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NOTES, NEWS AND COMMENT 
Holding out against the cold weather until after Thanksgiving 
ry 
in the flower is near Conservatory Range 1, were fine S 
of pansies and tufted pansies 1 grou - 
owered variety of ‘ola cornuta called White Perfection, 
bloomed throughout the s autumn, and, 
common pansy, was at its ooler s looms 
the c eason. ms 
of both were seen on December 5. Centaurea montana, the 
bluest of all the centaurys, showed new growth and second 
oom in November 
Three plants of the Angel’s Trumpet, Datura arborea, bloomed 
in Conservatory Range 2 in November. Each plant had about 
fifteen great white flowers, nearly one foot in-length 
Furcraea macrophylla, with long, fleshy leaves well-armed with 
spines, has been in bloomin Conservatory Ranger. The flower- 
ing stalk is more than fifteen feet high, ne many flower-laden 
branches 
The Bronx River Parkway Commission, in developing their 
and the davctey onus pale was as opened for eas oy December 
Ist, requiring a of tl f the Garden 
road at the point of connection, which was done by the Parkway 
Commission without cost to the Garden. While the work was 
in progress, we did some grading along this boundary in order to 
properly connect one of the paths 
A magnificent specimen of Tetrapanax papyriferum, native of 
the Island of Formosa, bloomed in Conservatory Range 2 in the 
latter part of November. Planted under a bench, the roots of 
