Edwin Bunting Bartram, Honorary Curator of Mosses in the 
Farlow Herbarium, died December 2, 1964, in his eighty-seventh 
year. After a career in business, Mr. Bartram retired at the age of 39 
to devote himself to botanical activities. He was the author of 131 
publications, including several books on bryology and six papers on 
flowering plants. An active collector in the field and Honorary Cu¬ 
rator of Mosses since 1937, he was a former President of the American 
Bryological Society and for many years Associate Editor of the 
Society’s journal. He gave the Herbarium shortly before his death 
his entire collection of 75,000 specimens of mosses. 
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