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is the provision, made at our last meeting, for the early 
publication of the first number of our new periodical with 
colored illustrations provided for by the bequest of our 
late President, Judge Addison Brown. 
Thirty-four public lectures have been delivered on Satur- 
day afternoons during the year. No one can scrutinize 
the subjects included in the list of these lectures without 
being impressed with their great importance as an educa- 
tional element in this city. Subjects relating to agricul- 
ture and horticulture are: ‘‘ Flowers for the Spring Garden,” 
“A Rose Garden for Every Home,” ‘‘Dwarf Fruit Trees 
for Suburban Homes,” ‘‘Fungous Diseases of the Flower 
Garden,” ‘‘ Fighting the Gypsy Moth,” “‘Growing Seeds for 
the Farm and Garden,” and “The Possibilities of Nut 
Growing in New York.” Geographical lectures have 
treated of Porto Rico, Haiti, the Rocky Mountains, the 
Austro-Italian Frontier, and the Himalayas. Lectures 
relating to economic botany have included the following 
subjects: ‘“The Agriculture of the North American Indians,” 
“Mushrooms for Food,” ‘The Sources of Quinine,” 
“Economic Uses of Seaweeds,” and ‘“‘Correlations between 
Animals and Plants.” The Garden itself has been treated 
in lectures upon its library and its fossil plant collections. 
Public influence of a similar character has been exerted 
through the flower shows held in cooperation with the 
Horticultural Society of New York. Of these there have 
been three, besides one specially provided by Mr. T. A. 
Havemeyer. ‘These exhibitions were very largely attended. 
Our second spring inspection of buildings, grounds, and 
collections, fully reported in the Journal for May, was at- 
tended by more than four hundred persons. Our first 
autumn inspection was held this year and was also largely 
attended and greatly enjoyed. 
The report of Dr. Rose’s explorations in western South 
America, in the August number of the Journal, is a note- 
worthy publication. 
Work for the preservation of our native wild flowers has 
