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Valley and eventually to Medellin. Excursions will be made 
u 
the almost unknown northern Cordillera Occi- 
dentél in late August and September 
ver a hundred Girl Scouts from Bronx House, led by Miss 
Merchin and several able assistants, made a tour of the Garden 
on Saturday, March 25, under the guidance of members of the 
staff. They were joined by a visiting troop from Brooklyn. 
Professor C. R. Orton of Pennsylvania State College has been 
spending a few days at the Garden looking over literature 
relative to his work on North American fungi of the genus 
Phyllachora 
Miss Silence Rowlee recently spent several days at the Garden 
looking over and de ee the fungi collected by Professor 
W. W. Rowlee and H. E. Stork of Cornell reves in Costa 
Rica. The list will be published in Mycol 
Dr. Small expects to leave on April 13th for a botanical trip 
in Florida where he will continue his explorations. 
A pecs is spas: built for the new fence along Pelham 
Avenue. The iron fence along Southern Boulevard is being 
nted. The ground aang the Mansion is being leveled to 
improve the eee effec 
ean for March: The total eu aes for the month 
s 4.85 inches, of which 0.35 of an inch (3 and % inches by 
snow measurement) fell as snow. The maximum temperatures 
recorded for each week were as follows: 52° on the 3rd, 57 
the 12th, 59° on the 14th and 77° on the 26th. The minimum tem- 
peratures were : 15° on the rst, 25° on the gth, 18° on the 18th 
and 25° on the 23rd. Ice disappeared from the middle lake in 
ne night following the 15th. 
