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who has written an article giving a plea for 

 this precious swamp, has here discovered a 

 number of plants whose environment had de- 

 veloped characteristics which called for new 

 names. Among these is one of the Hypoxia hir- 

 suta, which may l)e a distinct variety. 



Mrs. Case is also a student of Mycology and 

 is at present engaged in making a collection of 

 the fungi foimd in her vicinity, of which she 

 makes painted copies. Over one hundred spe- 

 cies are represented in her illustrations. 



Other names of women who are devoting 

 all or a portion of their time to natural science 

 have appeared in recent times. 



Miss Clara G. Mark, of 0. S. U., is especially 

 inifcerested in Bryology and Geology. Miss 

 M'Elroy is pursuing post-graduate work in 

 Botany. Clara A. Davies, Dora E. Johnson, 

 Rose Gormley, Susan P. Nichols are mentioned 

 among women interested in this study. 



Miss Freda Detmers, Ph. D., Assistant Bot- 

 anist of the Botanical Department of Ohio State 

 University, is the author of a number of articles 

 cm botanical subjects contributed to scientific 

 periodicals. She has done valuable research 

 work for a number of years. 



"A Physiographic Study of Buckeye Lake 

 and Vicinity," in the May number of The Ohio 

 Naturalist, by Dr. Detmers, is very interest- 



