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SPRING LECTURES, 1912. 
Lectures will be delivered in the Lecture Hall of the Museum 
Building of the Garden, Bronx Park, on Saturday afternoons, 
at four o'clock, as follows: 
April 27. ‘Date Gardens of the Sahara Desert,’ Mr. T. H. 
Kearney. 
May 4. ‘‘The Preservation of Our Native Plants,” Dr. N. L. 
Mayr. ‘The Deserts and Mountains of Southern Arizona,” 
Prof. H. M. Richar 
May 18. ee in the Region of the Natural Bridges, . 
Utah,” Dr. P. A. Rydberg. 
May 25. ‘‘Some of the Plants that Live in the Sea,” Dr. M.A. 
June 1. ‘Condiments and Spices and Their Sources,” Dr. H. 
ry. 
June 8. ‘Orchids,’ Mr. G. V. Nash. 
June 15. ‘‘Four Weeks in Western Cuba,” Dr. C. S. Gager. 
June 22. ‘‘Poisonous Plants of Our Woodlands,” Mr. Nor- 
r. 
June 29. “Exploring the Pacific Coast—I. New York to 
Seattle,’ Dr. W. A. Murrill 
The lectures, which occupy an hour, will be illustrated by 
lantern-slides and otherwise. The doors will be closed at 4:00, 
and opened again at 4:15 to admit those arriving late. 
eum Bu ilding is reached by the Harlem Division 
ronx Park. Visitors coming by the Subway change to the Elevated Railway 
at 149th Street and Third Avenue 
NOTES, NEWS AND COMMENT. 
Dr. L. H. Pennington of Syracuse University spent several 
days at the Garden during the early part of April working on 
the genus Marasmius for North American Flora. 
Professor J. T. Burrill, vice-president of the State University 
of [Illinois and one of the pioneer botanists of this country, was a 
