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ment at tliB State College, entitled “Contributions, Etc., Vol. I,” gives a long 
list of papers down to 1898. This pamphlet is made a part of the present record 
and its data will be found with other lists in the appendix following. Professor 
Fitzpatrick sends me a list of thirty-four papers, most of which are on taxonomy. 
In these researches he has frequently encountered the name of Rafinesque and 
Ills fine volume discussing the merits of the eccentric French taxonomist certainly 
should have mention here. 
The late Mr. Frederic Reppert of Muscatine and his long-time friend, the 
lamented Superintendent F. M. Witter, both well remembered by many here, 
have ceased from labor; but that story of botany in Iowa will be incomplete 
indeed that takes not account of these enthusiastic and skillful men. Mr. 
Reppert was ©specially a student of the Naiads and Potamogetons, a vexed and 
■difficult group, and Professor Witter especially turned attention in his later 
years to similar investigations. Both are represented in the published “Flora 
■of Scott and Muscatine counties” by Barnes, Reppert and Miller, and the Rep- 
pert herbarium is now in the State University. 
Mr. Robert Coombs has published the plants of Cienfuego and the medicinal 
plants of Cuba for the United States government. Mr. R. I. Cratty has published 
the sedges of Iowa and the woody plants of Emmet county, and has listed and 
distributed many sets of the flora of the northwest. Under the direction of the 
Geological Survey, Professor Pammel, as already stated, has discussed Iowa 
grasses. Professor Shimek has published much on the flora of Iowa, especially 
the trees and shrubs. His work will be mentioned again under the head of 
■ecology, but hits paper on the Oaks is standard, and his account of the Pteri- 
dophyta of Nicaragua is the recognized authority for that part of the world. 
Professor Pink has published the seed-plants of Payette county, and Mr. C. R. 
Ball has made notable contributions to our knowledge of grasses and of Ameri- 
can willows; in the latter group he is now the American authority. The Hon. 
Wesley Greene, our esteemed Secretary of the Iowa Horticultural Society, has 
published a check list embracing all the plants known to our limits at the time 
•of issue, including cryptogams. In the same line of work, Mr. H. A. Mueller 
has published lists of the flora of Madison county, notably considering shrubs 
and trees, and Professor Wylie has recently brought out an account of the 
more common aquatic plants in the northern lakes. 
In the line of cryptogamic botany we have had numerous explorers, investi- 
gators, and practical workers. Professor Ross has been long busy with the 
sanitation of Des Moines, its water-supply, and has published several bacter- 
iological papers. Professor Bates has done a similar work in Cedar Rapids. 
Dr. Albert has maintained the bacteriological laboratory at the University and 
lias done much work relative to typhoid. He writes upon the problems of 
immunity and infection as concerns this dreaded fever. Dr. Albert’s latest 
■essay has appeared in the Journal of Medical Science as lately as February, 
1912. His work is everywhere recognized. • Professor Pammel has published 
much concerning bacterial diseases of plants; he has isolated and identified 
one or more pathogenic microbes and has stimulated in this field research in 
-every dirction. Dr. R. E. Buchanan, formerly of the State College, has done 
a great deal of bacteriological work, publishing papers especially on root bac- 
teria. He has besides written one of the few volumes on veterinary bacteriology. 
