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cember, leave of absence was granted to Miss Jean A. Cross, 
assistant curator of elementary instruction, for reconstruction 
service in France during 1919. Miss Cross will sail in January 
with the Wellesley Unit, under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. 
Subscriptions to Liberty Bonds, Red Cross, et al—In the Red 
Cross drive of May 20-27, for subscriptions to the Second War 
Fund of the American Red Cross, 100 per cent. of the employees 
of the Garden were enrolled as subscribers, the total amount of 
the subscription being $225.20. This does not represent the total 
amount subscribed by our employees, but only the portion of 
their total subscriptions placed through the Garden office. 
Subscriptions to the Fourth Liberty Loan.—Subscriptions to 
the Fourth Liberty Loan from members of the staff and other 
employees amounted to a total of $3,250.00. Of our monthly 
employees 82+ per cent. subscribed to this loan. 
The figures for subscriptions placed through the Garden office, 
for all four loans, are as follows: 



Per Cent, Per Cent. 
Amount All Monthly Employees Scientific Staft 
TS tess ATi iiaaees nc ie 2,5 51 100 
2d es es te RT oe fea 1,800 5so+ 100 
3d SRE Olah BEI RN 2,550 55 100 
theese os a tcemeee eee 3,250 82+ 100 
AEC tells. 4 ene gee $10,100 61-+- 100 
The above figures do not represent the total amounts sub- 
scribed by employees of the Garden,as many of our people placed 
subscriptions through other organizations, as well as through 
the Garden. 
Coal Shortage-——The Garden started the winter season of 
1917-18 with 466 tons of coal on hand, when the fires were 
lighted in the heating plant, on October 1, 1917. Part of this 
coal (about 225 tons) was stored in the coal cellar, and the re- 
mainder (241 tons) in the yard north of the coal cellar, between 
the laboratory building and the Washington Ave. street fence. 
Planks were laid under the coal, and retaining fences of boards 
were built along the fence and next the building. The first 
month of the year was the most severe January, in point of low 
temperatures, in the history of the Weather Bureau. Excessive 

