EAVES ABSENT . 
RS USUALLY WITH TUBES * 
GEREUS ECHINOGACTUS 
EPIPHYLLUM RHIPSALIS 
Fic. 8. Label on ground glass in the Conservatory. One of several of 
this type recently installed. December 5. (6622.) 
Assistance 
Miss Maud Purdy, became curatorial assistant on January 1, 
and has been occupied with drawing and microscopic work, in- 
cluding embedding, principally of Frankenias. She also made a 
number of detailed sectional studies of flowers. 
Miss Alexandra Dodd, curatorial assistant, resigned November 
t, 1928. Miss Belle Burr, a graduate of Wellesley College, came 
as curatorial assistant in September, 1928. 
Labels and Signs 
Labels and signs were made by our labeler, Mr. John Mc- 
Callum, as follows: 
