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Storm Damage.—The tornado-like wind that accompanied the 
heavy rain of Sunday, June 11, did considerable damage in parts 
of Long Island, Manhattan, and New Jersey, but comparatively 
little in the Botanic Garden. One large cherry tree on the hill 
opposite the north end of the Laboratory building and a medium- 
sized Ailanthus near the Reservoir gate on Flatbush Avenue were 
blown over and uprooted, and a large Lombardy poplar at the 
north end of the Wild Flower Garden was broken off near the 
middle. The other damage was slight. 
Conservation Week—The week of Sunday, April 2, to Satur- 
day, April 8, was observed as “ Conservation Week” by the New 
York City Federation of Women’s Clubs under the presidency of 
Mrs. Richard M. Chapman. The Chairman of Conservation was 
Mrs. Charles Cyrus Marshall. Programs were given every after- 
noon, and on some days in the morning, in the Boroughs of Man- 
hattan and Brooklyn. The session on Saturday morning was at 
the Children’s Museum, Brooklyn, and in the afternoon in the 
Auditorium of Borough Hall, Brooklyn. The program Saturday 
afternoon was as follows: “ The Contributions of the Brooklyn 
Botanic Garden to the Conservation Movement,” Dr. C. Stuart 
Gager, Director of the Garden; “ Water Power,” by Mr. Edward 
H. Sargent, Sr., Assistant Engineer, Bureau of Water Power; 
and “ Conservation of Child Life,” by Dr. Laura Reigelman. 
Botanic Garden Dinner.—Dr, O. E. White, who has been absent 
for botanical exploration in the Amazon Basin since June 1, 1921, 
returned to the Botanic Garden on April 13. An account of 
the trip occurs in this issue of the Recorp. In recognition of 
Dr, White’s satisfactory trip and safe return, a dinner was 
held in the Rotunda of the Laboratory building on the evening 
of April 20. The dinner was attended by all persons on the 
monthly payroll of the Botanic Garden and a few invited guests. 
There were about 57 covers. Following the dinner Dr. White 
gave an interesting popular account of some of his experiences in 
crossing South America from the west to the east coast. A dinner 
was also given to the returned members of the expedition and their 
friends by the H. K. Mulford Co., at the Manufacturers’ Club, 
Philadelphia, on May 24, 1922. © 
