Mr. Schuster was the author of many articles pertaining to nut culture. In the 10 years he was on the staff of the college horticulture department before entering federal service, he made an outstanding record in teaching and research. With other scientists he worked in developing a successful pollination program for cherries. This work was carried on after it was determined that the three leading cherry varieties, Royal Ann, Bing, and Lambert, were all self-sterile and intersterile. A native of Ohio, he came to Oregon in 1912 to attend Oregon State College after having completed two years at Ohio Wesleyan. He received a B.S. degree in agriculture in 1914 and two years later, 1916, received his master's degree. He joined the college staff three years later and remained until 1929, when he took the federal position he held until his death. He was a veteran of World War I, having served as an infantry second lieutenant. He was a member of Alpha Zeta Sigma Xi, and Gamma Sigma Delta honor societies and was a life-long member of the Evangelical church, which has since merged with the United Brethren church. He is survived by Mrs. Schuster and four children, Charles, Robert and Margaret--all Oregon State College students, and Flora, a high school student. A brother, Dr. Earl J, Schuster, lives at Tillamook.--Reprinted from _Better Fruit_ magazine. MRS. LAURA SELDEN ELLWANGER Mrs. Laura Selden Ellwanger, member of one of Rochester's pioneer families, died at her home, 510 East Avenue, Rochester, New York on September 1, 1948, after a short illness. She was the widow of William D. Ellwanger, whose father, George Ellwanger, was a co-founder of the Ellwanger & Barry Nursery Company. Her brother, George B. Selden, was inventor of the gasoline automobile, and her father, Henry R. Selden, was a New York State Court of Appeals judge and one-time lieutenant governor of the state. Mrs. Ellwanger was the last survivor of 12 children in the Selden family. Her maternal grandfather, Dr. Abel Baldwin, settled in Clarkson in 1811, just a year before Rochester was founded. She was born in a house on the land now occupied by the Highland Hospital. One of her sisters, Louise, was the wife of Maj. Gen. Elwell C. Otis, former governor of the Philippine Islands. Mrs. Ellwanger spent many summers at her home, Brookwood, in Ontario, Wayne County. She was honorary president of the Rochester Female Charitable Society, one of the city's oldest organizations, and a member of the Rochester Historical Society, The Rochester Garden Club, Genesee Valley Club, and the Rochester Rose Society. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth H. Field, of Rochester; two granddaughters, Mrs. John F. Weis, Jr., of New York City, and Mrs. Edwin II, Atwood, Jr., Rochester, and four great-grandchildren. (The above, is from a Rochester newspaper clipping.--Ed.) M. M. KAUFMAN (The secretary received the following letter from Mrs. M. M. Kaufman, dated March 17, 1949.)