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Dec. 7. ‘Some Floral and Scenic Features of Jamaica,” 
by Dr. M. A. Howe. 
Dec. 14. “The Vegetation of Southern Florida,” by 
Mr. G. V. Nash. 
ScHoot Lectures 
The usual lectures and demonstrations were given in the 
autumn to the public school children of the 4B and 5B 
grades, of the Borough of the Bronx, under the auspices of 
the Board of Education, as follows: 
Grade 4B 
Lecture I, “Cultivation of Plants,” by Mr. George V. 
Nash, was given to groups of pupils in the morning and 
afternoon of October 28. 
Lecture II, “‘Seedless Plants,’ by Dr. Marshall A. Howe, 
in the morning of November 7. 
Grade 5B 
Lecture I, “Classification of Plants,” by Dr. N. L. 
Britton, in the morning and afternoon of October 24. 
Lecture II, “Woody Plants and Plants without Wood,” 
by Dr. F. J. Seaver, in the morning and afternoon of Oc- 
tober 30. 
Lecture III, “Plant Products,” by Dr. H. H. Rusby, in 
the morning and afternoon of November 4. 
Scientific Meetings 
The monthly Conferences of members of the staff and 
students have been continued, and a report of each meeting 
has been published in the current number of the JourRNAL. 
The Torrey Botanical Club has met each month as usual 
in the morphological laboratory of the museum building. 
Members of the American Association of Museums, on the 
occasion of its seventh annual meeting, held in New York 
City, were the guests of the Garden on June 7. 
The Horticultural Society of New York, in cooperation 
