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ree fruits ripened this year on the Chinese wax gourd, 
Benincasa cerifera. They are cylindric, about one foot long by 
half as thick, with white flesh and seeds. 
F John. K. Small, Sa curator, det for Hone oven rer 20, 
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to cover several thousand miles in northern Florida and the pen 
insula. The principal objects of the trip are the securing af 
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propagating houses. Studies will be continued on the zamias, 
cacti, and spider lilies now installed in the reservations of Mr. 
Charles Deering near Miami 
An excellent set of seventy sample pa ae of species of 
Clavaria, principal genus of the coral-fungi, has recently been 
sent to the Garden herbarium by Professor W. C. Coker, of the 
Uaeniyy of North Carolina, who is the author of the latest 
ok on this interesting family of fungi. These specimens will 
be very valuable for determining new material in this group. 
The tulip planting season ended November 15, when a total 
of 80,550 bulbs had been placed in the ground. These are all 
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proximately half are Darwins, cupy 
flower beds of the Horticultural Grounds. The rest include 
Breeders, Cottage, and Double and Single Earlies in 85 varieties, 
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students of the Garden I hall of the Museum 
Building on the afternoon of November 7. Dr. A. B. Stout 
It is planned to publish an abstract of this report in a late 
number of this Journal. 
Meteorology for October. The total precipitation for the mo 
was 4.29 inches, all of Bas ie slight traces) at ae th 
day of the 14th. The ma: 
