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tions, Bureau of Plant Industry, of the U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, Washington, D. C, has been appointed to the new 

 curatorship, beginning with January i, 1921. Dr. Reed graduated 

 from Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Pa., in 1900, with the degree 

 of A.B., and later from the University of Wisconsin, with the 

 degrees of A.M. (1904) and Ph.D. (1907). He was professor 

 of natural science at Amity College from 1900 to 1903, assistant 

 in botany at the University of Wisconsin 1904-07, instructor 

 1907, assistant professor of botany, University of Missouri, 1907- 

 1912, and professor 1912-18. Since 1919 he has been patholo- 

 gist in the Office of Cereal Investigations, U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture. He is a member of the American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science, the Botanical Society of America,' 



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the American Phytopathological Society, the Botanical Society of 

 Washington, St. Louis Academy of Science and the Wisconsin 

 Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, and is the author of 

 numerous papers on plant diseases, especially of cereals. 



As research fellow, Dr. Reed was in residence at the Brooklyn 

 Botanic Garden from June 15 to September 15, 1916, and again 

 from April i to September 12, 191 7, during sabbatical leave of 

 absence from the University of Missouri. During these periods 

 of residence, a thorough study was made of the diseases of the 

 trees of Prospect Park and the Botanic Garden, and the results 

 of these studies are embodied in two reports, published in the 

 Brooklyn Botanic Garden Record for January, 1917, and Janu- 

 ary, 1918. Also as a result of this work, the cryptogamic her- 

 barium of the Botanic Garden was enriched with collections of 

 fungi that cause tree diseases. In addition to his research work, 

 Dr. Reed will also act as curator of the cryptogamic herbarium, 

 and will have general oversight for plant diseases, of our collec- 

 tions of living plants in conservatories and plantations. 



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Presentation of Certificates.— Certificatts for teachers of chil^ 

 reh*s gardening were presented to the 1920 class at the Botanic 



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Garden on Saturday afternoon, November 20. This is the sev- 



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