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out, during the first week of July, 1914. Within six months it 
had become a plant twenty-five feet high to the tip of the leaves. 
Of the twelve or more leaves that remained on when the inflor- 
escence appeared, the largest measures 3 ft. 6 in. wide by 12 ft. 
long, and the average size is 10 ft. by 2 ft. 6 in., making a very 
beautiful and striking specimen (fig. 17). The “bunch of 
bananas,” over 250 in number, may now be seen in the process 
of ripening. 
The leading article in Landscape Architecture, for July, 1915, 
is by Mr. Caparn and Mr. Taylor, of the Garden staff. It de- 
scribes the plan of the general systematic section of the Brooklyn 
Botanic Garden, and is illustrated by two cuts, one a full page 
plan of the entire garden, and one a folder 11 X 21 inches, show- 
ing the arrangement of the beds and shrub masses in the sys- 
tematic section. 
The Garden Committee, of the Bronx Society of Arts and 
Sciences, has organized a “ Boys’ Garden in Bronx Park.”, The 
members of the committee are Mrs. Steven B. Ayres, chairman, 
Hon. Thomas W. Whittle, Dr. William A. Murrill, and Mr. 
Henry Clews, Treasurer. The objects of this work, as stated 
on the committee’s letter head, are as follows: 
“To establish, eae and maintain a training garden for boys (14 to 
16 years old) ready for working papers and unable to find work. 
“To continue ce eee iaby to give healthful occupation 
baits sage the year; to encourage home and commercial gardening on 
mproved property in the city 
“To issue certificates to vee of regular course (two consecutive 
years) as-School Garden Instructors; to afford post graduate training for 
specified commercial pandeneprojecte: to aid in securing home gardens. 
“To substitute a practical vocation and industrious associates for street 
idling, gang-life, and the reformatories, for the boys living in congested 
districts.” 
A visit to our plant houses emphasizes the urgent need for ad- 
ditional space. In fact it is probable that several specimens of 
tropical or subtropical plants will have to be sacrificed owing to 
lack of sufficient space to care for them during the coming winter. 
