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evidently been respected and had produced a very favorable result. 
Dr. Benedict stated that the most practicable present method by 
which our native wild plants can be saved is through initiative of 
private individuals who will take steps to establish small sanctu- 
aries or private parks where the chief emphasis is on the protection 
of wild flowers and their propagation with a view to reestablishing 
them in wider areas. The question of wild plant propagation 
should make a fascinating hobby, and many species are not difficult 
of reproduction, as has already been demonstrated. For example, 
it has been proved to be perfectly feasible to reestablish the fringed 
gentian merely by scattering carefully collected seeds. 
The committee was reelected for the ensuing year and increased 
by the following members: Mrs. E. G. Britton, Honorary Curator, 
New York Botanical Garden; Mrs. Francke, representing the Long 
Island zone of the Garden Clubs of America; and Dr. Arthur H. 
Graves, Curator of Public Instruction, Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 
On the resignation of Dr. Benedict from the chairmanship, Dr. 
G. Clyde Fisher was appointed chairman for the ensuing year. 
The following organizations were invited to send official dele- 
gates to this meeting: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, New York Bo- 
tanical Garden, Federated Garden Clubs of New York State, 
National Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild, American Scenic and His- 
toric Preservation Society, Horticultural Society of New York. 
VENUS’S FLYTRAP IN BLOOM 
Among the plants of special interest which have recently flow- 
ered in the conservatories is the Venus’s Flytrap, Dionaea mus- 
cipula. Its natural habitat is limited to a small area on the coastal 
strip near Wilmington, North Carolina. This plant is closely re- 
lated to the more common Sundew (Drosera), and both are insec- 
tivorous plants. The leaves form a rosette. Each leaf has a 
broad stem and a bi-lobed blade with a number of rigid teeth along 
the margin. The midrib forms a hinge so that the halves of the 
blade are able to open and shut. The blades are covered with 
glands, reddish in the natural state, but green when grown in the 
