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the University of Washington, will work in southern Alaska. 

 With him will be Professor Robert B. Wylie, of the University 

 of Iowa, and Mr. Dean Waynick, a student at the University of 

 Washington. The other party, in charge of George B. Rigg, 

 instructor in botany in the University of Washington, and special 

 agent of the United States Department of Agriculture in the 

 kelp investigation in 191 1 and 191 2, will investigate the kelp 

 groves of western Alaska. With him will be Professor Robert F. 

 Griggs, of Ohio State University, and Mr. Sanford M. Zeller, 

 graduate assistant in botany in the University of Washington. 

 A suitable fishing vessel has been chartered in Seattle for each 

 expedition. 



We regret to record the death on February 23 last of Mr. 

 Henry Dautun, for many years an active member of the Torrey 

 Club. He was born at St. Fargeau, Goune, France, in 1853. 

 From his boyhood he displayed a natural taste for botany, which 

 led to his collection of a herbarium, aggregating 31 thousand 

 specimens, from all parts of the world. As mentioned in Torre ya 

 for April, this collection was purchased by the Brooklyn Botanic 

 Garden. 



According to the Evening Post, Mary W. Stewart has been 

 appointed as assistant in botany at Barnard for the coming 

 school year. 



From the same source, we learn that Miss W. J. Robinson, of 

 Vassar, has been appointed as adviser for women at the summer 

 schopl of the University of Wisconsin. 



Mr. C. A. Wenzel, whose address is Jaro, Leyte, Philippine 

 Islands, proposes to undertake an intensive botanical exploration 

 of the Island of Leyte, one of the least known and most interesting 

 islands in the Philippines from a botanical standpoint. His 

 material will be determined by the botanists at the Bureau of 

 Science, Manila, with the assistance of various specialists. Mr. 

 Wenzel will be glad to enter into correspondence with any botan- 

 ist or institution that desires Philippine botanical material. 



Miss Eliza Shaw Torrey, the only surviving daughter of the 

 late Dr. John Torrey, died in San Diego, California, on March 27, 

 1913. As recorded in Torreya for January, Miss Torrey's 



