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Professor Guy West Wilson, of Upper Iowa University, 
Fayette, Iowa, has accepted the position of assistant in vegetable 
pathology in the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Sta- 
tion. Professor Wilson was formerly a research student at the 
rden. 
r. R. C. Benedict has been granted a research scholarship 
in the Garden for the month of October. He will continue his 
studies of the fern tribe Vittarieae. 
Meteorology for September —Total precipitation for the month 
1.35 in. Maximum temperatures were recorded of 84° on the 
4th, 95° on the 6th, 85.5° on the 18th, 86° on the 21st, and 88° 
on the 26th. Also minimum temperatures were recorded of 50° 
on the roth, g7.5° on the 15th, 43.5° on the 23d, and 44° on the 
30th. 
ACCESSIONS. 
MUSEUMS AND HERBARIUM. 
590 specimens from New Jersey, for the local flora. (Collected by Mr. Norman 
Taylor.) 
3 specimens of West Indian plants. (By exchange with Professor Ignatius 
Urban.) 
265 specimens of lichens from Nevada. (Distributed by Dr. A. C. Herre.) 
I5 specimens of mosses from Utah. (By exchange with the United ae 
National Museum.) 
7 specimens of mosses from Japan and America. (By exchange with Mr. Jules 
Card es 
7 specimens of mosses from Connecticut. (By exchange with Mr. George E. 
ols.) 
specimens of lichens from Oregon and California. (By exchange with the 
26 specimens for the econbinic Museum. (Given by Dr. H. H. Rusby.) 
93 specimens of flowering plants from Colorado. (By exchange with Mr. E. L. 
Johnston.) 
PLANTS AND SEEDS. 
123 plants from Cuba. (Collected by Dr. N. L. Britton.) 
1 plant of Opuntia, from Texas. (By exchange with = : S. National Museum, 
r. J. N. Rose. 
500 hardy bulbs. oe ae ) 
9 plants derived from seed from various sources. 
2 plants of Cyeas revoluta. (Given by Mrs. Samuel Verplanck.) 
