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We learn from Science that it is proposed by the Swedish Lin- 
nean Society to restore the old botanic garden at Upsala, together 
with the house in it, the former residence of Carl von Linné. 
Twenty-five students of the junior class of the Library School 
of the N. Y. Public Library visited the Garden library on Sep- 
tember 24, 1920, accompanied by Miss Edith W. Tiemann, regis- 
trar of the school. The librarian gave an informal talk on the 
methods used in the organization of the library, and answered 
questions regarding the work brought forth by an inspection of 
various catalogues and files. Tea was served in the exhibit room, 
after which the class was shown over the grounds by Dr. 
Gundersen. 
Mr. Montague Free, horticulturist and head gardener, acted 
as judge of fruits and vegetables at the annual exhibit of the 
Phillipstown Garden Club, Cold Spring-on-Hudson, on Septem- 
ber 23, 1920, 
At the annual convention of the National Association of Gar- 
deners held in St. Louis September 14-16, 1920, Mr. Free gave 
an illustrated lecture on “ Rock Gardens” on the evening of the 
fourteenth. 
On June 26, 1920, Mr. Charles Drechsler, of the Bureau of 
Markets, U. S. Department of Agriculture, entered upon his 
duties as successor to Mr. E. D. Eddy, in charge of the investiga- 
tions of the Bureau which are being carried on at the Botanic 
Garden in cooperation with the Bureau. The main subjects of 
investigation are transit and storage diseases of fruits and 
vegetables. 
Mr. William B. Brierley, head of the Department of Mycology 
of the new Institute of Plant Pathology, Rothamsted Experiment 
Station, England, spent a half day at the Garden on July 28, in- 
specting our laboratories and other equipment and collections. 
Mr. Brierley is making an official tour of inspection of various 
