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Marshall A. Howe of the New York Botanical Garden, Ba 
senting the Torrey Botanical Club; and Augustus O. Bourn, 
a member of the Torrey Botanical Club, who will act as ee 
adviser 
ral y I f pines have suffered so severely 
fom ire of fe see moth (Evetria buoliana) that it 
s feared that Bae ae Hee to be removed entirely from 
on owever, thi 
ie collectio: the past two seasons, h r, this 
e (Pinus “iuahns) ‘ras. shown a decided Fala and 
many of th Whether 
this is due to the appearance of some new natural enemy o 
the insect or to other causes it is difficult to say. Last season 
attacks of what t appeared to be the same insect were a in 
the plantation of red pines (Pinus resinosa). The det nation 
of the insect was later confirmed by the State oe who 
pra 
"Metorln a July. cane total Salles for the month 
Th um temperat 
peratures were 57.5° on the 7th and on the Sth, on the < 
58° on the 2oth and 57° on the 24th. 
