when the crop of 'acorns is light. These attractive little animals 

 have thus been forced to acquire new habits and obtain their 



description has been destroyed. The season about New York 



at Yama Farms, in the southern foothills of the Catskill Moun- 

 tains, a number of species have been quite abundant. The 

 sweet-scented species above referred to, which occurs occasionally 

 in the Botanical Garden, has a fragrance much like that of 



this species, B. luteus, which is also edible, appeared several y< 

 ago under the pines near Conservatory Range I and has si 

 spread about the base of individual trees, especially on 

 northern side, until basketfuls of it may be collected after 



