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Dr. C. D. Sherbakofr is now plant pathologist at the Tennessee 

 Experiment Station. 



The new officers of the Pacific Division of the Phytopatho- 

 logical Society are Dr. H. S. Reed, Dr. J. W. Hotson, and Dr. 

 S. M. Zeller. 



Mr. Stewart H. Burnham has removed his extensive collection 

 of New York plants to Cornell University, where he will be 

 permanently located. 



Dr. Foex, representing the pathologists of France, visited the 

 Garden on September 8; and Dr. Brierly, representing those of 

 England, spent October 8 with us and departed for Rothamsted 

 October 9. 



A memorial of the late Professor P. A. Saccardo has been pre- 

 pared and distributed by Professor de Toni. Nearly half of the 

 pamphlet of 36 pages is devoted to a list of Professor Saccardo's 

 publications. 



Professor Samuel M. Tracy died at Laurel, Mississippi, on 

 September 5, at the age of 73. He was born at Hartford, Ver- 

 mont, and educated at the Michigan Agricultural College. 

 Several of his publications deal with the fungi, and he was asso- 

 ciated with Professor Earle in studies of the fungous flora of 

 the southern states. . 



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