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853. Fox, R. H. Dr. John Fothergill and his friends (chapters in eighteenth century life). 

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854. Geddes, Patrick. The life and work of Sir Jagadis C. Bose. xii + 259 p., frontis- 

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855. GiRARD, A. C. Achille Miintz, 1846-1917. Ann. Inst. Nation. Agron. II, 13: 171- 

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856. Graves, F. M. On the walled garden. Card. Chron. Ill, 65: 105-106. 1919.— 

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857. Grindley, F. H. The history, progress and future of the C. S. T. A. Sci. Agric. 

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858. G[rove], W. B. James Eustace Bagnall, A. L. S. (1830-1918). Jour. Botany 56: 

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859. GtJssow, H. T. Establishment of an Imperial (British) bureau of mycology. Phy- 

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860. Haberlandt, Gottlieb. Grabrede auf Simon Schwendener am 2 Juni 1919. [Fu- 

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861. Hedrick, U. p. Edward Lewis Sturtevant. Rept. New York Agric. Exp. Sta. 

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862. Hedrick, U. P., Editor. Sturtevant's notes on edible plants. Rept. New York 

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 there and at the Missouri Botanical Garden, and Sturtevant's published work on the history 



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