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7 of merit, awarded by The Horticultural Society of 
New York, for the new dahlias “Josef Manda” and “Bohemia 
ane special mention for the new dahlia “Veronica 
The New York Botanical Garden made an interesting exhibit 
of thirty-two kinds of shrubs in fruit, and of twelve kinds of 
shrubs in flower. These attracted much attention, especially 
the oe a 
ee of The Horticultural Society of New York was 
held in ce ee hall of the Museum at 2:30 o’clock on Saturday 
afternoon. After the routine business was attended to, Dr. N 
Britton read a short paper upon the origin of the name “Dahlia 
and also gave a short account of its distribution, stating that 
there were about ten recognized species of the genus at the present 
time. Dr. Rusby followed with an aise talk on the home 
of the dahlia and its environment. s lecture was listened to 
with much interest by a number of eats sane present. 
At the conclusion of Dr. Rusby’s remarks, Mr. P. W. Popp, 
an expert dahlia grower, described the present- ie methods of 
dahlia culture. This was discussed by a number of those present, 
including Mr. Cottam, Mr. Lager, Mr. Head, Dr. Southwick 
and the lecturer himself. 
The panes eae the lecture and discussion in reference to 
the dah g , and it is to be hoped that a dahlia 
show may become a permanent autumn feature. This flower 
is becoming more and more popula va its ais usefulness for 
decorative purposes is bound t d more desirable. 
G. V. Naso 
THE UNDERWOOD LIBRARY AND COLLECTION OF 
FUNGI 
The Underwood Library purchased by the New York Botanical 
Garden in July, 1914, consists of 307 bound volumes and a large 
number of unbound pamphlets. It comprises in general more 
or less complete sets of certain periodicals, such as ‘‘ Hedwigia,”’ 
“Grevillea,” ‘Journal of Mycology,” and ‘‘ Revue Bryologique”’; 
works on phanaerogams including botanical excerpts from reports 
