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Fall Creek, which empties into Cayuga Lake. In a letter of 
Sept. 18, 1913, Prof. G, F. Atkinson, of Cornell, to whom we 
are indebted for the above information, writes: “It is prob- 
ably the planting at the mouth of Fall Creek which has produced 
the spores distributed by wind and wave action along the lake 
shore at that place, and also back into some of the old creek 
beds connected with Fall Creek; probably also at high water 
they have been carried over different parts of the marsh. It 
is reasonable to suppose, | think, that some spores have been 
carried down Cascadilla Creek, from Eddy Pond, and possibly 
some of the distribution over the marshes and along the w estern 
shore of the flats by the lake came from Eddy Pond. * * * 
The plants have now all been removed from Eddy Pond since 
grading has been done on the south side of that pond in mak- 
ing a small athletic field for the young women.” The fern 
behaves as a weed, and it was with some trepidation that 
it was introduced into our brook above the terminal pool. 
It has made a rapid growth, fruiting freely in August, and con- 
stant vigilance must be exercised to keep it from becoming a 
nuisance. ‘he plants have been placed in the swamp, near the 
west border, to form part of the hydrophytic collection of 
the ecological section. ‘Whey are planted near the edge of a deep 
pool, specially prepared so as to demonstrate the adjustment 
of the length of the petioles to the depth of water. This length 
may range from a few inches to several feet, according to the 
depth. 
Prof. Geo. F. Atkinson, of Cornell University, visited the 
Garden on Augtst IT. 
Dr. Homer D. House has recently been appointed Assist- 
ant to the State Botanist of New York, succeeding Mr. Stewart 
H. Burnham, of Glens Falls, N. Y., who resigned the position 
last spring. 
The extensive grading operations carried on in the Garden, 
both last season and this, have brought into troublesome, but 
