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ume, North American Cup-fungi (Operculates), in December, 

 1928. The talk was illustrated with numerous photographs and 

 sketches. 



A. B. Stout, 

 Secretary of the Conference. 



A GLANCE AT CURRENT LITERATURE 1 



In a report of recent studies in plant propagation conducted by 

 the Agricultural Experiment Station at Cornell University, L. C. 

 Chadwick describes the influence of chemicals, of the medium, and 

 of the position of the basal cut on the rooting of evergreen and de- 

 ciduous cuttings. Valuable tables and diagrams relating to a large 

 number of different species and the manner of treating them are 

 given in the paper, which has been issued as Bulletin j~i. 



Readers of the Gardeners' Chronicle for December 9 will be en- 

 vious of Lady Londonderry, in whose garden at Mt. Stewart, Ire- 

 land, is a large bed of Meconopsis violacea. The plants, the first 

 of which were found in Upper Burma by F. Kingdon Ward, are 

 growing three and a half feet high and blooming with an abundance 

 of large violet-colored flowers with orange anthers. They are re- 

 ported to be seeding themselves freely, and seem successfully estab- 

 lished in their new home. 



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The 1933 Lily Year Book published by the Royal Horticultural 

 Society of London, contains an article by Dr. A. B. Stout, of The 

 New York Botanical Garden, in which are summed up the present 

 results of his work in the study of sterility in lilies. He describes 

 different types of sterility and lists cases of interspecific sterility 

 and fertility among lilies. The paper is followed by a report of the 

 discussion which took place when it was read at a London meeting. 



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"When Winter Comes to the Garden" is the subject of an inter- 



1 All publications mentioned here — and many others — are to be found in 

 the Library of The New York Botanical Garden, in the Museum Building. 



