18 
All our species of a horn- 
beam in the Herbaceous Garden, the seeds of wee were equally 
favorites with myrtle warblers and sparrows. A red-eyed vireo 
nested close to the Long Bridge in the thicket of eee at 
the eastern e 
The record fae bird-nesting aes by man, comes from 
near Washington, fifty-nine pairs to an acre, but that included 
i th 
uebir 
and perhaps martins, would respond read ce if encouraged wit! 
artificial nesting places. It is worth a trial. 
F. F. H. 
CONFERENCE NOTES FOR DECEMBER 
e December conference of the Scientific Staff and Registered 
Students of the Garden was held in the oe of the museum 
building on Wednesday afternoon, Decem 
Dr. W. A. Murrill spoke of his eon s in the Catskills 
and Blue Ridge mountains Sie _ past season, exhibiting 
specimens and illustration: fungi secured. 
A special feature of his a was a quanti dfative survey of both 
localities with reference to the larger fungi aia! ees the 
time he visited them. is was made possible he active 
aan ee a eularee nut of friends, who ae 
im 
tions ae ee published in the Journal, while lists of the fungi 
collected have appeared in Myco. 
Dr. F. Pennell or en on Ragone of 
the Foxgove family in the Rocky Moun states. This 
study is the outcome of a collecting trip in 1915 to Colorado, 
Wyoming Ue and southesstern Idaho; since his return from 
1e other leading American 
