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The College is now llic retipient of the herbarium of Mr. 

 George W. Caffrey which is composed chiefly of plants of easleru 

 Pennsylvania. There are 630 sheets in the collection, very few 

 in duplicate, collected widely from among Angiosperms and 

 Pteridophytes. 



The collection is an example of the excellent local flora work so 

 often accomplished by men and women who are not professional 

 botanists, for Mr. Caffrey was a wood-engraver and carver jjy 

 vocation. In the pursuit of his hobby, he attracted others into 

 the field of natural history and his influence was such as to lead 

 to the organization of a Natural History Society at Bethlehem, 

 Pennsylvania, where he lived most of his life. Mr. Caffrey died 

 June 5, 1927, at the age of 81 years. 



Dr. Bernarn O. Dodge, formerly an instructor in Columbia 

 University and for some years secretary-treasurer of the Torrey 

 Botanical Club, has been appointed plant pathologist at the 

 New York Botanical Garden. Dr. Dodge has been connected 

 with the United States Department of Agriculture for the last 

 eight years. He will begin his work at the Garden on the first of 

 May. 



Dr. Roland M. Harper has just finished a state report on the 

 vegetation of Florida. Dr. Harper has gone through the 1927 

 edition of American Men of Science to find how many were from 

 Florida. In most parts of the country, he says, there are more 

 chemists than any other kind of scientist, but Florida is unique 

 in having more botanists. There are twenty-one botanists 

 listed, half of them pathologists. Curiously all of the resident 

 scientists listed are natives of other states. The native scientists 

 are all living and working in other states. 



Dr. Lewis Knudson, Professor of Plant Pathology at Cornell 

 University, is studying wilt-disease of bananas in Guatemala. 

 Dr. Knudson's work in Central America during the past few 

 years is credited with having saved large sums to the fruit in- 

 dustry. Incidentally one New York newspaper refers to Dr. 

 Knudson as a plant psychologist. 



April 24th has been selected as National Wild Flower Day, set 

 apart for teaching about our wild flowers and their conservation. 

 The week beginning on April 24th is American Forestry Week. 



