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420. CoNCEiglo, Julio. Dr. Alberto Lofgren. Rev. Mus. Paulista 11: 543-560. Por- 

 trait. 1919. — A biographical account is presented in Portuguese of Lofgren (1854-1918), who 

 was born and educated in Sweden, but spent his life in scientific work in Brazil. He helped to 

 organize the Geographical and Geological Commission of Sao Paulo, and in 1897 established 

 the Botanical Garden there. He was interested in forest preservation and arboriculture, 

 and active in securing forest legislation for Sao Paulo. In 1910-1911 he explored and made 

 rich collections in Ceard,, Parahyba, Rio Grande do Norte, Bahia, and Pernambuco, and in 

 1913 he was called to take charge of the section of botany and plant physiology in the Botanical 

 Garden of Vdo de Janeiro, where he remained until his death. A long list of his publications 

 is given, perhaps the most important being his Manual das Familias Naturaes Phaner6gamas 

 (1917) with keys to Brazilian genera. — Marie K. Pidgeon. 



421. DuFOTjR, Leon. Notice sur I'oeuvre scientij&que du professeur Saccardo. [A note 

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 A brief biography and tribute to the accomplishments of P. A. Saccardo (1845-1920) is 

 given. — J. C. Oilman. 



422. Larsbn, Th., og Carl Mariboe. Oversigt over fremmed Litteratur vedr0rende 

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 a classified list of foreign literature, including American. — Albert A. Hansen. 



423. LoBO, Bruno. O Museu Nacional de historia natural. [The National Museum of 

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 is made of the principal voyages and explorations relating to Brazil, and the contributions to 

 the botany of the country of Maximilian of Wied, Spix and Martins, Humboldt and Bonpland, 

 Saint-Hilaire, Pohl, Alfred Russel Wallace, and others. — Marie K. Pidgeon. 



424. Magalhaes, Basilio de. Biographia de Antonio Luiz Patricio da Silva Manso. 

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 vocation of his father, who was a painter, but later studied medicine, being licensed to practice 

 in Campinas in 1820, and in 1821 became provincial surgeon of Matto Grosso. Here he be- 

 came interested in politics, representing the province in the general assembly of Brazil, 1834- 

 1837, and was held responsible for a massacre in the city of Cuyabd in 1834 in connection with 

 the Brazilian struggle for independence. In retribution for this he was murdered January 

 17 or 18, 1848. He took up the study of botany in 1819, and in 1823 undertook to send plants 

 and natural products of Matto Grosso to the Museu Nacional at Rio. He communicated 

 plants to Martins, who in 1835 requested him to furnish 50 sets from Matto Grosso, especially 

 rare plants or those of economic importance, for his projected Herbarium Brasiliense. Silva 

 Manso wrote but little on botanical topics, but his services to Brazilian botany are highly 

 rated by Martins in his Flora Brasiliensis and Systema Materiae Medicae Vegetabilis Bra- 

 siliensis (1843). The biography is accompanied by a list of sources and several hitherto 

 unpublished documents. — Marie K. Pidgeon. 



425. Moral, A. La Oficina de Sanidad Vegetal de la Secretaria de Agricultura, Comercio 

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 national university and director of tropical research of the United Fruit Co., is at the head of 

 the office of plant pathology of the Cuban Department of Agriculture, and Felipe de la Cruz 

 y Piiiera is superintendent in charge of the office and personnel. There are 5 inspection zones 

 with inspectors in charge; Reginald Hart, entomologist, is in charge of the service at ports, 

 railroads, etc.; Charles Ballon in charge of inspection of gardens and nurseries; and Ernesto 

 Moists Simonetto in charge of the sugar cane mosaic inspection service. A list is given of the 

 circulars and bulletins published. — F. M. Blodgett. 



