NEWS AND NOTES. 

 E. A. Sterling, in Charge. 



The death of Mr. Edward Seymour Woodruff from typhoid 

 fever at the home of his parents in New York City on January 

 15th, 1909, removes from the profession a young man who gave 

 promise of a marked distinction in his chosen line of work, and 

 who was unusually popular with his classmates and friends. 

 Mr. Woodruff, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Wood- 

 ruff, was born in New York City December 23, 1876. He pre- 

 pared for college at Phillips Academy, Andover, and followed 

 this by a special course in biology at Johns Hopkins University. 

 After a short period in business pursuits he entered the Yale 

 Forest School, graduating with especially high honors in 1907. 

 Following his graduation he accepted a position with the New 

 York State Forest, Fish and Game Commission, where he won 

 high approval. In addition to being a forester, Mr. Woodruff 

 was a keen student in botany, entomology and ornithology, and 

 in the latter particularly he made several valuable contributions 

 to the scientific world. He was a member of several clubs and 

 associations, scientific and fraternal, including the National Geo- 

 graphical Society, Graduates and New Haven clubs, the Ameri- 

 can Forestry Association, the American Ornithologist Union, 

 Sigmi Xi, Robin Hood, Delta Phi, and the University and Coun- 

 try clubs of Albany, N. Y. 



In order to encourage tree planting for commercial purposes, 

 the New York State Forest, Fish, and Game Commission pro- 

 poses to sell transplants and Seedlings from the Saranac Inn Nur- 

 sery, New York, at low cost. The prices to be charged are as 

 follows : White pine transplants, $4.25 per thousand ; White pine 

 seedlings, $2.25 ; Scotch pine transplants, $3.75 ; Scotch pine 

 seedlings, $2.25. Residents of the State of New York, in making 



