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11,400 narcissus bulbs were planted on the west-facing slope of 
the knoll in front of the laboratory building, between the walk and 
the tulips, planted last year; and about 2,000 bulbs of 18 species 
and varieties of Lilium were planted among the azaleas at the 
Flatbush Avenue entrance near Empire Boulevard. The lilies in- 
clude the following species: L. auratum (white, bands of yellow, 
and purple spots), canadense (yellow or orange with black spots), 
canadense rubrum (red), croceum (orange), elegans (Thunber- 
gianum), Prince of Orange (bright orange yellow), Hanson 
(orange, purple spots), Henryi (apricot yellow, brown spots), 
longiflorum var. Takesima (white), pardalinum (red and orange 
with purplish spots), tenwifolium (scarlet), tigrinum Fortunet 
(dark orange), tigrinum splendens (red with dark spots), regale 
(white, shaded with purple), speciosum album (white), speciosum 
rubrum (white, shaded crimson), speciosum Melpomene (pink), 
superbum (orange and. red), sutchwenense (orange, brown 
spotted ). 
Staff Meetings —The first regular monthly meeting of the staff, 
registered students, and scientific and office assistants for 1921-22 
was held Monday afternoon, November 14, in the Boys’ and Girls’ 
Club Room. Following tea, Dr. George M. Reed gave a talk, 
illustrated by specimens, on his investigations, now in progress, on 
disease resistance in cereals, with special reference to the sor- 
ghums. At the December meeting of the staff Mr. Louis Buhle 
spoke on the use of color photography in botanical illustration, 
showing, as lantern slides, a number of photographs of orchids 
in natural color, views of vegetation in the Catskill Mountains, 
and several slides taken in England during the past summer. 
Fall Blooming of Azaleas—Owing to the unusually late pro- 
longation of warm weather two specimens of the “ Omurasaki ”’ 
Azaleas, near the Malbone Street entrance, came into bloom about 
November 3. The maximum outdoors temperatures recorded at 
the Garden for November were 74° on the 18th and 73° on the 
rgth. The minimum was 30° on the roth. 
Cedars of Lebanon Planted ——On November 21 two specimens 
of the Cedar of Lebanon (Cedrus Libani), about two feet high, 
were planted. These were raised from seed by Mr. G. H. Rintel- 
man, of Flushing, L. I. The seeds were from the large tree, now 
