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the University of Minnesota, 1899—1900, biologist and entom- 
ologist at Clemson, 1900—1. He is the inventor of the famous 
‘‘Puffed Rice” and other starchy products. He is now the botan- 
ist and experimental chemist of a company, which is engaged in 
developing his discoveries and inventions. The following syste- 
matic and economic papers are from his hand: 
Diseases of Plants, 1898. 
A New Tilletia parasitic on Orysa sativa, 1899. 
Rice Blast and a New Smut on the Rice Plant, 1899. 
Tilletia horrida Tak. on Rice Plant in South Carolina, 1902. 
Dasyscypha résinaria, causing the canker growth on Abies balsamea, 1902. 
Philip Dowell was born at Attica, Indiana, the 38rd of Decem- 
ber 1864, his father being a Swedish-American clergyman. He 
received his degree of A. B. in 1885, A. M. in 1895, and Ph. D. in 
1900, taught at Augustana College, Rock Island, Ill., in 1889— 
90; at Hope Academy, Minnesota, in 1890—1 ;at Upsala College, 
Brooklyn, 1896—7; was professor of sciences at Muhlenberg Col- 
lege, Allentown, Pa.,in 1896—1902; was botanical assistant at 
the United States National Museum in 1902; and is now instruc- 
tor in the New York High Schools since that year. He is a zool- 
ogist as well as botanist. The following botanical publications 
are from his hand: 
Addition to the Flora of Staten Island, 1905. 
Botanical Notes, 1906, 
Distribution of Ferns on Staten Island, 1906. 
North American Species of Calceolaria, 1906. 
Observations on the Occurrence of Boott’s Fern, 1906. 
Revision of the Western North American Phloxes, 1899. 
Some New Western Species, 1899. 
