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week were 78° on the 2nd, 74° on the roth, 72° on the 20th and 
68 tl h. e mi 
y h The imum temperatures were 37° on the 
th, 43° on the gt n the 17th and 32.5° on the 27th re 
was a light killing frost in limited areas during the night of the 
7th, when the t re 37°, and also on the morning of 
the 27th, when rature recorded at the station was 
he temp: 
32.5°, but neither of these injured the dahlias in the bor 
ee ting 
. Charles Frederick Millspaugh, Curator of the Depart- 
ment tof Botany in the F ie eld Museum of Chicago, since 1894, died 
. St Cai” Pai bP gaasakaaial ail (with N. [. Bitton) 
Bahama Flor. He accompanied New York Botanical 
Ciics eyo ions : the Behamesi in 1904, 1905, and 1907, and 
he was a frequent visitor at the Garden. Dr. Millspaugh com- 
bined an artistic touch with practical ingenuity. His display of 
plants and plant products in the Field Museum attracted great 
in the Fi eld Miuecun 4 is to bear his cand fu rther eee 
ments of I plans Sleft by him 
ACCESSIONS 
Museums AND HERBARIUM 
f fl | f North America. (By hange with 
the Missouri Botanical Garden.) 
I specimen of Trifolium hybridum from Florida. (Given by Mr. Severin 
Ra A 
ecimen of Anthericum from Texas. (By exchange with the United 
Staten’ National Museum. 
