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the College of Pharmacy, of Columbia University, and one of 
the editors of the Practical Druggist. 
September 1. Dr. Edgar W. Olive, as curator of public in- 
struction. Details of Dr. Olive’s appointment were published in 
the Garden Recorp for October, 1912. He came to the Garden 
from South Dakota, where he was state botanist, and professor 
of botany in the State College. Until the work assumes larger 
proportions, Dr. Olive is also serving as plant pathologist for 
the Garden. 
September 1. Mr. Cullen Adlerblum as garden aid. Mr. 
Adlerblum graduated from the College of the City of New York 
in June, 1912, and served as student assistant in the Garden 
from July 1 to September 1, without salary. 
Trips 
From March 19-21 the director of the Garden was in Phila- 
delphia, on leave of absence, representing the Garden and also 
serving as delegate of the University of Missouri and of the 
‘Torrey Botanical Club at the celebration in honor of the one 
hundredth anniversary of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural 
Sciences. 
On May 9 a visit was made to Pittsburgh to inspect the 
Phipps Hall of Botany and the Phipps Conservatories. A full 
report of this trip, including a description of the work carried 
on at the Phipps Hall in co-operation with the botanical instruc- 
tion in the local high schools, is printed in the Garden RErcorpD 
for July, 1912. 
On July 8, 1912, the director and the curator of plants 
visited the botanic garden at the Central Experimental Farm of 
the Dominion Government, at Ottawa, Canada, and the labora- 
tories at McGill University, Montreal. At Ottawa arrangements 
were made for obtaining a number of plants as an exchange 
courtesy, and at Montreal many suggestions were obtained that 
will be of mvterial help in planning the details of our own 
laboratories. 
The curator of plants spent the week af June 3 at the Arnold 
Arboretum, studying their collections and arranging for securing 
cuttings of shrubs for our Garden. n his return trip a visit 
was made to the botanic garden of Smith College. On June 
30 Mr. Borin, head gardener, and Mr. Lemborg, gardener, went 

