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Botany in 1S*J7, which lH'll()\vslii[> she still holds. 

 Dr. Schively, as Assistant in the Dcpailnient of 

 Biology, Girls' Normal School, has done much to 

 stimulate an interest in botany among her students. 

 She is the author of several botanical papers, viz. : 

 "Contributions to the Life History of Amphicariui'a 

 monoica," Contribuiions Botanical Laboratory, I'ai- 

 versity of Pennsylvania, 1 : 270 and II : 20. 

 Schmucker,Dr. Samuel Christian. A graduate of Muh- 

 lenberg College in 1882, with the degree of A. B. 

 From the same institution, in 1884, he received the 

 degree of S. B. ; 1885, A. M. ; S. M., 1801. He is 

 Professor of Biology in the West Chester State 

 Normal School, and Honorary Fellow in Botany, 

 University of Pennsylvania, 1807, to date. 

 Sensenig, David M. West Chester, Pa. 

 Shafer, John A., Ph. G. Carnot, Pa. 

 Shaw, C. H. Graduate Student Department of Biology, 

 University of Pennsylvania, and Teacher of Biology 

 in Temple College, Philadelphia. 

 Shulze, John A. Philadelphia. (Diatoms.) 

 Simmons, John. 



Simons, Miss Elizabeth A. Assistant in Botany, Girls' 

 High School, Philadelphia. Author of " Compara- 

 tive Studies on the Rate of Circumnutation of Some 

 Flowering Plants," Contributiom from Botanical 

 Laboratory, Umversity of Pennsylvania, II : 00. 

 Smith, Benjamin H. A botanist of repute, actively engaged 

 in the scientific work of the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences. He has one of the finest private herba- 

 riums in the city. 



