37 



accompanied by several student assistants. As on previous 

 visits, he will give special attention to collecting parasitic fungi. 



Dr. Anstruther A. Lawson, recently of the department of 

 botany of the Leland Stanford Junior University, passed through 

 New York in December on his way to the University of Glas- 

 gow, where he has accepted a position as assistant in botany. 



"A Synopsis of the North American Godetias " by Professor 

 Willis Linn Jepson and " Compositae of Southern California" 

 by Mr. Harry Monroe Hall are two important papers of taxo- 

 nomic interest, which appeared in December in the botanical 

 series of the University of California Publications. 



Through the generosity of Mr. Andrew Carnegie, the herbarium 

 of the late Dr. Otto Kuntze of San Remo, Italy, has been pur- 

 chased for the New York Botanical Garden. This herbarium is 

 estimated to contain over 30,000 specimens, including a consid- 

 erable number of "types" from South America and other parts 

 of the world visited by Dr. Kuntze during his extensive botanical 

 tours. 



Dr. and Mrs. N. L. Britton and Dr. Arthur HoHick of the 

 New York Botanical Garden sailed for Kingston, Jamaica, on 

 February 22. They will be joined at Kingston by Mr. William 

 Harris, superintendent of the Public Gardens and Plantations of 

 Jamaica, and will then make collections at the western end of the 

 island, with the aid of a Bahamian schooner which has been 

 chartered for the purpose. It is expected that a stop will be 

 made at Guantanamo, Cuba, on the return voyage. 



No. 6 of the Augustana Library Publications is a Linne 

 Memorial, in which the leading paper is an interesting account 

 of " Scandinavians who have Contributed to the Knowledge of 

 the Flora of North America" by Dr. Per Axel Rydberg. Bio- 

 graphical sketches and bibliographies of 104 Scandinavians and 

 Scandinavian-Americans are included. Pehr Kalm, Carl von 

 Linne, Olof Swartz, Martin Vahl, Elias M. Fries, J. G. Agardh, 

 S. O. Lindberg, Th. M. Fries, J. M. C. Lange, Baron H. F. A. 

 Eggers, William Nylander, Nils Gustaf Lagerheim, F. M. Lieb- 

 man, A. S. Orsted, N. C. Kindberg, Theodor Holm, Aven 

 Nelson, and P. A. Rydberg, are among the better-known names 

 in the distinguished list. 



