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Massee formed an interesting link between the older generation 
of mycologists, typified by the great master Fries of Sweden, and 
Berkeley, Cooke and Worthington G. Smith in England (the 
last-named of whom is happily still living), who relied largely 
on external morphology, and the modern school to whom the’ 
advantages of a training in refined microscopic technique and 
methods of pure culture have meant so much. In his older sys- 
tematic works Massee broke new ground and fearlessly adopted 
microscopi¢ characters as the distinctive features of certain ditti- 
cult genera. In his pathological work he soon appreciated the 
value of pure culture and detailed microscopic examination, and 
adapted himself considerably in investigation along those lines. 
The advances made in methods of culture and, inoculation have 
been so great and varied during the last ten, or even five, years, 
that in judging his work, allowance for this fact should always 
be made. 
Massee was always a man of energy and enthusiasm. He 
to the help and kindness received from that day onward. Massee 
was a remarkable personality. Though quick and shrewd, and 
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prepared and will, it is hoped, be published at some later date. 
The late Prof. H. H. W. Pearson.—In the List of Publications | 
by the late Prof. H. H. W. Pearson given in K.B., 1916, p. 279, 
the reference Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, viii. 311-332, tt. 31-32, 
should be added to the last paper in the List (Notes on the Mor- 
phology of Certain Structures concerned in Reproduction in the 
Genus Gnetum). 
The Ross Orchid Drawings.—Through the kindness of the 
Bentham Trustees, Kew has acquired a valuable collection of 
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Orchid paintings in water colour, made by Mrs. Janet Ross, 
