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larly responsive to lyric poetry and to the dialect of his home. He wrote 

 many humorous poems, revealing a rich poetical power, a deep comprehen- 

 sion of life, and a faithful devotion to his home. 



He showed rare courteousness to his friends and even with strangers 

 he was not parsimonious of his great knowledge. Helpful, modest, retiring, 



with 



J 



memory 



Lindau 



PURE CULTURES OF FUNGI 



The Association internationale des botanistes, founded some years ago, 

 has an office where pure cultures of fungi can be obtained either in exchange 



payment 



wish 



g that more use will 



been the case hitherto. 



This office proposes to become a hying register of the described fungi. 

 Large numbers of species are mentioned in the handbooks, which are said 

 to be insufficiently described and cannot possibly be identified. The 



number 



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This evil may be avoided in future if every mycologist, when describing 

 a new fungus, will send a culture to the office of the Association. The 

 author not only is thereby relieved of its cultivation, but everyone who 

 is studying kindred species may procure material for comparison. 



Rather frequent applications are made to the office, but the collection 

 does not grow in proportion to the description of new species. It has often 

 happened that upon requesting a person to send us a culture of a certain 

 recently described fungus, the author is obliged to reply that the cultures 



bave been lost. 



"ive been lost. Who can be sure ever to find again ms iuugua . * ~ 

 little trouble of sending it to the office, however, would have saved the ongi- 



will 



— .v, lw w posterity. 



But the office does not desire the new species only. . 



b e acceptable of which you have pure cultures and which are not mentioned 

 m our fist, published regularly in the Botanisclies Centralblatt; because many 

 secies are asked for which we do not possess. You are requested to tell 

 Us whe ther the species left to our care need frequent renewing. The greater 



cultures 



of them need particular 



care. 



nformation. and details of terms for the proposed service win 



be gladly supplied on application. 



Johanna 



Amsterdam. Holland 



