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4. October 28—Health and Disease in Plants. Dr. Arthur 
Harmount Graves, Curator of Public Instruction, Brooklyn Bo- 
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NOTES 
Prof. John W. Harshberger and a class of fourteen students of 
botany in the summer session of thé Biological Laboratory of the 
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Cold Spring Harbor, 
Long Island, inspected the laboratories, library, conservatories, 
and plantations of the Botanic Garden on Saturday, July 8, 1922. 
Sixteen species and varieties of Lilium came into bloom during 
late June, July, August, and September on Azalea Knoll near the 
Malbone Street entrance. Among those that attracted much pub- 
lic interest and comment was Lilium longtflorum var. Takesima, 
resembling and closely related to the Easter lily of the florists. 
At the Thirteenth Annual Convention of the Northern Nut 
Growers’ Association, at Rochester, N. Y., September 7-9, Mr. 
Willard G. Bixby, a member of the Botanic Garden, gave two 
papers, one on “Improved varieties of nuts ready now for north- 
ern orchards,” and the other on “ Varieties.” Mr. Bixby is treas- 
urer of the Association. 
Recent visitors to the Garden include: Mr. William G. Lobjoit, 
Controller of Horticulture, London, England; Dr. Cecil Yampol- 
sky, New York City; Prof. Takewo Hemmi, Kyoto Imperial Uni- 
versity, Japan; Dr. Aniela Kozlowska, Cracow, Poland; Miss 
Anne Allston Porcher, Charleston (S. C.) Museum. Miss Por- 
cher has charge of the children’s work in the Charleston Museum. 
Seventh Annual Ice Cream Party of the Boys’ and Girls’ 
Club.—The boys and girls who have had gardens in the Children’s 
Garden during the season just closed—about 200 in all—held their 
annual ice cream party at the Garden on Saturday morning, Sep- 
tember 9. After a sleight-of-hand entertainment by one of the 
boys in the Auditorium, John Wille, this year’s recipient of the 
