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lowing. The large colony of this species passed away before I 

 could get your answer about edibility. I also tried a mess of 

 Melanoleiica pallida and found it to be a first-rate mushroom, not 

 in the very best class, but merely excellent." Speaking of the 

 relation of fire to fungi, he writes : " About one hundred acres of 

 my country place were burned over two years ago in early May, 

 leaving several hundred chestnut stumps in the burned area. 

 Last year Fistulina hepatica was more abundant on the burned 

 stumps than on the others. This year it is very abundant on the 

 burned stumps — sometimes three or four specimens to the 

 stump." 



Dr. William Gilson Farlow 



Dr. Farlow died at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 

 June 3, 1 91 9. He was born in Boston in 1844 and graduated at 

 Harvard in 1866. He afterwards studied botany in Europe for 

 several years, chiefly with Professor de Bary. In 1874, he be- 

 came a member of the Harvard faculty, and three years later was 

 appointed professor of cryptogamic botany, which position he 

 held for a period of forty years. 



He was a pioneer in cryptogamic botany in America, and 

 wielded an influence through his teaching, his publications, his 

 library, his herbarium, and his instructive and stimulating corre- 

 spondence, that has scarcely been equaled. Honors were show- 

 ered upon him from all parts of America and Europe, and no one 

 more richly deserved them. The funeral services were held in 

 Appleton Chapel and he was buried in Newton Cemetery. 



All of his large collection of books and manuscripts was left 

 to Harvard University, to constitute the Farlow Reference Li- 

 brary. The sum of $25,000 was left in trust to his assistant, Mr. 

 A. B. Seymour, who will enjoy its income during his life. On his 

 death this fund will be added to a gift of $100,000 previously 

 made to Harvard and known as the John S. Farlow Memorial 

 Fund. On the death of Professor Farlow's widow, $100,000 

 will be given to the University and added to the same fund. 



W. A. Murrill 



