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The unusually mild autumn has prolonged the flowering season 
of a number of species of herbaceous plants in the garden. During 
the last week in November and the first week in December, the 
common tansy and Rosa rugosa were both in flower, also some 
shrubs of Forsythia. The first killing frost was on the night of 
December 7 and 8. 
During November the Garden received from the New York 
Botanical Garden a gift of about 123 potted plants. These repre- 
sent a large number of families and genera, and make a very 
desirable nucleus for the conservatory collections. Among the 
more rare and interesting plants are Schizocarpa and Tacca, of 
the Taccaceae. There is also a general collection illustrating the 
- palms, some relatives of the arrow-root, the pineapple family, and 
some of the epiphytic cacti. 
The Musewm Bulletin of the Staten Island Association of Arts 
and Sciences, for December, 1913, records the resignation of Mr. 
Charles Louis Pollard as curator-in-chief of the Museum, and the 
election of Dr. Arthur Hollick, now curator of fossil plants at 
the New York Botanical Garden, to succeed him. Mr. Pollard will 
devote himself to work with the Boy Scouts of America, as 
Deputy Scout Commissioner for Staten Island. 
