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on, R. I, in 1843, and soon after graduation from Albion 
plants and made ei ie F rom 1885 to ee he was 
botanists who consented to act as an advisory committee in 
planning and prosecuting this work 
Professor Bruce Fink is devoting a year of absence from his 
work at Miami University to the study of fungi. In the prose- 
cution of these studies he left New York on the 17th of November 
for Porto Rico where he will spend about two months 
The library has recently acquired the parts thus far issued of 
and placed in the case on the west side of the main reading room 
It is interesting to observe the gradual addition of new elements 
in the fungous flora of the Garden as the introduction and 
development of new shrubs and trees prepares the way for them 
Several years ago, a single hymenophore of Boletus luteus was 
many more were found under the pines to the north of the range. 
