AN expedition under the leadership of Dr. Alexander Eig, head of the Section of Systematic Botany and Ecology at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, has been examining the forest and other flora of Syria (Science Service, Washington, D.C.). During the tour, the members of the expedition were able to collect valuable material for the herbarium as well as to complete plans for the Syrian Section of the new Botanical Garden at Mount Scopus. The party travelled twice throughout the length and three times across the width of Syria, and were able to fix in a preliminary fashion the line of demarcation between the Mediterranean zone and that of the Urano-Turanic region, the precise boundary between which was previously unknown. An important part of the expedition's work was a study of the forest species of Syria, and the investigations undertaken enabled the principal types of forest species, particularly in the Amanus and Cossus hill regions, to be determined. A study thus begun came to the knowledge of the French Governor of Jebel Druze. The expedition received great assistance from the French Government officials in the mandated territory north of the Sykes-Picot line, and the French Governor has asked Dr. Alexander Eig to advise on the subject of afforesting certain parts of the Jebel Druze region. The determination of the principal Syrian forest types will be, it is said, of considerable importance to the Botanical Garden on Mount Scopus.