BOTANY IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Whatever opinion may be held in regard to the advantages or dangers connected with the acquirement of the Philippines by the United States, there is no doubt but that it will result in the extension of scientific knowledge. An Insular Bureau of Government Laboratories has been organized under the direction of Professor Paul C. Freer, of the University of Michigan, and a Bureau of Agriculture under the direction of
Dr. F. Lamson-Scribner, of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, and scientific work is being done in other directions. The National Academy of Sciences last spring outlined, at the request of the President, a plan for a scientific survey of the islands, and this is being carried forward in all directions. The Bureau of Agriculture has already issued eight 'Farmers Bulletins' and four 'Scientific Bulletins,' the last of which, entitled 'Botan-
