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PUBLICATIONS IN THE CITY RECORD OF OFFICIAL 
APPR 
BOTANIC GARDEN, FOR 1911. 
Board of Estimate: 
Approved October 31, 1910. (City Record, Nov. 15, 1910.) 
Board of Aldermen: 
Approved Noy. 22, 1910. (City Record, Nov. 29, 1910.) 
The Mayor: 
In papers approved week ending Dec. 24, 1910, as follows: 
ITEMS oF THE Tax BupcEt oF THE BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN, 
APPROPRIATED BY THE Crry oF NEW YORK FOR IQIT. 
Seilbvcies,-ainlal. SiZiOS. 5 gad pone bore e a $10,000.00 
Wenecralesippliccmencs ee ar on eem eect 4,000.00 
TED (cl Pani ey cer Se eR ae 300.00 
Mieleimonme "SeuviCe 2.4 ocean eee ee 50.00 
@ontmecncless wrk nes aa ee 200.00 
NOTES 
The Garden was honored, on November 1, by a visit from 
Prof. W. lL. Johannsen, Professor of Plant Physiology in the 
University of Copenhagen; and on October 23, by a visit from 
Prof. George F. Atkinson, Professor of Botany in Cornell 
University. 
During November, 1910, Dr, Caroline Rumbold, special col- 
laborator of the United States Department of Agriculture, con- 
sulted with members of the Garden Staff. Dr. Rumbold is 
assisting in the work of the Chestnut Blight Commission of 
Pennsylvania. 
Fifteen seedlings and two larger oe of the giant red- 
wood, Sequoia gigantea, the gift of Mr. Alfred T. White, are 
doing well in the nursery. 
The Garden Library has received a copy of the first edition 
(London, 1862) of Darwin’s “Fertilization of Orchids,” pre- 
sented by Mr. Alfred T. White. 
Messrs. McKim, Mead & White, architects of the Laboratory 
and Instruction Building and the plant houses, are preparing 
