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f the best of the late-flowering plants in the Garden 
Sion is Polygonum polystachyum. specimen in the mor- 
phological garden produces feathery panicles of white blossoms 
through the month of October, and is very showy at a time when 
little bloom is left except that of the asters and chrysanthemums. 
bout one third of the species of Crocus are said to be autum- 
nal, although we usually think of the plants of this genus as 
pring-fl I flower beds near Conservatory 
1, Crocus speciosus blooms every October he lilac flowers 
ith ers and stigmas are attractive, but as the 
perianth-tubes are slender and have no leaves to ort them, 
the 
they are easily injured and do not last long. The leaves appear 
after the flowers. 
Dr. C. H. Kauffman, who is preparing manuscript on certain 
genera of the gill-fungi for North American Flora, spent a very 
successful vacation in the Rocky Mountains, where he made 
large — ns of Cortinarius. He is now on leave for a year 
rom the University of Michigan and is connected with the 
Hvar pee nt ny Hae headquarters in Washington. 
The excellent condition of the new Rose Garden and the 
number of fine roses still in bloom attracted the attention of 
pees of the Torrey Botanical Club attending the Fiftieth 
Anniversary October 18-20 
‘w manual of fruit diseases has recently appeared, 
s osts, for convenience, being 
taken alphabetical order and the diseases in th r of 
their importa This is the first attempt made i i 
to group together in one vol all the available information 
on this subject and to put it in such form that it is readily avail- 
able to the practical fruit grower. 
Bulletin 510 of the United States Department of Agriculture, 
