NOTE S . 



Arizoxa Statiox. — Mark Walker, assistant horticulturist, has severed his connec- 

 tion with the station, the position being discontinued. 



Dfxaware Station. — M. H. Beckwith has resigned his position as horticulturist 

 and entomologist, the resignation taking elitect September 1, and G. Harold Powell 

 has been elected as his successor. 



Massachusetts Station. — To meet the increasing demands upon the station the 

 legislature of Massachusetts has granted $7,000 for the purpose of enlarging the 

 laboratories of the station for analysis of fertilizers and food and feeding materials. 



Pennsylvania Station. — C. A. Browne, B. A., has been appointed assistant chem- 

 ist of the station, rice M. S. McDowell, B. S., resigned, commencing his duties Sep- 

 tember 1. 



Wyoming Station. — W. H. Fairfield, B. S., assistant to the agriculturist and 

 horticulturist, has also been made superintendent of the Laramie Farm. 



Viticultural College at Eutherglen, Australia. — The corner stone of a viti- 

 cultural college was laid at Eutherglen, Australia, June 12. The wine-making 

 industry is an important one in this region, and it is intended that the college shall 

 carry on both experimental and educational work. A valuable work of the station 

 will be the raising of rust-resistant vines. Special efforts will be made to dissemi- 

 nate the results of the work by personal visitation of fruit growers in different parts 

 of the colony. Similar work with tobacco is in progress at the station under the 

 supervision of Prof. A. J. Bouduraut, formerly of the Alabama College Station. 



Harvard University and Bussey Institution. — The medical school of Harvard 

 University having received a gift of $100,000 to endow a chair of comparative path- 

 ology the position has been filled by the appointment of Dr. Theoliald Smith, for- 

 merly of the Bureau of Animal Industry of this Department and more recently 

 professor of apiilied zoology at the Bussey Institution. 



The announcement of the reopening of Professor Storer's chemical laboratory at the 

 Bussey Institution will be received with great interest by all friends of agricultural 

 science. The reports of the investigations iu this laboratory more than a score of 

 years ago were very valuable, and did much to awaken interest in agricultural 

 science iu this country and to aid the movement Avhich culminated iu the establish- 

 ment of the experiment stations. Pecuniary disability, due to the great Boston fire 

 of 1872, crippled this work for many years, but it is hoped that it will be possible to 

 carry on important investigations in the future. 



The Arnold Arboretum becomes richer in specimens and more valuable for pur- 

 poses of information and instruction with every year. 

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