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been consul Ss
liant on tropical S S
botany for the
Univ ersity of DR.. swingis.
Miami in Florida.
DIR. Swingle introduced the fig
insect into California in 1899,
leading to the culture Of Smyrna
type figs.
! He Is credited with having made
possible the date industry of Cali
Ifornia through devising q system
whereby shoots of date palm could
be kept alive in transit ITO this
country from Arabia. He brought
the first shoots to the United
States and was in charge Of the
Agriculture Departments advisory
office on date culture for Is years.
Aided in Cotton Project.
The scientist also co-operated
lin the ablishment of Egyptian
cotton culture on 10000 -bale-a-
year scale in Arizona. While work.
ing in Florida he hybridized grape
fruit with the tangerine and pro-
duced the "tangelo," a breakfast
delicacy much esteemed by epi-
cures throughout the United
States.
During the first decade of this
century DR.. Swingle was asso-
|ciated with David Fairchild, an
: other noted botanist, in the de-
apartments Division Of Plant In
production. The two had studied
together in Germany before 1900.
While with the Agriculture De-
|partment, he made trips to France.
Algeria, Morocco, Italy, Spain,
} Greece, the Balkans, Asia Minor,
China. Japan. the Philippines and
Mexico. Some of these trips were
for purposes of discovering and
!. bringing back plant specimens
suitable for introduction into the
United States, and others were for
study of local agricultural con-
ditionS.
/ Advised Brazil on Crops.
I Shortly before World War I, he
worked with D. Lyman Briggs.
former head of the Bureau of
Standards, on the development of
the ultraviolet microscope, which
Opened up many new fields in
botanical study.
In 1899 he visited Brazil on in
vitation of the Minister of Foreign
Affairs to advise regarding culture
of many tropical crops for export
Ito the United States. At that time
DR.. Swingle brought to Brazil
many quinine plants that he had
grown in a departmental green
house here.
! DR.. Swingle was born in Canaan,
Wayne County, Pa. In 1890 he
learned a bachelor Of science de-
. gree at Kansas State College and
earned his masters degree there
/. six years later. He then attended
: the University of Bonn and the
University of Leipzig, Germany.
5 In 1922 an honorary doctor of
science degree was conferred on
him by Kansas State.
/. Delegate To Conference.
+ In 1926 he was a delegate of
the Government and National Re-
search Council to the Third PAN
Pacific Science Congress in Tokyo.
In collaboration with DR.. Her.
bert Putnam, then Librarian of
I Congress. he made the Library OF
. Congress collection of Chinese
works the largest outside of the
Orient.
DR.. Swingle was author Of num-
: erous papers on botany. including
!. about Is on citrus and related
subjects.
He was past president of the
Washington Botanical Society
past vice president of the Wash
ington Academy of Medicine, a
fellow and life member of the
American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science, a charter
member of the Washington Acad-
emy of Sciences. honorary life
member of the National Geo
: graphic Society and was affiliated
with the Academy Of Natural
!, Sciences and American Botanical
Society, as well as others. For az
years he was q member Of the
Cosmos Club here.
Wrote Book in As.
=. DR.. Swingle wrote book In
1945 entitled "Our Agricultural
Debt to Asia"
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Maude K. Swingle; two daughters,
: Mrs. Stanley F. Reed. 1869 q
, street NV, and Mrs. Francis l.
= Albert, jr., of the home address;
two sons, John William Swingle
of Laguna Beach. Calf, and
r Frank Anthony SWingle of In
= dianapolis; a sister, Mrs. Edward
c. Joss, $500 Fourteenth street
NV, and two brothers, Charles
!. Swingle of Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
: and Leonhardt Swingle Of Indio,
r Calf.
At his request there will be no
= funeral services.