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Dr. Morrey spoke on the subject, "Two years in Europe as a Student." Most of the time was spent at the University of Vienna, although the University at Zurich and the Pasteur Institute at Paris were each attended for a short term.

The University of Vienna ranks among the first in the advantages offered to medical students. The hospitals of the city are noteworthy on account of the large number of cases and the great variety of diseases treated. The numerous holidays observed in Vienna seriously interrupt college work. Hardly a week passes in which there is not one or more holidays on which work is wholly suspended.

The speaker placed on the exhibition table a fine series of photographs procured during his stay abroad. These furnished a treat for those present after the regular program was completed.

JAS. S. HINE, Secretary.

NEWS AND NOTES.

The Summer Field Meeting of the Ohio State Academy of Science will be held at Wooster, Ohio, on Friday and Saturday, May 31 and June 1, 1901, under the auspices of the University of Wooster, the Ohio Experiment Station and the Wooster Field Naturalist's Club. The plan includes Friday about the small lakes southwest of Wooster, and an evening meeting in Wooster; Saturday morning at the Experiment Station, to be followed by an excursion to North Lawrence with its mines and Fox Lake with its tamarack bog.

Prof. Charles S. Prosser in an article in the Am. Jour. of Sci. 11:191-199, 1901, discusses the names applied to the formations of the Ohio Coal measures. The following names are proposed.

Present Names. Proposed Names. Upper Barren Coal Measures Dunkard formation Upper Productive Coal Measures Monongahela formation Lower Barren Coal Measures Conemaugh formation Lower Productive Coal Measures Allegheny formation

The Philadelphia Fleabane is one of our interesting spring plants and will repay careful study. The leaves of the stem in most individuals have a decided polarity and for the most part are twisted so as to stand in a single plane. In this respect the plant is as striking as any of the so-called compass plants, although the plane in which the leaves lie may be in any direction. Another interesting adaptation is the drooping of the top of the young plant. The entire inflorescence nods at first and finally the individual heads, but one by one these assume the upright position as the flowers begin to open.

J. H. S.

WINTER ADAPTATION OF OPUNTIA.--The Ohio species of cactus, Opuntia humifusa Raf., has an interesting habit which seems to be a protective measure against cold. At the approach of Winter the flattened stems lose their upright position and press themselves closely to the surface of the ground.

F. J. T.

Ohio State University

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One hundred and twenty one instructors. Over thirteen hundred students. FINEST GYMNASIUM IN THE WEST.

DR. W. O. THOMPSON, STATE UNIVERSITY, COLUMBUS.

Ohio Forest Trees Identified by Leaves and Fruit.

A neat pamphlet for every one who wishes to learn our native forest trees. Keys simple. Description plain. Can learn the names of the trees easily.

Gives list of scientific and common names; distribution by counties.

W. A. KELLERMAN, COLUMBUS, OHIO

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