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NOTES, NEWS AND COMMENT. 
Mr. T. J. Fitzpatrick, of Iowa, spent two days in the library of 
the Garden looking up notes on the life and writings of Rafinesque. 
Mr. C. J. Humphrey, assistant in the department of botany 
at Cornell University, spent several days at the Garden the latter 
part of December, studying fungi of the family Polyporaceae. 
Dr. Shigeo Yamanouchi, a former student, called at the Garden 
n December. At present Dr. Yamanouchi is connected an the 
Naples, Italy, where he will carry on investigations at the Naples 
Zoological Station. 
Professor Elsworth Bethel, president of the Colorado Academy 
of Science, spent a few hours looking over the collections of the 
Garden on December 7. Professor Bethel was on his way to 
Washington to attend the conference called by President Roose- 
velt to discuss the question of “ Conservation of Natural Re- 
sources.” For some time past Professor Bethel has been prom- 
inent in the work in the fungous flora of Colorado, as well as in 
other phases of local botanical work. ; 
Mr. Wm. R. Maxon, assistant curator, U. S. National Museum, 
Washington, D. C., served as an assistant curator at the Garden 
during the month of December and was engaged in studying and 
