DIRECTOR 



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The records show that 1.502 species or varieties were 



livin 



discarded 



total reported at the end of the year being 17,916, as com 



pared with 17,072 noted for 1906 * 



THE WEATHER. 



The accompanying diagram A graphically presents the 

 hly variation in temperature as derived (except for 



mon 



DIAGBAM A. 



TEMPERATURE. HtJMrDITY. 



maximum) from the records of the local office 



Government Weather Bureau; and 



ram 



B shows the 



the same records. 



through the season, as indicated 

 most striking deviations from eaj 

 e marked warmth of the last wee] 



March, when the temperature was that of early summer, and 



* Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 18: 15. 



