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lyzed, all have yielded leucine, proline, phenylalanine, aspartic 



acid, glutaminic acid, tyrosine, histidine, arginine, and ammonia. 



A fairly accurate analysis of arginine, histidine, and lysine has 



been made but not of most of the amino-acids. 



The available data indicate a close connection between the 



chemical constitution of seed proteins and the biological relations 



of the plants producing them, though no two seeds are alike in 



respect to their protein constituents, 



Jane R. Condit. 



A GIFT TO TORREYA 

 A Memorial to Mrs. James McManes 



As a memorial to Mrs. James McManes, of Philadelphia, her 

 daughter has given to Torreya the sum of two hundred dollars 

 to be used for illustrations, beginning with the present number. 

 This generous gift will not only make the magazine more attrac- 

 tive in appearance, but, for the coming year at least, will make it 

 possible to secure many interesting papers for which the authors 

 rightly insist upon illustrations. 



Mrs. McManes's interest in botany was well known to her inti- 

 mate friends ; and while it did not definitely influence her larger 

 institutional endowments, it was evidenced by such gifts as the 

 giant cycad which for years has attracted the attention of visitors 

 at the University of Pennsylvania. 



NEWS ITEMS 



At the University of Kansas, F. U. G. Agrelius has been 

 appointed instructor in botany. 



Dr. Homer D. House has been appointed associate director 

 in the Biltmore Forest School. 



Mr. R. J. H. DeLoach, of the Georgia Experiment Station, 

 has been made professor of the cotton industry in the Georgia 

 Agricultural College. 



Mr. George L. Fawcett was recently transferred from the 

 United States Laboratory at Miami, Florida, to the Experiment 

 Station at Mayaguez, Porto Rico. 



