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Dr. and Mrs. N. L. Britton and Dr. F. J. Seaver of the staff 

 of the New York Botanical Garden, accompanied by Mr. Carlos 

 E. Chardon of the Insular Experiment Station at Rio Piedras, 

 left New York for Porto Rico on January 20. They will con- 

 tinue their collections and studies of the plants of that island. 

 The manuscript for the first volume of the Flora of Porto Rico 

 is in the hands of the printers. 



Dr. Elias J. Durand, professor of botany in the University of 

 Minnesota and a member of the Torrey Botanical Club, died in 

 Minneapolis on Oct. 29, 1922. He was widely and favorably 

 known for his critical studies on the Discomycetes. He was 

 connected with botanical teaching and research at Cornell 

 University from his graduation there in 1893 until his removal in 

 19 10 to the University of Missouri, where he was associate pro- 

 fessor of botany until his appointment to the professorship in 

 the University of Minnesota in 19 18. 



