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In this connection, the education features, as well as the 
decorative value of the Iris Garden and the Rose Garden, 
should be considered. The highly ornamental value of the 
irises and their location at so public a position as the south 
entrance, will necessarily attract great attention, and such 
a variety as 350 forms of a single class of the genus cannot 
fail to prove instructive, even to the casual visitor. The 
same is true, even in a greater degree, of the Rose Garden, 
representing as it will do, many species as well as varieties. 
Ample provision has been made for the establishment 
of a temporary Convention Garden, to be maintained this 
summer in connection with the annual Convention of the 
Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticul- 
turists, the Society to provide the necessary funds. An 
admirable location has been selected and prepared for the 
accommodation of a large attendance. The suggestion of 
possible permanent maintenance of such a display garden 
is well worthy of consideration. 
A proposition to establish an experimental garden for 
drug culture, in connection with the College of Pharmacy, 
which is to provide the necessary funds through special 
subscription in the drug trade, has been considered, and 
we await the necessary action by that institution. 
The year has shown much activity in publication. The 
most notable event in this connection is the completion of 
Volume 9 of North American Flora, the first volume to be 
completed. The last parts of another volume are nearly 
ready for publication. Complete success has attended the 
inauguration of our new journal, Addisonia. Not only has 
the first volume met with a flattering general reception, but 
the number of subscriptions has already rendered its pub- 
lication self-supporting. 
Another notable publication is Vol. 6 of the Memoirs, 
which embodies the collection of papers presented at our 
Twentieth Anniversary Celebration. It is a volume that 
will take a high and permanent position in botanical liter- 
ature. 
