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are among subjects for the screen. Subjects of botanical in- 
terest include the story of wheat in the great wheat fields of the 
Pacific northwest, harvesting California cantaloupes and potatoes, 
citrus fruit fumigation in southern California, national forests, 
forest-fire fighting, drying fruits and vegetables in the home, 
logging timber for wooden ships, and the construction of wooden 
ships. Efforts are being made to provide a larger supply oi 
these films, and a consequent wider distribution through the aid 
of the State College of Agriculture. 
The Botanic Garden service flag, hung in the window north of 
the main (west) entrance of the laboratory building, contains six 
stars, indicating the number of our employees in service in the 
National Army. 
The objects of the Botanical Society of South Africa, founded 
June 10, 1913, are stated as follows in the Journal of the Society, 
part 4, 1918. (a) To encourage the inhabitants of South Africa 
to take an active part in the progress and development of the 
National Botanic Gardens at Kirstenbosch, and to induce them 
to appreciate their responsibilities therein. (6b) To augment the 
Government grants towards developing, improving, and maintain- 
ing fully equipped botanical gardens, laboratories, experimental 
gardens, etc., at Kirstenbosch. (c) To organize shows at which 
may be displayed the results of botanical experiments or cultural 
skill in improving the different varieties of South African flora. 
(d) To enlighten and instruct the members on botanical subjects 
by means of meetings, lectures, and conferences, and by the 
distribution of literature. 
Rose Fete at Bourges—The annual Rose fete held on the 
16th of June last ‘by the French Society of Rose Cultivators, took 
on the color of a great Franco-American day on which consider- 
able funds were realized for the various war relief bureaux under 
the protection of the Public Subscription Committee of the Amer- 
ican Red Cross. The affair was a great success. Beginning 
with an exhibition of roses in the garden of the Hotel de Ville 
(City Hall), designed by Le Notre under Louis XIV, the day 

