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advantage during the week following the receipt of the notice. 

 The first Bulletin read : " In bloom ; nearly 45,000 Crocuses, 

 6,000 Winter Aconite, 3,000 Snowdrops." The second Bulletin 

 issued read: " Now in bloom : 18,000 Yellow Daffodils." About 

 one week later: " 15,000 Poet's Narcissus, 8.000 Tulips. Japa- 

 nese cherries." The third, issued A lay 22, " Wisteria in the Japa- 

 nese Garden, Bearded Iris in Japanese Garden and along Brook, 

 Rock Garden. Next week, Rhododendrons near the lake." It 

 is planned to issue three or four bulletins each spring and fall. 

 Each carries a standing notice concerning Docentrv Service. 



Distribution of Plants. — In the spring of 1924 the Garden found 

 itself, for the first time, in position to distribute surplus living 

 plant material to members. In Alarch of that year a post card 

 notice was sent notifying members that roots of 20 varieties of 

 Michaelmas Daisies (horticultural varieties of wild Asters) were 

 available in limited quantity. About 1,000 plants were distrib- 

 uted on March 27 and 28 to about 79 members. 



The second distribution of Asters occurred on April i, 2, and 

 3 of the current year, 765 roots being supplied to 74 members. 

 The demand exceeded the supply and roots of Boltonia and Phlox 

 were substituted. The third distribution was of Canna roots on 

 May 7 and 8, when 728 bulbs of our choice varieties were dis- 

 tributed to 72 members. 



Botanic Garden Wreath for Bust of Asa Gray. — On the after- 

 noon of May 21 a bust of the noted American botanist, Asa Gray, 

 by the sculptor, Chester Beach, was unveiled at the Hall of Fame 

 at New York University, University Heights, Bronx. The bust 

 was donated by The Gray Herbarium, of Harvard University, 

 and friends and relatives of Gray. The presentation was made 

 by Miss Katharine P. Loring, a niece of Mrs. Asa Gray, and the 

 unveiling was by !Miss Alice A. Gray, a niece of Professor Gray. 

 The speakers were Dr. Charles W. Eliot, President-emeritus of 

 Harvard University, whose tribute was delivered by the phono- 

 film, and Prof. Benjamin L. Robinson, curator of the Gray Her- 

 barium since 1892 and, since 1900, Asa Gray professor of sys- 

 tematic botany in Harvard. By invitation of the Director of the 

 Hall of Eanie, Dr. Robert Underwood Johnson, the Brooklyn 



