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imported moth is doing a great deal of damage to the pines, 
ages the dwarf pines. A large number of infected shoots 
e been gathered ae destroyed with the hope of checking 
. insect. 
ican Genetic Association i is offering $100 for infor- 
e issue of 
interesting and well illustrated article on the papaw, which is 
designated as “the most neglected American fruit.’ 
. A. Rydberg spent two weeks during June at National 
mpo 
y 
sitae and the tribe Psoraliae of the Papilionaceae. oe eat 
of these studies will be embodied in future numbers of North 
American Flora. 
About four hundred biology pupils from the Evander Childs 
High School, accompanied by their teachers, came to the Garden 
on June 22 for special study of certain ore aera a 
schedule and series of exercises das =e r. Paul B. Mann. 
The b f Ae Garden 
and conducted in groups of forty through the public coa- 
ee herbaceous grounds, ec ic tion 
m, after which they enjoyed an illustrated lecture 
on ry given in the lecture hall by Mr. George itt. 
hem again in the autumn 
Meterology for June.—The total eee for the month 
was 4.05 inches. Maximum temperatures for each week were 
81° on the 6th, on the 13th, 76° on the ee and 86° on the 
The minimum te ratures were 50° on the Io » 53° 
m temperat 
on ihe 16th, 45° on the 22d, and 55° on the 27th. The simusually 
