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anticipated the greater summer heat would be more likely to 
retard or prevent the development of the tree than any cold 
weather wou 
The ieee conte outed by the New York State Conservation 
‘ordham Hospital, if the plantation succeeds, it will become a 
pleasing feature to patients, and the aroma of the pine on winds 
blowing toward the hospital will be of hygienic benefit. 
In this connection, it may be reported that the white pine 
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been provided with signs at intervals, bearing the teens 
“Demonstration White Pine Plantation, Conservation Com- 
mission, State of New York,’’ and the new red pine plantation 
has now been similarly labeled. 
N. L. Britron. 
SPRING INSPECTION OF aoa BUILDINGS 
AND COLLECTION 
300 members and their guests participated in the spring 
eens of grounds, buildings and collections on the afternoon 
Ma: : party assembled at the Botanical Garden 
Sara Plaza at three o’clock, and viewed there the eae 
for planting anew dahlia garden, which is to extend from 
the flower gardens, and entering house 6, where Dr. Stout called 
