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student i in college or university, and to the general nature- lover 
the coun 
than the publication of such a great illustrated work. 
Func PAINTED By Miss Mary E. Eaton 
For vibaka years, Miss oe has coe considerable une 
seum and in this ‘work she has shown a deleey and 
lection. During the winter, she expects to ane plates from 
these for publication in future numbers of Myco 
Ww. URRILL, 
Assistant Director. 
NOTES, NEWS AND COMMENT 
r. Farr returned to New York on December 23 fro 
Jamaica, where he spent several weeks in botanical ie 
Professor J. H. Faull, of Toronto University, recently spent 
nearly two weeks at the Garden in a study of herbarium material 
of the ees with special reference to collections made 
in Ont 
L. C. Griffith, of the Bureau of ee at Was: 
M iffi 
on, was a recent visitor at the Gar r. Griffith is a 
on Lo: d, where he is carryi investigations on the 
hickory bark-beetle and other destructive insects. e n 
is indebte riffith for many suggestions regarding the 
identity and treatment of insects affecting ornamental trees and 
shrubs. 
Dr. W. A. Murrill, Assistant Director, sear the Garden 
at the Second Pan-American Scientific Con s, held in Wash- 
ington, D. C., from December 27, 1915, to sai 8, IgI6. 
