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Porphyra is protein, so that it is a rich food, which apparently is 
more than can be said of most of the seaweeds. The Porphyra 
crop in Japan is worth about $300,000 annually. 
Eas kinds of marine algae, other than those here men- 
Pacific coast will soon yield even richer harvests than do the 
seaweeds of 
MarsHatt A. Howe 
BIRDS IN THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN 
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s a mocking-bird that first attracted a number of bird 
the New Y 
Located at the northern boundary of the Carolinian zone, the 
Garden should share also in those other uncommon visitors from 
the Southland, fies cardinal, Carolina wren, blue-gray gnat- 
cata and tufted titmouse. Except the last, all these have 
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oriole. My Lord Baltimore, not uncommon here as in other 
