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the Mt. Atlas cedar, Cedrus atlantica, of northwestern Africa, and 
the Deodar or Indian cedar, Cedrus Deodara, of the aware 
Region. Specimens of both will be found on the ridge in t 
vicinity of the economic garden, but a short distance ee 
of the museum building. 
May this noble specimen of the Cedar of Lebanon, now standing 
in stately dignity on the Huntington estate, the beloved and 
prized of all tree-lovers, be preserved to us for many, many years. 
Its destruction would be not only a loss to its immediate neigh- 
borhood, but to the whole city and the country wide, for a tree 
of this kind has much more than a local interest. All tree- 
lovers know of this wonderful specimen, and value it as one of 
the choicest and rarest representatives of arboreal vegetation 
in this country. 
GrEorGE V. Nasu. 
CONFERENCE NOTES 
The conference of the scientific staff and registered students of 
the New York Botanical Garden for the month of March was 
held in the main und on Mar 
Professor R. A. Harper gave a ie ave report of the experi- 
ments in corn ae a which he conducted at the Garden’s 
wea plot during the past summer. A large number of 
hich were obtained were displayed to show the various 
enomena associated with xenia. The results were discussed 
cae in relation to unit-characters, dominance and segre- 
gat 
Dr. ‘Mawshall A. Howe spoke of ‘‘The Marine Algae of Peru,” 
his remarks being based upon a collection of algae made in 
eru by Dr. Robert E. Coker, of the United States Bureau of 
Fisheries, and sent to the Botanical Garden for determination. 
other species obtained have apparently not been reported except 
from the original collections made from fifty to ninety years ago. 
It was remarked that although Peru lies wholly within the tropics 
