News Notes 
The International Code of Nomenclature for 
Cultivated Plants has recently been published 
under the editorship of William T. Steam. This 
is .a joint product of the International Horti- 
cultural Congress and the International Botan- 
ical Congress. Copies, can be obtained for Is./ 3d. 
from the Royal Horticultural Society, Vincent 
Square, London S.W. 1, England. 
With the October 1953 number of Pacific 
Science, W. A. Gosline assumed the duties of 
Associate Editor, replacing O. A. Bushnell, who 
is on leave for advanced study at Columbia 
University. 
Pettibone, Marian H. Some Scale-Bearing Poly- 
chaetes of Puget Sound and Adjacent Waters. 89 
pp. + 40 pis. University of Washington 
Press, Seattle. $3.25. 
Paul H. Baldwin. Annual Cycle, Environment 
and Evolution in the Hawaiian Honeycreepers 
{Aves: Drepaniidae). University of California 
Publications in Zoology 52(4): 285-398, 12 
figs., 4 pis. Published by the University of 
California Press. $1.50. 
We have received the first number of a new 
quarterly journal, Deep-Sea Research, which is 
published by the Pergamon Press, London. It 
has been established under the instigation of 
the Joint Commission on Oceanography, of the 
International Council on Scientific Unions. The 
journal is limited to papers on investigations of 
the deep-sea floor, specifically: 
1. The morphology and stratigraphy of the 
deep-sea floor. 
2. The general properties of the sediment carpet 
and its substratum. 
3. The properties of the water layer next the 
deep-sea floor. 
4. The abyssal fauna inhabiting the deep-sea 
floor. 
5. The organisms and processes important to 
deep-sea sediments. 
The editorial board, which is truly interna- 
tional, is composed of outstanding workers in 
oceanography and assures the highest standards, 
which are well set by the initial number. 
Deep-Sea Research. Pergamon Press Ltd. Dis- 
tributed by Lange, Maxwell and Springer, Ltd., 
242 Marylebone Road, London N.W.l. Sub- 
scriptions £4 10s, or $12.60. 
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