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The accompanying portrait of WENT is a reproduction of a pastel from life by H. J. HAVERMAN. The original is in the collection of portraits of Eminent Naturalists, Stanford University.
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Acquaintance has been supplemented by dates and data generously furnished by Professor F. W. WENT, of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, to whom I express my appreciation and gratitude.