NOTES. 



Colorado College and Station. — W. Paddock, of the New York State Station, 

 hab been elected to the jjosition of botanist and horticuUurist, made vacant )>y the 

 death of Mr. J. H. Cowen. 



Maryland College and Station. — Guy L. Stewart has resigned as assistant in 

 plant pathology to accept a position as assistant industrial agent in charge of the 

 agricultural interests of a prominent railroad line. 



New Yoek State Station. — Andrew J. Patten Ijegan his duties as assistant chem- 

 ist of the station August 1, and P. J. Parrot as assistant entomologist August 15. 



Oklahoma Station. — A. G. Ford has resigned as assistant chemist of the station 

 in order to pursue graduate work in chemistry at the Pennsylvania State College. 



Washington College and Station. — S. W. Fletcher, assistant in horticulture at 

 the New York Cornell Station, has been elected horticulturist. 



Wyoming Station. — Luther Foster, of the Utah Station, has been elected pro- 

 fessor of agriculture and horticulture. 



Personal Mention. — M. G. Kains, special crop culturist of the division of botany 

 of this Department, has resigned to accept the position of horticulturist in the School 

 of Practical Agriculture and Horticulture at Briarcliff Manor, N. Y. 



Necrology.— J. Kjeldahl, director of the Carlsberg laboratory, born August 16, 

 1849, died at Bader July 18, 1900. His best-known contriljution to science is the 

 method of determuiing nitrogen which bears his name. 

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