For a time he was teacher of natural science in the Wisconsin State Normal School, later was professor of Botany and Zoology at the Kansas Agricultural College, State Botanist of Kansas, and Botanist of the Kansas Experiment Station. He was the founder and editor (for four years) of the Journal of Mycology. He has held the position of Professor of Botany in the Ohio State University since 1890 and is the author of a number of text-books and articles for botanical journals. He has accumulated a very large and valuable private Herbarium of parasitic fungi, and a State Herbarium of the Flora of Ohio for the Ohio State University that already numbers many thousands of mounted sheets. The names given by botanists complimentary to his work are as follows: Kellermannia, a genus of Sphaeropsideous fungi. Aecidium Kellermannii, a species of Uredineae. Plasmopora Kellermannii, a species of Phycomycetous Fungi. Rosellinia Kellermannii, a species of Sphaeriaceous Fungi. Rhabdospora Kellermannii, a species of Sphaeropsideous Fungi. Diaporthe Kellermanniana, a species of Pyrenomycetous Fungi. Physcomitrium Kellermani, a species of acrocarpous Moss. MISS H. F. BIDDLECOME.--Of Columbus, formerly of Springfield, assiduously collected and studied the flora of Greene and Champaign counties, Ohio. She discovered a species of Moss and one of Liverwort which have been named in her honor. Bryum Biddlecomiae, a pleurocarpous Moss. Trichocolea Biddlecomiae, a species of Hepaticae, or Liverwort. F. D. KELSEY.--Born at New Washington, Ind., Feb. 15, 1849, but early moved to southern Ohio where he lived until 1856, when he moved to Columbus. He was graduated from Marietta College in 1870. The next year he went to Andover Theological Seminary where he graduated in 1874. He served Congregational Churches until 1885 when he moved to Helena, Montana. Here he made collections and distributed the local flora. The College of Montana conferred on him the degree of Sc. D. In 1892 he was elected Professor of Botany at Oberlin College, which position he held until 1897, when he accepted the pastorate of the Central Congregational Church in Toledo, which he now holds. He is also lecturer on Botany at the Smead School for Girls at Toledo, Ohio. While professor at Oberlin he published several bulletins of local interest, and one monograph of Uncinula, with microscopic drawings of all American species. There are several species named in his honor, as follows: Kelseya, a monotypic genus of Rosaceae. Cucurbitaria Kelseyi, a species of Pyrenomycetous fungi. Homostegia Kelseyi, a species of Pyrenomycetous fungi. Cryptanthe Kelseyi, a species of Boraginaceae. Phlox Kelseyi, a species of Polemoniaceae. THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF PLANTS. II. JOHN H. SCHAFFNER.