NOTES AND BRIEF ARTICLES 



Dr. V. H. Young-, formerly of the Botanical Department of the 

 University of Wisconsin, has been appointed professor of botany 

 in the State University of Iowa, in charge of mycology and plant 

 physiology. 



Dr. Alban Stewart, instructor in botany at the University of 

 Wisconsin, has been appointed professor of botany and bacte- 

 riology in the Florida State College for Women at Tallahassee, 

 Florida. 



Dr. J. C. Arthur and Professor H. S. Jackson, of Lafayette, 

 Indiana, have been granted research scholarships for the month 

 of January. They will continue work on the plant rusts for 

 North American Flora. 



Newton B. Pierce, formerly plant pathologist for the U. S. 

 government for the Pacific coast region, died at his home in Cali- 

 fornia on October 13, aged sixty years. 



Professor J. C. Arthur recently received the degree of Doctor 

 of Laws from the University of Iowa. In conferring the degree, 

 Professor Macbride placed special emphasis on Professor Ar- 

 thur's contributions to agriculture and horticulture in the study of 

 plant diseases ; his work in physiological botany ; and his funda- 

 mental studies in mycology, especially in the plant rusts. Pro- 

 fessor Arthur has the distinction of being the first botanist ap- 

 pointed to an American experiment station. 



Helicostylum and Cunninghamella, two genera of the Muco- 

 rales new to America, were reported from Michigan by A. H. 

 W. Povah in the seventeenth annual report of the Michigan 

 Academy of Science. 



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