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NOTES, NEWS AND COMMENT 
Meteorolog : ad July: The total precipitation for the month 
was 7.09 in The maximum temperatures recorded for 
h week were as follows: 86° on the 8th, 92° on the 13th, 92° on 
ie 18th and 88° on the 24th. The minimum temperatures were: 
° on the 6th, 58° on the 15th, 61° on the 21st and 57° on th esolh. 
The small wooden bridge across the Bronx River in the upper 
be replaced by a modern stone affair will still find an agreeable 
subject for their skill. 
. E. van Slogteren, a plant pathologist of eae Holland, 
visited the Garden on June 2. He represented th e bulb growers 
of Holland at the recent conference in Washington where bulb 
diseases and restricted importation were discussed. 
The New York Botanical Garden, in cooperation with the 
Horticultural Society of New York, held an exhibition of gladi- 
olus in the museum building on Saturday and Sunday, August 
19th and 20th, from ro A.M. till 5 P.M. There wasa beautiful 
display of these popular flowers in many varieties. At the time 
of the show many of the visitors also inspected the Garden plan- 
tation of gladiolus at ay horticultural grounds where some 200 
Varieties were in blo 
Dr. Kilpatrick's class in nature- agai: inspected portions 
of the grounds on June 3 under the lance of a member of 
the staff. The members were eee interested in the new 
rock garden and iris garden 
Prof. John W. Harshberger with a class of thirteen students 
in aN trom Cold Spring Harbor, paid the Garden a visit 
on July 
Dr. A. B. Stout of the Garden staff spent the latter part of 
