May 1904] 
Personal Notes and News 
159 
Mr. E. W. D. Holway has removed from Decorah, Iowa; 
his address is State University, Minneapolis, Minn. Here 
he will devote himself exclusively to Mycological studies. 
Mr. C. G. Lloyd of Cincinnati who has for a year been 
travelling, visiting and studying in Europe, returned to his home 
a few days ago. While abroad he inspected all the important 
mycological collections — giving attention to the higher fungi, 
Puff-balls and related groups — on which he is a recognized au¬ 
thority. 
Mr. J. M. Van Hook, one of Professor Atkinson’s assistants, 
has been made Plant Pathologist to the Ohio Experiment Station, 
assisting Professor Selby. His new address is Wooster, Ohio. 
Mr. A. B. Seymour, Cambridge, Mass., offers to exchange 
early numbers of the Journal of Mycology for those lacking 
in his set. 
Professor Mel T. Cook, who hitherto has had charge of the 
Department of Biology, De Pauw University, Greencastle, Indi¬ 
ana, has accepted the position of Plant Pathologist at the newly 
established Experiment Station of Cuba. 
Professor Bessey has recently contributed an article on 
“The Fungi” to one of the cyclopedias now in course of publica¬ 
tion. In it he has given at length his views as to the relationship 
of the various groups of the fungi. 
Professor F. S. Earle has resigned his position as assistant 
curator of the New York Botanical Garden, says Torreya, to 
accept the directorship of the Estacion Agronomica Central 
de Cuba, just established at Santiago de las Vegas, 12 miles from 
Havana. Professor C. F. Baker is appointed as botanist; Mr. 
Percy Wilson, assistant botanist; and Mr. Wm. T. Horne, as¬ 
sistant pathologist. 
Amateurs and beginners in mycology will be assisted in 
naming parasitic fungi, as far as possible. To this end cor¬ 
respondents are asked to send us an ample quantity each species 
accompanied by a slip giving a No., Host-plant, Locality, Date y 
Collector’s Name, [which does not subject matter to letter rate 
postage] : The sender’s name and address should he on the out¬ 
side of the package. Postal regulations make it necessary that 
the postage [1 ct. per oz.] be fully prepaid. 
