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As a result the Federation asked the Botanic Garden to give a 

 course on that subject at the Garden. Fourteen registered for a 

 course of 5 lectures. 



Visitors to the Garden during the first six months of the year 

 have included Dr. and ^irs. Ephraim Flareubeni, of Jerusalem. 

 Dr. Hareubeni has made a thorough study of the flora of Pales- 

 tine and has had on exhibit in New York a large collection of 

 herbarium specimens of Palestinian plants. It is his plan to 

 establish a botanic garden in Jerusalem with branch gardens in 

 other cities. 



Also (on April 3) Prof. Dr. Hans Molisch, professor of plant 

 physiology at the University of Menna, and for the past two 

 years exchange professor at the Imperial University at Sendai, 

 Japan; Prof. Edith A. Roberts, Vassar College (Feb. 14); 

 Charles S. Lewis, Secy., American Fern Society (Feb. 14). 



Biology in High Sclwols. — The editor was recently asked by a 

 college presiden^t why biology was not " holding its own " in high 

 schools and colleges today. The reply was that the question in- 

 volved an incorrect assumption, since biology and biological sub- 

 jects such as botany, zoology, and human physiology and hygiene 

 are not only holding their own but are now increasing, both as 

 to number of schools where taught, and number of students tak- 

 ing such subjects either as elective or as required studies. The 

 following item in a recent issue of School Life is in harmony 

 with the latter view. 



" Biology, according to a study of science in California reported 

 in the University High School Journal, has made rapid develop- 

 ment in that State within the past few years. In 1907-8 biology 

 appeared in only two high schools. In 1922-23 it was given in 

 59.5 per cent of the schools and is still on the increase. General 

 science, more evenly distributed than any other science except 

 physics and chemistry, appears in 96.4 per cent of schools with 

 an enrollment of 1,000 or over." 



Paper from Rubber Latex. — A series of leaflets published by 

 the Conservator of Forests, Federated Malay States and Straits 

 Settlements, in connection with exhibits at the British Empire Ex- 

 hibition at Wembley, are printed on paper made from the milky 



