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Tea was followed by an inspection of the grounds under the 



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guidance of members of staff. Following the Garden flag, the 



Japanese garden, the iris along the brook, the rock garden, the 



new children's flower garden, the new bubbler drinking fountain 



(a* recent gift at the children's garden), and the azaleas were 

 visited in turn. 



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has awarded botanical prizes as follows: The Desmazieres prize 

 to Andre Maublanc, for his work in mycology and plant dis- 

 eases ; honorable mention to Pierre See, for his book on the dis- 

 eases of paper; the De Coincy prize to I-.ucien Human-Merck, 

 for the whole of his botanical work. The Montagne prize is not 

 awarded. 



The death at Florence on October 25, 1920, has been an- 

 nounced of Dr. Odoardo Beccari, Director of the Botanic 

 Garden at Florence. Professor Beccari was a specialist and 

 authority on the classification of palms, and had conducted ex- 



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plorations in New Guinea between i860 and 1870. ' 



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'^ A Living Outdoor Museum" is the title of an interesting 

 article by Melvin R. Gilmore, Curator, State Historical Society 



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of North Dakota, in Museum Work for February, 192 1. The 

 article is illustrated by a copy of the landscape architect's plan 

 for the arrangement of the Capitol Grounds and historical park 

 at Bismarck, N. D. As stated in the Legislative Act which pro- 

 vides for the creation of the park, it Is " planted and laid out in 

 such manner as to afford an appropriate outdoor museum and 

 grounds to be planted with trees, shrubs, vines, grasses, flowers, ' 

 and other plants native to the State/^ thus, the author states, 

 '' forming a living museum of the native flora of North Dakota. 

 Besides making this a Hving museum of the native flora of the 

 State, we expect also," says the author, ^' to inckide plots of 



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