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chronicled in botanical and horticultural literature, illustrates 
very well the possibilities of variation among wild species when 
submitted to intensive cultivation, to crossings between types 
that arise, and to continued selection 
The data here presented were compiled in connection with 
the New Yo 
falétime nt of the requirements for the degree of M.A. at Columbia 
University. 
James P. KELty. 
JOHN FRANCIS COWELL 
The death of Mr. Cowell, who was Director of the Buffalo 
Botanical Garden in South Park, Buffalo, for over twenty years, 
has been continually expanding, both cae aen and as a 
~ Buffalo Park Commissioners. 
My association with Mr. Cowell dates from the earliest con- 
ff: 
his name, as a memorial to his services to the City of Buffalo 
