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r. John K, Small, head curator, recently returned from an 
extended collecting trip in southern Florida. 
The herbarium has been enriched by a collection of over five 
the Garden staff, during his ane of Amboina, under the 
An illustrated book on the fern-plants of tropical Florida 
(Ferns of Tropical Florida), has recently been published by 
Dr. John K. Small. The text is from observations and notes 
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habitat, geographic distribution, and the date of the rene 
of each species in Florida follow the description. 
Vol. of the Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club, 
sisting - the Proceedings of the Semi-Centennial ae at 
the Club, was issued on June 10. The volume has 496 printed 
pages and 15 plates, besides numerous text-figures. Contri- 
butions by members of the Garden staff include “Torrey Botan- 
ical Club Reminiscences,” by Dr. Natheniel Lord Britton; “ Tor- 
y Botanical Club Reminiscences,” by Dr. Arthur Hollick; 
i by Dr. Jo 
ng iat 
Delaware Water Gap,” by DE William A ; ‘‘Life-History 
Studies in Sclerotinia,” by Dr. F. J. oe i Pro: T 
Horne; ‘‘The Individuality of the Bean Pod as Compared with 
that of the Bean Mee by Helene M. Boas; and “Statistical 
Flower Nu 
Kin on of Variability, ” by Dr. A. B. Stout and Helene M. Boas. 
