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MIscELLANEOUS ITEMS 
Personal Activities of Other Members of the Department —During 
the summer, Miss Hester M. Rusk, Instructor, took a six weeks 
intensive course in genetics at Cornell University. During her 
vacation, Miss Hilda Vilkomerson, Curatorial Assistant, took 
courses in Morphology of Vascular Plants and in Physiography of 
New England at Columbia University. Miss Julia E. Best, 
School Service Assistant, has been working on the morphogenesis 
of the leaf of the cotton plant. She is collaborating in this work 
with Dr. G. S. Avery, of Connecticut College. 
Girl Scouts of Wallingford, Connecticut—During the summer 
the girl scouts of Wallingford visited the chestnut trial grounds at 
Hamden, Conn. I, in turn, visited their camp to the north of 
Wallingford, and talked to them about the various kinds of native 
trees and shrubs in the neighborhood of their camp, and also 
spoke on the relative values of different timbers for fuel. 
Postcard Bulletins were sent out as usual to members of the 
Garden: (Feb. 23) telling of the seed catalogs available for con- 
sultation in the library; (May 9) telling of the blossoming of 5000 
tulips in the beds bordering the experimental plot; and (May 14) 
announcing the distribution to members of the Garden of 2000 
young chrysanthemum plants and 1000 hardy perennials. 
Cooperation with New York City Park Department.—During the 
summer, at the request of Mr. Nelson M. Wells, Chief Planting 
Designer of the New York City Park Development, I assisted in 
the naming of trees along a path in Central Park where it is 
planned to have labels affixed to each species. 
Winter injury to the woody plants in the Garden.—In May and 
June I made a survey of the woody plants in the Garden to deter- 
mine the amount of damage apparent, as a result of the severe 
preceding winter. The data obtained from this survey were 
published in the July issue of the Botanic Garden Record. 
Bayonne Bridge Development.—In June, with Mr. W. Lynn 
McCracken, Secretary of the Staten Island Conservation Commis- 
sion, I visited the Staten Island approach to the new Bayonne 
Bridge, and made recommendations for planting and development. 
Brooklyn Girls Week.—In early May, in connection with the 
Brooklyn Girls Week, a mimeographed sheet describing the 
