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. J. Humphrey, deals with timber storage conditions in the 
ds 
ing them; he also mentions and briefly describes a number 
fungi that attack stored timber. The bulletin is an oes 
valuable one, consisting of 43 pages and 41 fi 
A specimen of Tyromyces Sprague w was recently collected by 
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eastern United States, but has never before been reported on 
a conifer 
M. Paul Hariot, author of various works on fungi and algae, 
and for many years in charge of the ine collections at 
the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle of Paris, died o 
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scientific men will long be held in grateful remembrance 
members of the Garden staff. 
The collection of yew trees, located on a gentle southeastern 
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n erry-li 
The Japanese yew, Taxus cuspidata, is especially to be recom- 
mended for planting. 
“The Cultivation and Diseases of the Sweet Pea”’ is the title 
largely on the practical experience of the writer and is written 
in a popular manner so as to appeal to the practical grower. 
Dr. Charles Horton Peck, former state botanist of New York, 
