1896]. Scientific News. 52 



William Trelease, Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Th 

 President- elect, Dr. Charles E. Bessey, Professor of Botany in the Un 

 versity of Nebraska will then take the chair. The afternoon mono 



1 be devoted t 



tiring Pres- 



ident will deliver a public address on " Botanical Opportunity." 

 sessions for the reading of papers will be held on Saturday at 10 a. m. 

 and 2 p. m. The Botanical Society of America is affiliated with the 

 American Association for the Advancement of Science whose sessions 

 this year begin on Monday August 24th, in Buffalo. 



At the Springfield Meeting of the American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science, it was voted that the Sectional Committee of 

 Section E be directed to prepare a program for the meeting of the Sec- 

 tion, and to transmit the same to the Permanent Secretary for printing 

 and distribution not less than une month before the meeting. 



It is therefore requested that members intending to present papers 

 at the Buffalo Meeting of the Association send title and abstract of the 

 same to the Secretary of the Section on or before July 15, 1896. 



A. C. Gill, Secretary Section E. 



Prof. S. P. Langley states that the Smithsonian Institution has de- 

 cided to rent a table at the Naples Zoological Station for another period 

 of three years, for the benefit of American students. The interest 

 manifested by American educators and biologists in this matter has 

 convinced the Institution that in so doing it best cooperates with the 

 educational institutions of the United States. 



About July 1st next a party under the direction of Mr. T. H. Mobley 

 will start from Lacomb, Alberta, for a two year exploring trip through 

 northern Canada, taking in all points of interest between Edmonton 

 and the Arctic Sea. There are four in party, all of which are thor- 

 oughly experienced men, of whom two are naturalists. 



Dr. H. Baumhauer, formerly of Ludingshausen, goes to the Univer- 

 sity of Freibourg, Switzerland, as ordinary professor of Mineralogy, 

 while Dr. O. Mugge, of Minister, goes to a similar position in the 

 University of Konigsberg. 



Two of the honors received by Prof. Leuckartin connection with his 

 fifty year doctor-jubilee were elections to honorary membership in the 

 Zoological Society of France and the Russian Academy of Sciences. 



Dr. G. B. Grassi, of Catania, well-known for his researches on the 

 structure of the lower Arthropods has been called to the University of 

 Rome as professor of comparative anatomy. 



