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garden, iris earder and hemlock grove. The visit closed a 
four o’clock with a lecture on the growing of dahlias and a 
demonstration of the most approved methods of planting them. 
The Garden is esas ye a series of lectures on gardening 
from Station W.E.A.F. in the American Telephone & Telegraph 
Building. These ee are given every Neca ee at 
eleven o'clock by Mr. K. R. Boynton, Dr. Howe and other 
A testimonial dinner was tendered to Dr. H. H. Rusbv at the 
Hotel Pennsylvania on April 16 at which fe was ea with 
the fourth Remington Honor medal 
Dr. h few days in Washington d the latter 
part . May inspecting the library of the Bureau of Plant 
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ee for April. The total precipitation for the month 
4° on the 26th. The minimum tem eratures were 11.: 
the 1st, 32° on the 2nd and on the 3rd, 28° on the 1oth, 31° on 
the 18th and 37° on the 26th. Ice disappeared from the middle 
lake on the 3rd 
ACCESSIONS 
Museum anp HERBARIUM 
16 specimens of grasses from Alaska. (By exchange with the United States 
Department of Agriculture.) 
2 specimens of Galinsoga parvifloru fron Florida, (By exchange with Mr. 
Severin Rapp.) 
3 specimens of flowering plants from Massachusetts. (Given by Dr. H. M. 
Denslow. 
913 specimens of Howering plants from British Guiana. (Collected by Mr. 
J. S. De la Cruz.) 
f i i f Ecuador. (From the herba- 
rium of Edouard And 
1 photograph of Heuchers “Rupeti from Alabama. (Given by Dr. R. M. 
Harper.) 
