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end of April or ae) in May there should be a fine display of 
tulips, one well worth a visit. Many other bulbous plants in 
other decorative pee may be seen at the im 
Among these, in addition to many other kinds of tulips, are 
narcissi and daffodils. Then too attrac- 
tive perennial plants in the decorative collections, furnishing 
many suggestions for desirable hardy perennial plants for the 
spring garden. In the neighborhood of conservatory range I 
these may be found in the beds at the foot of the terrace and along 
the path leading to the elevated approach. There is also a border 
at the elevated approach, and others along the west line of the 
grounds, paralleling the naa railroad. Ric in the herbaceous 
grounds, in the little valle of 
1, will be found many ee ae which may be used to ae 
our spring gardens attractive. 
th 
GEORGE V. Nasu. 
NOTES, NEWS AND COMMENT 
pe C; ve Shear of the United States Department of Agri- 
s at the Garden recently in the examina- 
~ tion of herbariuit material pertaining to Endothia and other 
Pyrenomycetes. 
Dr. Arthur Hollick went to Washington, D. C., the first of 
April, for six weeks of study on the fossil flora of Alaska in con- 
nection with the United States Geological Survey. 
Dr. Zentaro Kawase, professor of forestry in the University 
of Tokio, Japan, was at the Garden recently. Dr. Kawase is in 
America to make observations in original forest areas, especially 
those in the southern Appalachian Mountains. 
Professor George F. Atkinson, of Cornell University, spent 
April 6 in the herbarium of the Garden, examining the collections 
of Lemanea, a genus of red algae inhabiting fresh-water streams. 
