738 The American Naturalist. [August, 
BOTANY. 
The Coming Botanical Meetings at Madison.—In connec- 
tion with the meeting of the American Association for the Advance- 
ment of Science at Madison, Wisconsin, from August 17 to 23, inclu- 
sive, there will be much of interest to American botanists. The Soci- 
ety for the Promotion of Agricultural Science meets on the 15th and 16th. 
Beginning on Friday, the 18th, the Botanical Club will hold daily 
meetings. The new section of Botany (Section G) of the Association 
promises to be of unusual interest, inasmuch as the committee on pro- 
gramme has made a special effort to bring out some of the foremost 
botanists of the country, many of whom have consented to prepare 
papers. The announcement is made that there will be papers on 
Morphology, Physiology, Pathology, Systematic and Economic Botany, 
and special papers on “ The Present Status of Botanical Instruction 
in the Colleges and Universities of this Country,” and “ The Present 
Aspect of the Nomenclature Question.” 
Following all these will come the International Botanical Congress, 
of which mention was made in the NATURALIST some months ago. 
The Committee having the matter in hand have issued a circular 
announcing the congress, as follows : 
* An International Botanical Congress will be held at Madison, 
Wis., U. S. A., beginning August 23, 1893, and continuing three or 
more days. All botanists are eligible to membership, and are 
earnestly requested to attend the sessions, so far as possible. A mem- 
bership fee of two dollars will be required. 
* The purpose of the Congress is the presentation and discussion of 
botanical questions of general interest relating to the advancement of 
the science. It is expected that the International Standing Commit- 
tee on Nomenclature, appointed last year at the Genoa Congress, will 
present its first report at this time. Papers embodying research will 
not be received, but such papers, whether by American or foreign bot- 
anists, may be presented before the Botanical Section or the Botani- 
cal Club of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 
which holds its annual meeting preceding that of the Congress (August 
17 to 24). 
* Reduced rates of travel by steamship or railway cannot be provided 
by the Congress, but special rates can be obtained for the World’s 
Columbian Exposition at Chicago. Madison is reached by several 
lines of railway from Chicago, and is distant only about four hours. 
