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June 3. ‘‘How Plants are Distributed,” by Prof. Carlton C. 
Curtis. 
June 10. a Royal Gardens at Kew, England,” by Dr. 
William A. Murr 
June 17. ies in the High Mountains of Colorado,” 
by Mr. Fred J. Seaver. 
June 24. ‘Past Climatic Conditions Indicated by Fossil 
aa by Dr. Arthur Hollick. 
The lectures will be illustrated by lantern slides and otherwise. 
They will close in time for auditors to take the 5:35 train from 
the Botanical Garden Station, arriving at Grand Central Station 
at 6:03 P. M. 
The museum building is reached by the Harlem Division of 
the New York Central and Hudson River Railway to Botanical 
Garden Station, by trolley cars to Bedford Park, or by the Third 
Avenue Elevated Railway to Botanical Garden, Bronx Park. 
Visitors coming by the Subway change to the Elevated Railway 
at 149th Street and Third Avenue. 
NOTES, NEWS AND COMMENT. 
Mr. B. O. Dodge has been awarded a research scholarship at 
the Garden for the month of June. 
P. Clinton of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment 
Station ated the Garden Friday, April 7, and spent some time 
looking over specimens of fungi in the Ellis Collection. 
Number 25, volume 7, of the Bulletin of the New York Botan- 
ical Garden, containing the annual report of the director-in- 
chief and other official documents was issued March 16, I9I1. 
Dr. and Mrs..N. L. Britton returned April 4, from Cuba where 
several weeks were spent in botanical exploration. A large 
number of living plants were secured for the conservatories as 
well as extensive collections of dried plants for the herbarium. 
The regular monthly conference meeting was held in the library 
on Wednesday, March 1. At this meeting Dr. M Howe 
