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duck left the nest, led all her young into the water and across 
a narrow strip of land to the lily-pond, where she and her brood 
were seen for the last time in the Botanical Garden 
Possibly the black ducks were from the Zoological Park and 
arly reappeared a day after the nest was deserted by the family 
and could be seen sitting on or swimming near the nest for 
several days following. Just what his baie were it is hard t 
ia Was he resting up after so much guard-duty, mourning 
ver a Sta home or only taking a ce amid quiet sur- 
ees 
—R.S. W. 
THE IRIS SOCIETY EXHIBITION 
The third annual exhibition of the American Iris Society was 
held at the Garden May 27 and 28, in cooperation with the New 
Yi The unusally early spring necessi the advance of 
the date by one a se eve the irises of New Jersey 
and Pennsylvania beyond their Nevertheless, 
pri 
there was an ex lien : pe which see large numbers 
of interested visitors. The annual meeting of the Iris Society 
was held May 27 at the mansion, following a lunch for the mem- 
i e 
as possible, so that it a serve as a living catalog for a 
guidance of interested p 
Blooming just after ihe ane and before the roses, the irises 
now form one of the leading floral features of the Garden and 
