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NOTES, NEWS AND COMMENT 
se, of the va ayaa Washington, 
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a large part of May at the Garden in continuation 
. the cactus oe which he and se Britton are interested in. 
The large collection of herbarium specimens recently secured 
in the Isle of Pines, Cuba, by Dr. and Mrs. Britton and Mr. 
Percy Wilson, are arte mounted, studied, and incorporated in 
the permanent collection 
Living plants and herbarium specimens representing many of 
r. Wilson and Dr. “Pennell of the Garden staff. 
Professor H. H. ee and Dr. Edgar Ole spent a c 
Rico. Professor J. C. Arthur was at the Garden on May 6 and 
7 to participate in the studie 
n attempt is being made to renew the labels upon the books 
in the library, many of which have become nearly illegible 
through fading and long use. 
s A. Hibbard, of West Roxbury, emanate visited 
myc 
; $ accus 
summers in New Hampshire collecting and studying the ae 
fleshy fungi. Lactaria Hibbardae was named for her by Dr. Peck 
A National Botanic Garden has been established near Cape 
Af i 
Town, South Africa, which bids fair to become world-famous, 
for the reason that the site, under the shadow of Table Moun- 
