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Mr. Fred D. Fromme has been awarded a grant of $50 from 
the Students Research Fund to assist him in collecting and 
studying the local parasitic fungi, especially those belonging to 
the group of plant rusts. 
Mr. W. W. Eggleston, of the United States Department of 
Agriculture, was awarded a research scholarship at the Garden 
for the month of May to assist in carrying on research on various 
poisonous plants and on the taxonomy of the plants of the 
apple family. 
The water-lilies in the aquatic garden are now in full bloom. 
The first blossoms appeared about June 1, and they will con- 
tinue in great profusion until checked by the cold weather. 
Castalia Marliacea carnea has flesh-colored flowers, while the 
variety vosea has flowers a little deeper in color, making it 
more striking. Of most vigorous habit, is Castalia alba candi- 
dissima, with pure white flowers of great size. Castalia tuberosa 
is another white-flowered form. 
Dr. E. B. Copeland, dean of the College of Agriculture, Los 
Bajios, Philippine Islands, paid a visit to the Garden on June 13. 
The college is one of the branches of the University of the 
Philippines, and is situated in a beautiful locality at the base of 
Mount Maquiling, about forty-five miles from Manila. Al- 
though work began only three years ago, the institution has 
made very great progress, and lasting results of a most beneficial 
nature to the islands are rightly expected, as the work is at once 
scientific and highly practical. Dr. Copeland leaves San Fran- 
cisco on his return to the East at the end of the month. 
Through the assistance of Professor P. Baccarini of Florence, 
Italy, the New York Botanical Garden has recently secured two 
Bizzaria plants. One of these plants is now about four feet in 
height and is bearing fruits which show decidedly the mixture 
of orange and lemon tissue. The Garden has also purchased 
living plants of the following chimeras (graft hybrids); Cytisus 
Adami, Crataego-mespilus Asnieresii and Crataego-mespilus 
Dardari. 
