Vill CONTENTS 
Goerge Megane eosin RTE eer eee are 126 
Notes, News and Comment..........00. 00.0000 e cece teen ees 127 
poi By eeicectee etapa tuned de te enaeecaseicirte atear cage regen eaeeaaende amherane 129 
Administrative— 
Act of ean 
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By- 
Regulations for the Office of Director-in-Chief...............0.+e eee 142 
Provisions see aes ‘ibuting Membership. ..... 2.2.0... 5: e ese e eee aee 143 
rovisions of the Charter of the City of New York for Mainvenauce:: 144 
The Rose Plantat: See 
Notes, News and aaa se stianeci dihal ye dtsh tdi Meta Ges 148 
Accessio: .. 150 
No. 176. AuGustT 
Selection and Preparation of Vegetables... .. 153 
Deadly Poisonous Mushrooms... .. 2.02... cece eee eee 159 
Stokes Prize Essays II]. The Protection of Trees. 169 
Professor Frankli: Hooper. 
ummer Lectures, 1914 
Notes, News Com : 
Accessions 
No. 177. SEPTEMBER 
The John Innes Kane Fund... . 175 
Poison [Vy iscsi sedis deci ares oh ght Maas eee aed eae ane eee hes ead 176 
Fossil Wood from the Petrified Forest of Arizona. . 181 
Antumin Lectures, 1914 65 eco sees cose e ais elace ie iececaetee av aree ata ww ated EN SG e 182 
Convention of the Slag Association of Park Superintendents........... 183 
Notes, News and Comment. .........0 0... c cece eee eect eect eee tees 185 
ACCESSIONS 2:8. tiucs5 a aa eniena eta itln dena GelekG oases 'cn heen ae te an 188 
©. 178. OCTOBER 
The Soil, The Basis of Success in Gardening and in Other Lines of Productive 
A Plea for the Wild Flowers.......0.0.0.0000 000 ccc cece cece crete etneuaceues 197 
Notes, News and Comment. ..........0. 20.0... c cece cece e uc eeeeeanes 199 
Accessions. . Feu a spihe gags mat ants ater fa eae taeda tree ncaa eg nw ob 202 
No. 179. NOVEMBER 
Variegated Abutilons.) choi ada tease aig nd oa bi a eae oe Bee - 207 
Report of the See of the Laboratories on his Trip to Europe........_.. 213 
The Dahlia Exhibition. 2.0.0.0... ieee cece eee eee ne cee ees 220 
The Underwood Library a and Collection of Fungi..........06 00.00.0000... 223 
Notes, News and Comme fiadane He IDA a yk 224 
Accessions : eee ee ore . 224 
No. 180. DECEMBER 
Index to volumes I-XV..... 1. cee eee eee eee ene e ee. 233 
