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descriptions of the plants illustrated. This particular copy bears 
on the flyleaf the following inscription under date of June 16, 1920: 
“To the Children of the Garden: 
These are the Flowers of the Great Gardet our Imperial 
State of New York. They are all trying to look their bag rest 
‘for they are asking you to be their [Friends at Home and the 
Companions when they meet you in the Woods and Meadows or 
along the Roadsides. 
Joun M. CLarkKeE, 
Director.” 
At the fiftieth commencement exercises of Syracuse University 
on June 14, 1920, the honorary degree of Doctor of Science was 
conferred on the following: Dean I. H. Kraus, University of 
Michigan; Professor Charles G. Rogers, Oberlin College; Di- 
rector C. Stuart Gager, Brooklyn Botanic Garden; Professor 
Charles B. Cooper, College of Journalism, Columbia University. 
