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Mr. Bisby received the degrees of B. 5. (Bachelor of 
Science) and Ph. G. (Graduate Pharmacist), at the State Col- 
lege of South Dakota in 1912. From 1912-1913 he was as- 
sistant in botany at the same institution, giving the courses in 
pharmacognosy and systematic botany, and recently cooperated 
with Mr. J. T. Sarvis, now of the U. S. Department of Agri- 
culture, in a revision of the flora of South Dakota. 
DOCTORATES CONFERRED IN BOTANY BY AMERI- 
CAN UNIVERSITIES IN 1913 
Of the 231 doctorate degrees conferred this year by Ameri- 
can Universities in the natural and exact sciences, 34 were given 
in botany, an increase of 4 over last year. Of this number, 
Cornell conferred 13; Harvard 4; Pennsylvania, Michigan, and 
Washington Universities 3 each; Columbia 2; Johns Hopkins, 
Chicago, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Tulane 1 each. 
The following list of doctorate theses in botany given in 
1913 has been taken from the compilation published in Science, 
N. S. 38: 259-267. 22 Au 1913. 
CoRNELL UNIVERSITY 
Adeline Sarah Ames: “Studies in the Polyporaceae.” 
Maxwell Jay Dorsey: “Pollen development in Vitis with 
special reference to sterility.” 
Alfred Washington Drinkard, Jr.: “Heredity and variation 
in Browallia.” 
Mary Alida Fitch: “Studies in transpiration.” 
Harry Morton Fitzpatrick: “A comparative study of the 
development of the fruit body in INET Hysterangium 
and Gautieria.” 
Margaret Graham: “Studies in nuclear division of Preis- 
sia commutata.” 
Bascombe Britt Higgins: “A contribution to the life history 
and physiology of Cylindrosporium on stone fruits.’ 
George Richard Hill, Jr.: the relation of ripe and unripe 
fruits and germinating seeds to air.” 
