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garden, directly opposite the bed of Plumbago capensis. 
The flowers are from five to eight inches across, and blossom- 
ing has been profuse since the first of August. Unfortu- 
nately, the foliage of this plant is not as attractive as the 
flower, and does not furnish sufficient background for the 
large flowers. However, the brightness of the latter more 
than makes up for this deficiency. 
The plants are easily ese from seed and, if started early 
enough, will bloom the first season. The roots are not hardy 
and must be taken up in the fall and stored. 
NOTES. 
Mr. and Mrs. George V. Nash, of the New York Botanica 
Garden, visited the Garden on September 2nd. 
Mr. W. W. Ohlweiler, General Manager of the Garden, 
spent several weeks in the east visiting botanical gardens, 
parks and private estates in the interests of the Garden. 
Miss Bertha Gericke, recently appointed Librarian at the 
Agricultural College and Experiment Station, Manhattan, 
Kansas, visited the Garden library August 30th. 
Ruby-throated humming birds have been frequenting the 
salvia beds in unusual numbers—as many as fifty having. 
been seen at one time. So many are at times busy at a single 
bed that the hum of their wings is noticeable for a considerable 
ce. 
Dr. J. B. 8. Norton and Mr. W. R. Ballard, both of the 
Maryland Agricultural College, Professor Robert F. Griggs, 
of Ohio State University, and Mr. L. O. Kunkel, recently 
a Research Fellow at the Garden and now Assistant in the 
Department of Botany at Columbia University, visited the 
Garden during August and September. 
Dr. F. W. Pennell, of the University of Pennsylvania, 
y Ree several days at the Garden during the latter part of 
ugust. Dr. Pennell is pursuing monographic studies in the 
Scrophulariaceae and in this connection consulted the Garden 
herbarium. Mr. Bernard Mackensen, of San Antonio, Texas, 
who is interested in the cacti, also spent several days in the 
herbarium early in September studying some of Dr, George 
Engelmann’s type specimens. is 
All genera of cycads are now represented in the Garden 
collection, the last genus to be added being Stangeria, of | 
which Mr. D. 8. Brown kindly presented the species S. para- 
