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work there is not the slightest evidence of the manuring of the 

 trees and shrubs in the garden. This is an aesthetic refinement to 

 which neither the American nor even English garden, at its highest 

 development, has ever yet attained. All of the fall work, as well 

 as the spring work, in the Japanese Garden last year was made 

 possible through the gift, by a member of the Woman's Auxiliary, 

 of a fund to be used exclusively for that purpose. 



Among recent visitors to the Botanic Garden were the follow- 

 ing: Dr. G. R. Bisby, University of Winnipeg, Manitoba (Octo- 

 ber 3) ; C. A. Weatherby, East Hartford, Conn., Editor, American 

 Fern Journal (October 13) ; Mr. G. F. Gravatt, U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. (October 16) ; Dr. Seiya Ito, 

 Hokkaido Imperial University, Sapporo, Japan (October 20) ; 

 Prof. F. A. McClure, Canton Christian College, Canton, China 

 (October 30) ; Miss Margaret Deer and Miss Nell Deer, Teachers 

 College, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (October 30) ; Mr. 

 Edgar Nelson, Department of Immunology, Society of the New 

 York Hospital, Flushing, L. I. (October 31) ; Mr. Wm. T. Davis, 

 St. George, S. I. (November 9) ; Mrs. S. L. Kwong, Kwongtung 

 Agr. Exp. Sta., Canton, China (December 1) ; and Dr. Wm. T. 

 Bovie, Department of Biophysics, Harvard University (Decem- 

 ber 5). 



A Nezv Botanic Garden. — During August, 1922, Mr. James H. 

 Ferriss and Mr. Pilcher, Commissioners from Joliet, Illinois, 

 visited the Garden in quest of information to be used in the organ- 

 ization and development of a new botanic garden and arboretum 

 at Joliet. It will start with a nucleus of 327 acres, on which, 

 according to Mr. Willard N. Clute, Commissioner in Charge of 

 Grounds, there has been planted " practically every tree in America 

 that will stand our climate and these trees have been growing for 

 nearly 20 years." It is planned ultimately to enlarge this area by 

 the addition of considerable park acreage. Messrs. Ferriss and 

 Pilcher were keenly interested in the general plan of the Brooklyn 

 Botanic Garden and in its work — particularly the educational fea- 

 tures, which they expect to introduce in the new institution at 

 Joliet. 



