which it is proposed should be erected beside those of Dar- 

 win and Owen in the Natural History Museum, South Kensington. 



The extent to which the Committee may be able to carry out the 

 other intended objects of founding exhibitions, scholarships, and med- 

 als for biological research and lectureships, and possibly in assisting 

 the republication of Mr. Huxley's scientific works, will, of course, de- 

 pend on the subscriptions which may now be received. 



Meehans' Monthly is a magazine for the lovers of gardening; and 

 covers the whole field of general intelligence in so far as it may have 

 the remotest bearing on the chief topics it sets out to advance. For 

 instance, a beautiful Prang colored plate of some wild flower is given 

 every month, with a description which illustrates the whole ground of 

 classical history that has any bearing on the topic. Information on 

 the most diversified topics abound. Corn from Indian mounds will 

 not grow — swamps that are real swamps are among the healthiest of 

 localities. There is no sickness in the great dismal swamp of Virginia. 



