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Dr. N. L. Britton, accompanied by Mrs. Britton, sailed 
August 9, for a month’s residence at the Royal Gardens, Kew, 
England, in continuation of their studies on the flora of the 
West Indies. 
Miss Lewanna Wilkins, of Washington, spent a part of the 
month of July at the Garden in continuation of her work on 
Solanaceae. 
Dr. Bruce Fink, professor of botany in Miami guia 
Oxford, Ohio, arrived at the Garden August 10 for a mont 
residence, in the prosecution of his researches on North eee 
ican lichens. 
Dr. Gertrude S. Burlingham spent a part of the summer near 
West Wardsboro, Vermont, collecting fungi in connection with 
her work on a monograph of the genus Russuia for North 
American Flora. 
Miss Winifred J. Robinson, instructor in botany at Vassar 
College, has been residing at the Garden during the past month, 
continuing her work on Hawaiian ferns. 
Miss Martha Kennerly, instructor in biology in Normal Col- 
lege High School, New York, has been engaged in the study of 
mosses at the Garden during the past month 
Dr. Howard J. Banker, professor of biology in DePauw Uni- 
versity, Greencastle, Indiana, spent several days at the Garden 
in July looking over literature on the fungi. 
Dr. Albert LeRoy Andrews, of Cornell University, spent the 
month of July at the Garden as research scholar. He has com- 
pleted his manuscript of the genus Sphagnum for North Amer- 
ican Flora and has recently been engaged in the study of 
Weisiaceae. A part of the time has been spent in the pine 
barrens of New Jersey in search of the fruit of various species 
of Sphagnum. 
At public conservatory range no. 2, on the eastern side of the 
grounds, the additional houses constructed during the past year 
under a Park Depart t t with John R. Sheehan & Com- 
pany were completed and¢opened to the public on July 3. The 
