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Dr. Cialloway, dnci oi the lUucau, and Dr. Woods, in charge 

 of invcstii;ations in phmt physiology and pathology, consulted 

 Smith, Webber, and other ollicials when choosing new scientific 

 talent. In 1901 George Thomas Moore, a graduate in science 

 from Wabash College^^ possessor of three degrees from Harvard 

 University, for a while assistant in cryptogamic botany at Harvard, 

 who had taught botany both at Radcliffe College and Dartmouth 

 College, accepted a position as physiologist and algologist of the 

 Bureau and in 1903 was to be placed in charge of the Department's 

 Laboratory of Plant Physiology. 



Karl Frederic Kellerman was a son of Dr. W. A. Kellerman. 

 He was a former student of the Ohio State University, a graduate 

 in science at Cornell, and during 1900-1901 an assistant in botany 

 there. In 1901 he was appointed an assistant physiologist in the 

 Bureau. During 1905-1906 he was to have charge of the labora- 

 tory of plant physiology and then be physiologist in charge of 

 investigations in soil bacteriology and water purification. In 1902 

 W. T. Swingle took charge of investigations in crop physiology 

 and breeding. With such leaders in American botanical research, 

 the Department's working force in plant physiology was composed 

 of able men. 



Smith interested himself in building up the research personnel 

 in plant patholog)^ On March 19, 1901, he had addressed a letter 

 to Dr. Thaxter of Harvard in w^hich he asked the learned associate 

 of Dr. Farlow to suggest students suitable for scientific aides who 

 would accept positions with the Department " in the nature of 

 fellowships." Thaxter replied that he could think of no one at 

 that time who was "" in a position to take such a place," but he 

 promised to advise Smith should he learn of any. The new chief 

 of the laboratory of plant pathology may have sent similar letters 

 to other American botanists, and he corresponded with some 

 botanists with a view to employing them for general or special 

 reasons. 



In 1898 he had helped Charles Orrin Townsend secure his posi- 

 tion as professor of botany at Maryland Agricultural College and 

 as state plant pathologist there. In 1884 Townsend had graduated 

 from Michigan State Normal School and obtained in 1888 and 

 1891 his bachelor and master of science degrees from the Uni- 

 versity of Michigan. After periods of teaching at St. John's 



