5l6 MEMOIRS OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN 



Before seeds begin to scatter, cut off the tops excepting a few 

 for seed and study. 



In his weed garden, the writer made a start in growing some 

 parasitic fungi. As Gytmiosporangium macropus does not grow 

 on red cedar in central Michigan, the writer induced our mutual 

 friend, Dr. Byron D. Halsted, to send him from New Jersey a 

 few young cedars infested with the coveted cedar apples. For 

 two years he made an unsuccessful attempt to infest the young 

 leaves of a red astrachan apple tree, demonstrating the fact that 

 this variety of apple is immune to this pest. 



Securing red cedars from New Jersey reminds me of an incident 

 worth mentioning at this time: some years ago Dr. Britton, the 

 honored director of the New York Botanical Garden, visited the 

 wilds of central Michigan and noticed that the red cedars there had 

 bushy tops, unlike the conical tops of those in New Jersey and 

 surrounding country. Beside the cedars received from Dr. Hal- 

 sted were planted half a dozen cedars from the river bank at 

 Michigan Agricultural College. The two lots of cedars have 

 grown side by side and are now twelve feet high. The tops of all 

 are alike bushy, not appearing as though sheared to a conical 

 shape. 



In conclusion, this small garden was much frequented by visitors 

 from far and near. The writer recalls a single comment made 

 by each of two men, B. T. Galloway, long the successful chief of 

 the Bureau of Plant Industry, "I want a garden at Washington 

 like this and larger." The other was Robert Warington, director 

 of the experimental farm so long famous for the work of Lawes 

 and Gilbert of England, in looking at the plats of grass, Mr. 

 Warington said: "How pure they are." 



The writer had the oversight of this garden for thirty-three 

 years; it took less than three years for his successors to reduce the 

 number of species one half or more. 



