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have a slanting cut, in order that the pores may not be 
sealed up. 
Most fowieis keep better if half an inch is cut from the end of 
filled with water. It is best to fill them every night, and place 
vase in less than twenty-four h ou may preserve a single 
m by inserting the stem in a e of potato or turnip as 
soon as i cut. It will absorb enough moisture when 
this is done to keep it a long time. Sometimes this plan is used 
when shipping flowers through the m: 
ae WARD I. FARRINGTON 
GEORGE FRANCIS ATKINSON 
Professor Atkinson died in the City Hospital, Tacoma, Wash- 
ington, on November 14, 1918, from pneumonia following an 
attack of Spanish influenza. He was recently relieved ie active 
work at Cornell University, where he had been head of the De- 
partment of Botany since 1896, to prepare his extensive notes 
and photographs of the fleshy fungi for publication. In order 
to make this work more complete, he was engaged in collecting 
fungi in regions he had not previously visited, his last explora- 
tions being on Mt. Rainier and about Tacom 
Professor Atkinson has served as a es of the eee 
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was an associate editor of the Botanical Gazette. His publica- 
tions cover a wide range of subjects, including plant pathology, 
morphology, taxonomy, embryology, heredity, life-history, etc. 
e was the author of a number of botanical text-books and 
numerous contributions to botanical journals, making a total of 
over 125 titles 
