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interest was displayed by the visitors in the thoroughly mod- 
ern and efficient heating and watering facilities with which 
the greenhouses are equipped. 
At the meeting of the Association of American Cemetery 
Superintendents to be held at the Garden on Thursday, 
October 9, Mr. John Noyes, Landscape Designer to the Gar- 
den, will read a paper on “Pictures in a Park Cemetery.” 
At the same meeting, Mr. W. W. Ohlweiler, General Man- 
ager of the Garden, will read a paper on “Flower Displays 
without Rain.” 
STATISTICAL INFORMATION FOR AUGUST, 1914 
GARDEN ATTENDANCE: 
Petes: winder: OF: VInitOre si ee es AS EN PRLS OS 19,893 
PLANT ACCESSIONS: 
Total number of packets of seeds received............-- 23 
LIBRARY ACCESSIONS: ; 
Total number of books and pamphlets bought...........-. 39 
Total number of books and pamphlets donated........... 48 
HERBARIUM ACCESSIONS: 
By Purchase— 
F. 8. Collins—“Phycotheca Boreali-Americana,” Fase. XL, 
Nose 1055-2000 se ee ra 50 
By Gift— : 
J. A. Drushel—Helianthus sp. from Ohio............-. 1 
W. H. Emig—Oenothera Hewetti Cockerell and O. Cock- 
ereli Bartlett & De Vries, from cultivated plants...... 6 
G. D. Fuller—Hosackia subpinnata Torr. & Gray, from 
bith COaha :... SF 
C. C. Hanmer—Specimens of Stereum........ pas ee 5 Pe 
C. J. Humphrey—Specimens of fungi.................. 
E. O. Matthews—Specimens of fungi.................--. 
W. W. Ohlweiler—Lespedeza violacea (L.) Pers. and Ver- 
nonia Lettermanni Engelm., from cultivated plants... - 2 
Stuart L, Thompson—Flowering plants of Manitoba and 
Ontario < 225.005; Saute ek eCEN eR SS BAe 8S Ca oe 21 
By Field Work— 
Rev. John Davis—Plants of Missouri..................- 660 
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