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Hawaiian Botanical Society Newsletter - page 6
October 1962
BOTANICAL NOTES:
Dr. Bruce Cool, Professor of Plant Physiology and Botany, University of Hawaii, will spend the first semester (1962-63) at the University of California at Berkeley. He will do research during his sabbatical.
Mr. Alvin K. Chock (society secretary) was married to Miss Yona Bielefeldt on June 18 at Kawahao Church.
Dr. Frederick G. Krauss, Professor Emeritus of Agriculture, University of Hawaii, and society charter member, died on June 5. Sympathy is extended by the society to his survivors.
Dr. Albert J. Bernatowicz, Associate Professor of Botany (in General Science), U. H., spent his sabbatical visiting marine biological stations and book stores in Puerto Rico, Italy, France, and England. He also taught one quarter at the University of Chicago and studied one term at Cambridge University (England).
Dr. Theodor Philip Haas, Retired Professor of Botany at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, spent two months in Hawaii. He presented a talk entitled "Morphological observations on bananas and dates" at a special botany seminar at the U. H. on Sept. 17. The illustrated seminar was based on observations and investigations made with the United Fruit Company in Honduras, Panama, Colombia, and Peru. Dr. Haas hails from Munich, Germany, and was with the Philadelphia College for 19 years, and hopes to return here next year. His fields are morphology and taxonomy. While in Hawaii, he visited the islands of Maui and Hawaii, and observed Dr. A. Brash's collection of banana plants.
Drs. Otto & Isa Degener received a $6,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to continue botanical exploration of the Hawaiian Islands. This grant will enable Dr. O. Degener (Collaborator in Hawaiian Botany, New York Botanical Garden) to publish volume six of "Flora Hawaiensis or New Illustrated Flora of the Hawaiian Islands."
Dr. Edward J. Britten, Professor of Agronomy, University of Hawaii, spent his sabbatical as a Fulbright fellow at the University of Melbourne in Australia.
Dr. Maxwell S. Dory visited botanical institutions and book stores in Australia, Indonesia, Philippines, Japan and Hong Kong, on a recent three weeks' trip. He spent over a week on the Russian research vessel 'Vityaz' doing intercalibration work for the International Indian Ocean Expedition. This included investigations of the primary productivity of the Indian Ocean. He also made arrangements for algal material for research purposes from institutions at Hong Kong, Singapore and the Philippines.
TROPICS MAGAZINE: A new bimonthly publication, with many illustrations, appeared in June 1962. It is devoted to plants and gardens in tropical areas. Regular articles feature ferns, bromeliads, palms, aroids, tropical fruits, travel, and cooking. Subscription price is $4.00 per year (if subscription is made through the Society, our organization receives a $1.00 commission), or single copies (current issue only, $1.00).
The Horticultural Publications (P. O. Box 435, Coconut Grove 33, Florida) also publishes the Orchid Journal, The Orchid Weekly and other publications edited by Alex D. Hawkes.
