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by the Curator, in the Botanical Gardens of Buitenzorg, Java, also an 

 enlargement of the peculiar fleshy flower of the species; a complete, 

 leafy, fruiting branch of the Sassafras, with an enlarged flower of the 

 Alligator-pear (Persea) also a twig of the latter in leaf and ripe fruit 

 and a fruit in section; summit of a Bitter-sweet vine (Celastrus) in full 

 leaf and ripe fruit, a small twig in full flower, and a single flower enlarged ; 

 a large branch of Witch Hazel (Hamamelis) in full autumn leaf, flower 

 and fruit and a single flower enlarged; a series of enlarged flowers of 

 Grevillea showing the peculiar character of anthesis in the Proteaceae; 

 cluster of three plants of Galax, growing in situ, in full leaf and flower 

 and a portion of a floral cluster, enlarged, showing buds and two flowers 

 in different stages of anthesis; a Passion-flower vine (Passiflora) in 

 full leaf, flower and fruit ; a complete plant of the Fox-glove {Digitalis) 

 in full leaf and flower; a large flower of the Corn Poppy (Papaver) sec- 

 tioned to reveal its essential organs; a complete Arrow-head plant 

 (Sagittarid) , in situ, in full leaf and flower; a frond of the Tuna cactus 

 (Opuntia) in full ripe fruit illustrating one of the cultivated varieties 

 now becoming prominent in the fancy fruit shops of our cities; a leafy, 

 flowering and fruiting branch of the Indian Mulberry (Morinda), 

 another peculiar fruit now and then reaching our northern markets; an 

 enlarged flower of the Bladder- wort (Utricularia) sectioned to reveal 

 its peculiar structure, an enlarged leaf of the plant with its interesting 

 bodies commonly known as "floats," a single float, or bladder, highly 

 enlarged and opened to reveal its contents (partly digested larvae 

 and minute water animals) proving these "bladders" to be, in reality, 

 stomachs, and the plant to be carnivorous; the smaller Algas, the 

 Flagellatae, Dinoflagellatae and Peridinae, groups of micro-plants, have 

 been completed through the production of single individuals or several 

 forms in the following genera : Spirogyra, Spirulina, Nostoc, Rivularia, 

 Trichodesmium, Lingyba, Oscillatoria, Clathrocystis, Coccolithophora, 

 Discosph&ra, Syncrypta, Euglena, Conodadium, Rhabdosphceria, Ornitho- 

 ceras, Ceratium, Peridenium, Gymnodenium, Spirodenium and Cochlo- 

 denium. In October it was decided to transfer the laboratories and staff 

 to Miami, Florida, where, through the courtesy of the Bureau of Plant 

 Introduction of the United States Department of Agriculture, quarters 

 were granted this Museum in the Department Laboratory Building at 

 that place. All necessary appliances and apparatus were shipped forward 

 and the staff left in a specially equipped automobile on the 19th of that 

 ^^rhonth. On the way south studies and casts of the cotton plant were 

 secured. Arriving at Miami, without special incident, immediate prep- 

 arations were begun for the re-establishment of the work which is now 

 progressing as before removal. The opportunity to thus secure needed 



