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Sulphur ee collected a considerable number of specimens 
of these 
The oe of the celebration at St. Louis included 
scientific sessions on both October 15 and October 16 in the 
ecture room o e Missouri Botanical Garden, which were 
attended by a ee pene of American botanists. Dr. George 
: nee director, delivered an address of welcome and was 
followed ritton with an account of the vegetation of 
ona Re id by lantern slides 
Interesting features of the lebesuon: were a motor-car trip 
through the city of St. Louis and its park system; a reception 
at the residence of Dr. Moore; an inspection of the greenhouses 
and grounds of the Missouri Botanical Garden; and a ban- 
quet given by the trustees of the Garden at the Liederkranz 
Club 
Returning to New York by way of Chicago, Dr. Britton and 
Mrs. Britton both addressed the Chicago Chapter of the Wild 
lower Preservation Society of America at a meeting held at the 
Art Institute on the afternoon of Monday, October 19, and 
spent a day with Dr. C. F. Millspaugh, curator of botany at 
the Field Museum of Natural History, examining the collections 
of that institution. Tuesday was given to a visit to the Buffalo 
Botanical Garden, where they were the guests of Mr. 
Cowell, director, and recent developments of that institution 
were studied. 
Professor William L. Bray, of Syracuse University, has been 
granted leave of absence for the current year and will spend the 
winter with his family in the Bronx. During the summer and 
early fall, Professor Bray has been making a general reconnais- 
sance survey of the vegetation of New York state with a view 
to the preparation of a bulletin to be published by the New York 
State College of Forestry. The results of the field exploration 
during the 
winter and it is expected that more substantial scientific outcome 
will be realized from this enterprise than could be suitably 
embodied in the semi-popular bulletin above mentio 
