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and studies of the garden plants of Bermuda were continued 
Specimens of over 300 species were brought back to the Garden 
or examination. Mr. Peter Bisset, of the Bureau of Plant 
Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, was i 
Bermuda at the same time, and his cooperation in the field work 
was very valuable; Mr. Bisset’s errand was a study of fruit- 
growing possibilities in Bermuda. 
avid Hooper, recently retired after thirty years of civil 
service in British India, was a guest of the Garden on June 2 
last. Dr. Hooper is best known to American scientists as 
author of the paper ee Indica, written in association 
with Dr. Dym This is a rather remarkable book and one 
of the most oe ee ever contributed to pharmacy. It 
deals with the native drugs of India, considered historically, 
earns chemically and therapeutically, in all of which lines 
excellent. The amount of original research per- 
ae he Sion, and more especially by Dr. Hooper, is 
very great. This work, together with many original papers on 
similar subjects, some years since secured for this distinguished 
author the award of the Hanbury medal, the highest recognition 
accorded in this department of science. In India, Dr. Hooper is 
best known for his great practical service in connection with the 
cultivation of cinchona, and the preparation from its bark of a 
cheap alkaloidal product which brought within reach of the 
poverty-stricken masses an efficient protection against the 
malarial fevers of the country. By his sane and temperate 
methods of living, Dr. Hooper has belied the saying that a 
opean cannot do good work and maintain his health in 
tropical India. He appears in the prime of life, keen and vigor- 
ous, and we confidently expect from him many valuable contri- 
butions similar to those which he has already made. 
Meteorology for June.—The total precipitation for the month 
was 2.36 inches. Maximum temperatures for each week were 
83° on the 4th, 95° on the 12th, 83° on the 17th, and 94° on the 
25th. Minimum temperatures were 41° on the 6th, 57° on the 
gth, 48° on the 17th, and 58° on the 2gth. 
