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investigations into the nature of susceptibility and im- 

 munity in plants. His last paper, Recent researches 

 on the parasitism of fungi, appeared in the Annals of 

 Botany in 1905. 



Only the most noted pathologists of foreign countries 

 of the Millardetian period have been mentioned. This 

 period saw the rise and development of the science in 



Beverly T. Galloway. 

 First chief of the U. S. Bureau of Plant Industry. (From a photo- 

 graph.) 



America. The men who were active in organizing and 

 developing the work in the United States are almost 

 without exception still living and contributing to its 

 progress and growth. Future history may judge them 

 as more of the following than of the Millardetian period. 

 Certain of them, however, will doubtless stand forth as 

 prominent figures of Millardetian times. I may be 

 permitted to name those who in my judgment will be 



