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Professor C. R. oon; of me Hadaeleanee State Ss 
r 
been awarded 
gt 
oO ana him to continue his vibecarches on Phyllac he ora, a gen 
of fungi which occurs parasitically on various plants, ae 
on grasses. 
ut fifty students of the summer school of Columbia Uni- 
versity, accompanied by Mr. L. W. Crawford and Mr. want 
eredith, visited the Garden on the afternoon of July 26 and 
were conducted through portions of the grounds and te 
by members of the Garden staff. 
Dr. Bradley M. Mee . - University of Pennsylvania, 
visited = eden on Aug 
Three plants from the herbaceous collections were tried out as 
border annuals in the flower beds near conservatory range 1, 
al use. T mi 
eedy branch 
Diplotaxis tenuifolia, a European weed, adventive to the eastern 
nited States and renee gives a mass of sulphur-yellow 
blooms nearly at summ 
Meteorology for July.—The total precipitation for the month 
as 2.30 inch maximum temperatures for each week 
on the 22d 
w he 2 
on the 3oth and the 31st. The minimum temperatures were 
ae on the 5th, 58° on the 11th, 67" on the 17th, and 62° on 
