78 International Meeting of Botanists at Leiden. 
It is evident that such a Central Bureau could not exist 
without a very considerable annual subsidy, since a central staff 
would be necessary to carry out its objects. The Delegates of the 
Association in the different countries have already made enquiries 
regarding the possibilities of subsidies from their respective 
Governments, and on the whole with a favourable result. Holland 
is ready to take the initiative, provided the other Governments 
shew an inclination to follow. France, Norway and Austria have 
already given the matter their favourable consideration. In our own 
country the well-known disinclination of Parliament to embark on 
rash adventures, such as the endowment of pure science, makes it 
scarcely likely that an Imperial grant will be forthcoming, but it is 
possible that an application to the Universities, or to the leading 
Scientific Societies might be successful. 
It may be mentioned that Professor Went of Utrecht has 
already most kindly offered to establish a Bureau for Mycology (as 
a part of the Central-bureau of the Association) in his own Institute ; 
from which cultures of Fungi, especially of the rare species, can be 
supplied. 
The “ Centralblatt ” Lists of Current Literature. 
The main topic of discussion on the morning of April 16th, was 
the publication of the Lists of Current Literature. It was 
suggested that this Department should be taken over, as from the 
beginning of 1904, by Dr. Field, of Zurich, who gave an interesting 
account of the methods adopted in the classification of new 
literature in the Concilium Bibliographicum at Zurich. 
The members of the Association were most hospitably received 
in Holland; being entertained at lunch by the Dutch Botanical 
Society, and at dinner in the evening by some of the leading 
citizens of Leiden, whilst the programme of the next day included 
a visit to the Bacteriological Institute at Delft, where a most 
interesting lecture was given by Professor Beyerinck. 
F. E. FRITSCH. 
A. G. TANSLEY. 
