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AUTUMN LECTURES, 1917 
September 1. ‘‘ Collecting Fungi in the Catskills,” by Dr. 
W. A. Murrill. 
September 8. ‘' The Origin and History of Soils,” by Dr. A. 
Hollick 
Sept cones 15. ‘Growing Fresh Vegetables in the Back 
Yard,” by Mr. H. G. Parsons. 
September 22. ‘Some Botanical Features of Northern Cape 
Breton,” by Dr. G. E. Nichols. 
(Exhibition of danas, September 22 and 23.) 
S “ Growing Nut Trees,” by Dr. W. C. Deming. 
October 6. “ Autu mn Coloration,” by Dr. A. B. Stout. 
October 13. “The Relation of Forests to Water Supply,” 
"Fish 
ae Aveda Celebration Lecture.) 
October Fall Planting and Winter Protection,” by 
Mr. G. V. one 
The lectures, which occupy an hour, will be illustrated by 
lantern slides and otherwise. Doors closed at 4:00; late comers 
admitted at 4:15. 
The museum building is reached by the Harlem Division of 
the ork Central and Hudson River Railroad to Botanical 
Garden Station, by trolley cars to Bedford Park, or by the Third 
venue Ele to Botanical Garden, 
Boston 
for crosstown trolley, transferring north at Third Avenue. 
NOTES, NEWS AND COMMENT 
The following visiting botanists have registered in the library 
h 
during July: r. Oakes Ames, North Easton, Mass., Dr. Jean 
eer ie New fase N. Y., Professor Arthur H. Graves. 
New Haven, Conn., Professor George M. Reed, Columbia, Mo., 
and ees a Lewis, Austin, Tex. 
