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enth class to receive certificates. The exercises were held at three 



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ject, "Nature Study of Today." After the address, Miss Adele 

 Quitman, of the 1920 class, presented a brass tea-tray to the 

 Garden as a parting gift from the class. Everett Steeves, a mem- 

 ber of the Boys' Club of the Botanic Garden, then presented a 

 large brass bowl as a gift to the children's new room. The gifts 

 were received by Mr. White, Chairman of the Botanic Garden 

 Governing Committee. After the presentation of certificates, tea 



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Visitors to the Botanic Garden since the preceding issue of the 

 Record include Dr. Kakugoro Nakata, Tukroka, Prof, and Mrs. 

 Takashi Matsumoto, of Monaka, Japan (October 4), Prof. Yoshi- 

 narl Kuwada, Imperial University of Kyoto, Dr. Eikichi Iso, 

 Formosa (October' 7), Prof. E. M. East, Harvary University 

 (October 13), Prof. Matao Yukawa, Tokio Imperial University, 

 Prof. Eiryo Suzuki, Tokio Silvicultural College, Prof. Takehiro 

 Suzuki, Kyoto Silvicultural College, Prof. Kozo Suzuki, Live- 



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U. S. Department of Agriculture, Dr. Henry C. ITenrickscn, 

 Porto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station (November 15), 

 and Dean W. L. Brav, Syracuse University (November 26), 



Council. 



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emy of Sciences and the National Research Council, has recently 

 been obtained. It comprises the entire block bounded by B and 

 C Streets and Twenty-first and Twenty-second Streets, North- 

 west, and faces the Lincoln Memorial in Potomac Park. The 

 Academy and Council have been enabled to secure this admirable 

 site, costing about $200,000, through the generosity of the fol- 

 lowing friends and supporters: Thomas D, Jones, Harold F. 



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McCormick, Tuli 



W. Crile, Joh 



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riman, and the Commonwealth Fund, New York City; George 



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