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building a new nest on the first one, a double-decker affair, 
in the effort to get rid of one that is alien and unwelcome. 
And sometimes the cowbird shows that she is not offended 
and lays two eggs in the yellow warbler’s second-story nest. 
“The yellow warbler builds a beautiful and compact little 
nest and, as may be seen in the accompanying plate, this 
one is so thin in places that it may be easily seen through.” 
NOTES 
Mr. Ernest J. Palmer, collector for the Missouri Botanical 
Garden and the Arnold Arboretum, is spending a few weeks 
at the Garden organizing the plants ollected during the 
early part of the season. 
_lhe competitive examinations for the Garden scholarships 
will be held the first Saturday in September. Those wish- 
ing to take the examinations may obtain application blanks 
from the office at the Garden. 
Dr. George T. Moore, Director of the Garden, has re- 
turned from a trip to Devils Lake, North Dakota, where he 
spent a few days at the Biological Station of the University 
of North Dakota, collecting and studying the algae of that 
region. 
Recent visitors to the Garden include Dr. George W. 
Stevens, formerly of Harvard University, on August 11, 
Mr. A. G. Hecht, Instructor in Floriculture, University of 
Illinois, on August 19, and Mr. John Dunbar, Assistant 
perecatenion of Parks, Rochester, New York, on August 
The position of Assistant Botanist to the Garden has been 
filled by the appointment of Mr. J. C. Th. Uphof. Mr. 
Uphof graduated from the College of Horticulture at Fred- 
eriksoord, Netherlands, in 1905, taking the degree of M.S. 
from the University of Amsterdam in 1907. From 1908 to 
1911 he travelled and studied in Germany, Sweden, Nor- 
way, Denmark, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, and 
England. Since coming to this country he has been In- 
structor in Botany and Curator of the Botanical Garden and 
Herbarium of the Michigan Agricultural Colle e, East Lan- 
sing, for one year, and Assistant Professor of tany at the 
University of Arizona, Tucson, for three years. 
