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Personal Mention. — Dr. R. Sacbsse, an agricultural chemist of wide reputation, 

 died at Leipsic, April 25, 1895. Dr. Sacbsse was a professor in the University of 

 Leipsic and a frequent contributor to scientific agricultural journals. His book on 

 agricultural chemistry, published in 1888, is widely known. 



Dr. J, Brlimmer, jjrofessor in the University of Jena, and director of the agricul- 

 tural department of the experiment station of Jena, died March 14, 1895, at the age 

 of 44 years. 



Dr. A. von Planta died at Zurich, February 25, 1895, in his seventy-fifth year. 

 Dr. von Planta was never connected officially with any institution but devoted his 

 life to private study in chemical lines, e8})ecially the carbohydrates and the chemi- 

 cal activity of bees. A short account of Dr. von Planta's life and works is given by 

 Prof. E. Schulze in Landw. Vers. Utat., 46, No. 1, pp. 79-84. 



