NEWS. 
PROFESSOR Dr. FR. SACCARDO, of the Avellino School of Viticulture and 
Enology, died recently in Avellino, South Italy. 
THE GOVERNMENT of Dutch India has appropriated $6000 for the erection 
of a research laboratory at the Buitenzorg garden. 
Mr. C. G. PRINGLE has returned from his eae tn: into the more 
iealeeoees regions of Mexico, with about 20,000 specim 
Miss Mary A. NICHOLS, who deceived the degree of Sc.D. at Cornell last 
June, is carrying on special studies in the herbarium of Columbia University 
in connection with her work in teaching in New York City. 
DR. ALEXANDER P. ANDERSON, who has been completing some research 
work at the Missouri Botanical Garden, has been appointed Professor of 
Botany at Clemson College, South Carolina, having entered upon his duties 
January 1. - 
MR. M. A. Howe, formerly instructor in the University of California, i is 
aoe of os having made — extensive c 
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