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NOTES, NEWS AND COMMENT 
Through the kindness of Mrs. Britton, the library has received 
a set of The Encyclopaedia Britannica, eleventh edition, handy 
volume issue. This set will be placed in a specially prepared 
case which will stand at the left of the entrance to the stack room, 
Professor W. C. Coker, of the University of North Carolina, 
visited the Garden late in July and remained during a part of 
August to consult the herbarium and library. Professor Coker 
is especially interested at this time in the larger fungi of North 
Carolina 
excursion to the Garden for some of the students at the 
t 
were met by four members of the Garden staff and conducted 
through portions of the grounds and buildings. 
ravages of the tussock moth are unusually severe this 
t € sof 
September and should be destroyed during the winter 
A set of plants from the northwestern Himalayas has recently 
been incorporated in the Garden herbarium. These specimens 
: ion 
ry: 
1913 by Mr. Ralph R. Stewart, of Gordon College, Rawalpindi, 
Ga r . Stewar Ss 
been a student for several years 
r. J. N. Rose, of the Carnegie Institution, spent July at the 
ee devoting the time to studies in cacti, with the codpera- 
tion of Dr. 
