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Dr. G. R. Bisby, formerly of the University of Minnesota, has 

 removed to Winnipeg, Canada, where he is professor of plant 

 pathology at the Manitoba Agricultural College. 



Mr. Paul A. Murphy, so well known for his work on potato 

 diseases, is now located in the Division of Seeds and Plant Dis- 

 eases, Royal College of Science, Dublin, Ireland. 



Dr. W. A. Murrill lectured at Manchester, Vermont, July 8; 

 examined types of Porta at Albany, July 9; and lectured again 

 at Yama Farms, July 10. He is much indebted to Dr. House for 

 assisting him in getting at the type specimens of Poria. 



Mr. Freeman Weiss, formerly under the employ of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture and the Minnesota Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, investigating cereal diseases, has been appointed 

 assistant pathologist in the Department of Agriculture and is en- 

 gaged in investigating the potato-wart disease. 



Mr. N. Rex Hunt has been transferred from the Office of 

 Forest Pathology Investigations, Bureau of Plant Industry, to 

 the Federal Horticultural Board to assist in the eradication of the 

 potato-wart disease. 



Dr. Charles Drechsler has taken up the investigation of vege- 

 table decays and decay-producing organisms as an employee of 



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