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as economic botanist of the Bureau of Science in Manila. He 
occupied this position for four years, and after a brief visit to this 
country, during which he spent several months in work at the 
Garden, he returned to Manila in the fall of 1912. He had hosts 
of friends in Nova Scotia, and among the botanists of the United 
States. A more extended biographical sketch, now in prepara- 
tion, will probably be published in the Bulletin of the Torrey 
Botanical Club, of which he was at one time an associate editor. 
Meteorology for December—The total arraeen for the 
month was 2.68 ie with traces of snow on the 1oth and the 
26th. Maxim mperatures recorded for each aa were 62° 
on the 3d, aie « on aie 15th, 5514° on the 22d, and 45° on the 
30th. Minimum temperatures were 28° on the 8th, 1814° on 
the 12th, 28° on the 19th, and 16° on the 2 
Meteorology for the Year 1913.—The aes srscinitarion at the 
New York Botanical Garden for the year was 41.53 inches dis- 
tributed as follows: January 2.49; February 2.91; March 4.97; 
April 5.18; May 2.14; June 0.63; July 4.06; August 3.00; Sep- 
tember 2.91; October 8.89; November 1.67; December 2 
he maximum temperature recorded was oe on July 2. The 
minimum was 9° on February 13 
to be noted that more os one fifth of the total pre- 
Siete for the year occurred during October. A special 
account of the ua conditions curing else was reheat 
in the November Journ. 
une. On August Io, ~ ee was swept by the most pe 
tive storm in its history, the results of which are recorded in 
the September JOURNAL. 
ACCESSIONS 
PLANTS AND SEEDS 
30,750 ee for decorative beds. 
2r ea f Opuntia. (By exchange with U. S. Nat. Museum, through Dr, 
J.N.R =) 
60 ann s for conservatories, mainly cacti. (By exchange with U. S. Nat. 
Museum, meee h Dr. J. N. Rose.) 
