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collecting ferns. The larger islands were visited and extensive col- 

 lections were made, special attention being paid to the tree ferns. 



Marshall Baxter Curnmings (B.S. Vermont, 1901 ; Ph.D. Cor- 

 nell, 1909), recently assistant in horticulture at Cornell, has been 

 appointed professor of horticulture in the University of Vermont 

 to succeed Professor William Stuart, who goes to the Department 

 of Agriculture in Washington. 



Among the delegates sent by various American colleges and 

 universities to the Cambridge (England) Darwin Celebration were 

 the following botanists : Professor W. G. Farlow, American 

 Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston, Professor J. M. Coulter 

 University of Chicago, and Mr. C. F. Cox, president of the New 

 York Academy of Sciences. 



Dr. J. L. Coulter, professor of agricultural economics in the 

 University of Minnesota, Dr. H. C. Taylor, professor of eco- 

 nomics in the University of Wisconsin, and Dr. C. F. Warren, Jr., 

 professor of farm management in Cornell University, have been 

 askeS by Dr. E. D. Durand, the census director, to cooperate 

 with him in work on the census schedules. 



The University of Wisconsin has created a new department of 

 plant pathology, and has appointed as professor in charge Dr. 

 Lewis Ralph Jones of the University of Vermont. Professor 

 Jones is a native of Wisconsin and after studying at Ripon College, 

 was graduated from the University of Michigan, Ph.B., 1889, 

 Ph.D., 1904; he came to the department of natural history in 

 the University of Vermont in 1889, and has been professor of 

 botany since 1893, and botanist of the Vermont Experiment 

 Station since 1890. During this period he has carried on research 

 work in the bureau of plant industry in Washington, and in 

 Europe. In addition to gaining a high reputation as a teacher, 

 he has occupied a field of wide service in Vermont in developing 

 the work of the Vermont Botanical Club and the state forestry 

 dep irtment, in securing for the University the Pringle Herbarium 

 with Dr. Pringle as a curator, and recently in organizing a new 

 department of teaching. As a public-spirited citizen and as an 

 instructor he holds a secure position in the esteem and affection 



