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Eastman and Adolp Lomb, Rochester ; E. A. Deeds and Charles 

 F. Kettering, Dayton; Henry Ford, Detroit; Arthur H. Fleming, 

 Pasadena; A. W. Mellon, Pittsburgh; Pierre S. duPont, Wil- 

 mington; Raphael Pumpolly, Newport; Mr. and Mrs. H. E. 

 Huntington, Los Angeles; Corning Glass Works, Corning, New 

 York. Funds for the erection of the building have been provided 

 by the Carnegie Corporation of Ncw^ York. 



High 



—As a part of the required 



work in one of the biology courses at the Stuyvesant high school 

 (Brooklyn), Dr. R. C. Benedict has arranged for regular visits to 

 the Botanic Garden. There are about 150 boys electing this 

 course. In groups of 20 to 30 they are met at the Garden by the ■ 

 instructor and are given demonstrations and instruction in the 

 Garden conservatories, 

 which have been considered : . - ■ 



I. Evolution by mutation, illustrated by sports of varieties of 



The following topics are among those 



tne Boston fern (NepJ 



One entire house of our con- 



servatories is devoted to these forms, w^hich afford the material 

 for studies in heredity and evolution in definite directions (ortho- 

 genesis) by Dr. Benedict, who is a resident investigator at the 

 Garden. 



2. Cross-pollination by insects, illustrated chiefly by material in 

 the orchid house. 



3. Formation of fossils, using the specimens in the Garden 

 Collection. 



4. Carnivorous plants. . - 



5. Varieties and ecology of roots, including air-roots, water- 

 roots, stilt-roots, etc. 



6. Adaptation of water plants, using water hyacinth, Apono- 

 geton^ water ferns, and other forms. 



Other topics include plant irritability and response (sensitive 

 plant), and tropical" and sub-tropical economic plants, such as 

 sugar cane, banana, coffee, fiber plants, bamboo, vanilla, commer- 

 cial rubber plants, and others. The pupils are required to hand 

 in written reports of the work. 



Tulip Planting. — During November ten thousand tulip bulbs 

 were planted on the west slope of the knoll west of the tropical 



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