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livered in New York City under the auspices of this Commission 
with the codperation of the Board of Education on September 
29, 1909, during the Hudson-Fulton Celebration. The “ slides’’ 
are colored and are in a convenient, leather-covered, carrying 
case. A descriptive pamphlet accompanies them. 
Yours very truly, 
Henry W. Sackett, 
Secretary, 
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission. 
Meteorology for December.— The total precipitation for the 
month was 4.51 inches, including a snowfall of 10 inches on the 
25th—-26th. Maximum temperatures were recorded of 58° on 
the 6th, 53.5° on the r4th, and 43.5° on the 24th. Also mini- 
mum temperatures were recorded of 23.5° on the Ist, I9.5° on 
the 1gth, 16° onthe 22d, and 6° on the 30th. The mean tem- 
perature for the month was 32°. 
The rainfall recorded for August was 7.3 in. instead of 4.75 
in. as previously published. 
ACCESSIONS. 
LIBRARY ACCESSIONS FROM NOVEMBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1909. 
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Meyen. .. . pag 1651. 
BoLpincu, I. Zhe flora of St. Eustatius, Saba and St. Martin, Leyden, 1909. 
BurGerr, Hans. Die Wurzelpilze der Orchideen thre Kultur und thr Leben in 
ter Pflanze, Jena, 1909. 
CLEMENTS, FREDERIC EDwaRD. The genera of fungi. Minneapolis, 1909. 
(Given by Dr. N. L. Britton. 
Corpgs, J. W. H, et zamenste! der voornaamste Europesche houtsoorten, 
Haarlem, 1857. 
EVILLE, NICOLAS. Histoire a, de? Europe. Lyon, 1737. 
EsTIENNE, CHAR De re hortenst libellus, vulgaria herbarum, florum, ac 
fruticum, quiin ee conseri solent, nomina latinis vocibus efferre docens. Lutetia, 
1545. 
EsTIENNE, CHARLES. Praedium rusticum. Lutetie, 1554. 
Fivet, G. J. De ie apa aA (Batavia, 1859.] 
Frivet, G. J. De planten in den botanischen tuin bij het groot Militair Hospi- 
dal te ag ie Batavia, 1855. 
, HERMANN CHRISTIAN VAN, Vedr/ands plantenschat. Leewarden, 1854. 
