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may have met the Indians here who used the place for a camp, 
as shown by the quantity of old broken oyster shells around this 
tree and near by." 
The many friends of Dr. G. A. Shull will be pleased to hear 
that he is recovering satisfactorily from an operation for appendi- 
citis at the Skene Infirmary, Brooklyn. 
Mr. Christy Michel, recently graduate student at Harvard 
and Ohio State University, has been appointed Professor of 
Botany at South Dakota College of Agriculture and Mechanic 
Arts. 
On October 11, Prof. R. B. Thaxter, of Harvard University, 
known for his work on the Laboulbeniaceae, visited the Brooklyn 
Botanic Garden. Dr. Thaxter sailed in the afternoon for 
Trinidad where he will continue his work on these plants. 
At the school of botany, University of Texas, Dr. I. M. Lewis 
has been promoted from instructor to adjunct professor and Dr. 
F. McAllister has been appointed an instructor in botany. 
