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one with two blossoms and the other with one. But a few 
stations are known for this species and it has been found only 
sparingly and at long intervals. Drawings by Miss Coker and 
photographs by Miss Kittredge were made and compared with 
its closely related congener, I. verticillata, which was also found 
growing in the same locality and blossoming at the same time. 
The board of managers and the ladies’ auxiliary of the New 
York Zodlogical Society held a very successful garden party in 
the New York Zodlogical Park on Thursday afternoon, May 16 
from the U.S. Navy Yard in Brooklyn, French posters appealing 
for “‘liberty loans,” and various trophies brought from the French 
ront by Curator William Beebe, gave a war-time atmosphere 
to the affair. Among the guests, the staff of the New Yor 
Botanical Garden was represented by Mrs. N. L. Britton and 
Dr. Marshall A. Howe 
nservation lectures, under the auspices of the Caroline and 
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as Arbor Day talks to the children of several of the Public Schools 
of the Bronx. Miss Kittredge assisted, taking charge of the 
colored lantern slides. The students of Evander Childs High 
rae told them that the cost of keeping the parks of the Bronx 
clean last year amounted to as much as $25,000. He deplored 
the lack of civic pride and cleanliness and pleaded for more 
codperation from the people who enjoy the parks; stating that 
so much could be done for the children if this sum of money could 
be devoted to a better purpose. 
Meteorology for April-—1 —The total precipitation for the month 
was 2.36 inches, of which about 0.3 of an inch (three inches snow 
Measurement) fell as snow. The maximum temperatures re- 
