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A set of over one hundred specimens of lichens from Montana 
has been incorporated in the lichen herbarium. These were 
collected on the eastern and western slopes of the Rocky Mountain 
Divide between the years 1887 and 1898 by Mr. R. S. Williams, 
who presented them to the Garden. 
Professor F. S. Earle has been sending a number of specimens 
of woody and fleshy fungi to the Garden herbarium from Porto 
Rico, where Mr. Edgar Nelson has now joined him. Regarding 
the gill-fungi, Professor Earle remarks, under date of December 
24, “They are certainly very rare in the region of Rio Piedras, 
being chiefly represented by species of Marasmius and Lepiota. 
They are very local and only appear when weather conditions 
are just right. I do not doubt, however, that the Island will yet 
afford a long list of them.” 
The unusually mild weather has caused the collecting season 
for fungi to be considerably prolonged. Friends of the Garden 
sent in a number of specimens for the herbarium which were col- 
lected in a fresh, growing condition during the c hristmas holidays 
and early in January. 
The second volume of H. L. Gerth Van Wijk’s Dictionary of 
Plant Names has recently reached the library. This work, which 
forms an index to the preceding volume, contains the vernacular 
hames in English, French, German and Dutch, as well as many 
hames in colonial use. The book, which is published by the 
Dutch Society of Sciences in Haarlem, should prove of consider- 
able value as a work of reference. 
Aleteorology for December-—The total precipitation for the 
month was 3.27 inches all of which fell as rain. The maximum 
temperatures recorded at the Garden for each week were 51° 
on the 8th, 57° on the 15th, 55° on the 20th, and 60° on the 23d. 
Minimum temperatures were 19° on the 2d and the 7th, 22° on 
the 11 and the roth, and 20° on the 29th. 
