NEWS NOTES 



The Annual Report of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden for 

 1938, just published, calls attention to the fact that the private 

 funds budget of the Garden was more than 56% of the total 

 operating budget, the City of New York contributing about 

 44%. The attendance at the Garden in 1938 was more than 

 1,628,000. Eighteen pages of the Report are devoted to the re- 

 sults of scientific research done at the Garden in 1938. This in- 

 cluded studies in disease resistance in plants, on the Iris and its 

 diseases, on classification of various groups of flowering plants, 

 on variation in ferns, and studies of economic plants. 



Dr. James G. Horsfall, chief in research in plant pathology 

 at the State Experiment Station at Geneva, N.Y., since 1929, has 

 been appointed head of the department of plant pathology and 

 botany at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station at 

 New Haven. 



In Science for May 5, 1939, there is a short description of 

 the development of seedless watermelons, cucumbers and 

 peppers by the application of various plant hormones to the 

 cut ends of styles of the flowers. The substances used were 

 indolebutylic and napthalene acetic acids. The work was done 

 by Dr. Cheong-yin Wong at Michigan State College. 



Back Sets and Numbers of Club Publications. The treasurer 

 now has a complete inventory of all stock on hand. Informa- 

 tion regarding back numbers of the Bulletin, Torreya, the 

 Memoirs, and Index Cards can be secured from the treasurer. 

 He also has a few reprints of the article entitled "Raymond 

 H. Torrey" from the Bulletin. These reprints are bound in 

 paper and include a portrait of Mr. Torrey. They can be 

 secured for 25 cents a copy. Address Dr. Harold N. Mol- 

 denke, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, New York. 



Dr. Harold St. John, professor of botany at the University 

 of Hawaii, has been appointed Bishop Museum visiting pro- 

 fessor of botany at Yale University for 1939-40. 



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