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College, Madras. As stated in the prefatory editorial “the Jour- 
nal of Indian Botany has been started to provide means of pub- 
lishing botanical work done in India which would not naturally 
find a home in the existing botanical journals of this country, 
e.g., the Records of the Botanical Survey and the various publica- 
tions of the Agricultural Departments.” It is stated that the 
need for such a journal has long been felt and that the venture 
owes its inception to the enthusiasm of Mr. L. J. Sedgwick, 
F.L.S., a worker in systematic botany, and to Mr. T. R. D. Bell, 
C.1.E., who has offered to guarantee the expenses till the journal 
should be so far established as to pay its way or prove unwanted. 
The chief object of the journal will be the publication of original 
matter, but in addition it is announced that abstracts and reviews 
will be published of papers which appear in other journals. 
Mr. Alfred H. Cockayne, head of the biological division of the 
New Zealand Dept. of Agriculture, and Mrs. Cockayne were 
callers at the Botanic Garden on October 29. Mr. Cockayne is 
visiting the leading botanical laboratories in the United States in 
connection with an important mission for the Government of the 
New Zealand Dominion. 
Callers at the Botanic Garden from out of town during October 
included Mr. Alexander MacElwee of the Fairmount Park Com- 
mission, Philadelphia, and president of the Philadelphia pelea 
Club, and Dr. Reginald H. Colley, pathologist in the Office o 
Forest Pathology, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 
On Friday afternoon, October 24, the Flatbush Garden League 
entertained representatives from a number of out-of-town gar- 
den clubs at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Following an address 
of welcome by the director of the Garden, Dr. Gundersen of the 
Garden staff gave an illustrated talk on Fall Wild Flowers. Re- 
ports were also given by representatives of the various clubs. 
Tea was served in the exhibit room. 
The Inkowa Club, of young women, visited the Garden on Sun- 
day, November 16, inspecting the conservatories and plantations. 
The curator of public instruction acted as guide. 
