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attention to palms and desert plants. Mr. George V. Nash, 
Head Gardener, described features of the Palm Collection, with 
especial reference to the two elegant plants of Phoenix reclinata 
recently presented by Mr. C. F. Dieterich, of Millbrook, New 
York. His assistant, Mr. Boynton, remarked upon several of 
the large aroids in house No. 4, and Mr. Percy Wilson, Associate 
Curator, described noteworthy desert ee in oe No. 6 
An excursion through th spruces 
djoining th Dr. Britton demon- 
pee the botanical eee = oe trees at several 
points during the 
rom the Pinetum, the party proceeded by motor-cars to the 
site of the new Rose Garden soon to be established in cooperation 
with the Horticultural Society of New York, where a brief stop 
was made. 
Tea was served in the Mansion between 4:30 and 5:30, and a 
number of anand ae and flowers exhibited, among them 
Peresteria elata, the ly Ghost orchid, A belia chinensis, Aconitum 
autumnale, ees pee Xanthisma texanum, Cimicifuga 
simplex, Asteromea indica, and Polygonum polystachyum. 
The enjoyment of the occasion was enhanced by ideal weather 
and an unusual display of autumn colors, which made th 
grounds exceedingly attractive. 
A CUBAN JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY 
The “Sociedad Cubana de Histo1ia Natural ‘Felipe Poey’”’ 
has commenced publication of its Mfemorias, as a bimonthly 
Magazine in octavo, and four issues have appeared, and hav 
by Dr. Juan T. Roig, of the ‘Asvicul tural Experiment Station at 
Santiago de las Vegas; in the fourth number these authors 
publish a very interesting article entitled ‘‘Elementos para el 
