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clature Commission, N. L. Britten, E. L. 

 Greene, B. L. Robinson, J. D. Smith; dele- 

 gates from Section G, American Association 

 for the Advancement of Science, C. E. Barnes, 

 IT. C. Cowles, C. L. Shear ; from the Botanical 

 Society of America, J. C. Arthur; from the 

 Society for Plant Morphology and Physiology, 

 W. G. Farlow; from U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, A. P. Woods ; from the Torrey 

 Botanical Club, N. L. Britton, L. M. Under- 

 wood; from the New York Academy of Sci- 

 ences, L. M. Underwood; from the New York 

 Botanical Garden, J. H. Barnhart; the Ameri- 

 can Academy of Arts and Sciences, the New 

 England Botanical Club, the Boston Society 

 of Natural History and the Vermont Botan- 

 ical Club will be represented by B. L. Robin- 

 son. 



Dr. Henry H. Goodell, president of the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College, died on 

 April 23, at the age of sixty-six years. 



We regret also to record the deaths of Pro- 

 fessor Bruno Kerl, formerly professor of 

 metallurgy in the Berlin Academy of Mines, 

 at the age of eighty years, and of Dr. Leopold 

 Maggi, professor of comparative anatomy at 

 Pavia, who died on March 1. 



There will be a civil service examination 

 on May 17 to fill the position of bacteriological 

 chemist in the Bureau of Chemistry, Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, at a salary of $2,000 a 

 year. The position is open to those who have 

 the degree of doctor of philosophy or who have 

 an equivalent training. 



The Cardiff Corporation has ofPered a site, 

 worth £20,000, for the erection of a national 

 museum for Wales, and has voted £2,000 for 

 the maintenance of the museum and £1,000 a 

 year towards the expenses of a library. The 

 Mackintosh of Mackintosh has promised £2,000 

 towards the museum and library, provided 

 Cardifif is selected as the locality. Mr. John 

 Cory has also promised £2,000 on like terms. 



The new sixty-inch reflecting telescope 

 made in England in 1888 by the late A. A. 

 Common and purchased this year by Hal'vard 

 University, is being set up at the astronomical 

 observatory. A two-story building, fifteen by 



twentj'-seven feet, has been erected to inclose 

 it. 



We learn from The Observatory that Star- 

 field, Crowborough Beacon, the house and ob- 

 servatory of the late Dr. Roberts, was put up 

 to auction on March 17, but was not sold. 

 The highest bid was £5,000, which was evi- 

 dently below the reserve. 



The International Bureau of Labor at 

 Basel offers the following prizes for the best 

 treatises on the following subjects: Preven- 

 tion of danger in exjDloiting and preparing 

 lead ores, $1,200 ; obviating danger from work- 

 ing the metal in lead works, $2,400; two best 

 treatises on prevention of danger in the chem- 

 ical use of lead in lead works, accumulator 

 factories, etc., $600 and $350; nine prizes, 

 ranging from $178 to $357, on obviating or 

 removing the danger from lead poisoning in 

 the trades where lead is used, such as paint- 

 ing, type casting, printing, etc. 



It is announced that the prize founded in 

 honor of the celebrated Geneva family of bot- 

 anists, De Candolle, is now offered by the 

 physics and natural history society, of Geneva, 

 Switzerland. The subject will always be a 

 description of a species or family of plants. 

 Members of the society are not permitted to 

 compete, and limitations as to nationality are 

 not made. The essays may be written in 

 Latin, German, French, English or Italian, 

 and must be transmitted to the president of 

 the society before January 16, 1906. 



The second annual field symposium of bot- 

 anists will be held during the week beginning 

 July 3, 1905, at Ohio Pyle, a point on the 

 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Fayette 

 County, southwestern Pennsylvania, where 

 arrangements have been made for the accom- 

 modation of the party. Information concern- 

 ing details of the trip and the proposed pro- 

 gram may be obtained from either Mr. Joseph 

 Crawford, 282-4 Franklin Avenue, Philadel- 

 phia, representing the Philadelphia Botanical 

 Club, from Dr. J. A. Shafer, New York Bot- 

 anical Garden, Bronx Park, New York City, 

 representing the Torrey Botanical Club, or 

 from Dr. J. N. Rose, U. S. National JMuseuni, 

 Washington, D. C, representing the Washing- 



