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The victoria, owing to the exceedingly cool summer, did not 
flower nor did it produce the tremendous leaves which that species 
usually has. Most of the other water lilies, however, flowered 
and made a very good showing. The south pool is devoted en- 
tirely to hardy water lilies and contains the following Nymphaeas: 
Alba candidissima, James Brydon, Marliacea chromatella, Mar- 
liacea albida, Laydekeri purpurea, Sioux, Tuberosa rosea, odo- 
rata, Marliacea chromatella, Marliacea carnea, Gladstoniana, 
Marliacea rosea, Album grandiflorum, luteum. 
Toronto Botanic Garden.—Plans are being developed for the 
establishment of a botanic garden at Toronto, Canada, by the 
University of Toronto in cooperation with the municipal authori- 
ties and the Provincial Government. A special grant has been 
voted by the Board of Governors of the University. Mr. Alex- 
ander Simpson, representing the Toronto institution, visited the 
Brooklyn Botanic Garden last March on a tour of inspection of 
various botanic gardens of the States in order to learn of their 
organization and work. 
A Plant Protection Institute-—With the advice and assistance 
of the National Research Council, a cooperative body of scien- 
tific experts on injurious insects and plant diseases and of manu- 
facturers of insecticides, fungicides and general chemicals and 
apparatus used in fighting the enemies of field and orchard crops, 
has just been organized under the name of the Plant Protection 
Institute. The purpose of the institute is to promote the gen- 
eral welfare by supporting and directing scientific research on the 
pests of crops, shade trees, and ornamental plants, and on the 
methods of their control, and by furthering cooperation between 
the scientific investigators and the manufacturers of chemicals 
and appliances, especially for the sake of effecting standardiza- 
tion and economy in the production and use of the means of 
fighting pests. Also it expects to aid in the dissemination of 
scientifically correct information regarding the control of injuri- 
ous insects and plant diseases. Much excellent work along this 
line is now being done by government and state organizations, 
