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front of the large greenhouse, and the black sain was in 
ud in the Herbaceous Garden, almost ready to 0 a 
Fruticetum, two ki ae of pussy w willow. had me out tl 
catkins, and white. The hazel Cae 
‘ontica) was seen a. there, with its staminate catkins shedding 
pollen from its long drooping catkin 
On a recent visit, Dr. Cristébal M. ean oe to the 
Garden a set of his Papuan tens: Dr. Hicken is one of the most 
distinguished bot: h America and in one 
of its leading universities at Buenos Aires, Argentina: He has 
been in the United States as a delegate from Argentina to the 
Pan-American Scientific Congress recently held in Washington. 
d J. Seaver spent three days during the early part of 
f such species were made, with the permission of the State 
Botanist, and filed away in the Garden collections. 
f the first shrubs in the Fruticetum to blossom is Ham- 
would ae puts forth its pei in the spring. The fourth 
