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Mr. W. W. Eggleston spent several days at the Garden in 
November in continuation of his studies on Crataegus and Malus. 
Professor R. A. Harper is conducting a series of seminars for 
the benefit of the graduate students of Columbia eteees the 
subject considered being the reproduction of th er fungi. 
The first of the series which was held in the main sc a of 
the Garden, Saturday, November 4, consisted of an introduction 
covering the earliest literature of the subject. 
Dr. Mel. T. Cook, formerly a research student at the Garden, 
has resigned his position as pathologist in Delaware Agricultural 
College to accept a similar position in Rutgers College, New 
Jersey. 
Mr. Norman Taylor, curator at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 
is continuing his studies on the local flora at the Garden. 
The squirrels of Bronx Park seem in the last year or two to be 
taking after strange gods in the food line. This may of course be 
due merely to the fact that the writer has never before happened 
to observe them eating the foods here mentioned, though they 
may have been a common enough diet. On the other hand, 
it may well be caused by the lack of chestnuts brought about by 
the ravages of the chestnut disease. At any rate, a squirrel has 
several occasions been seen making a meal of oats which had 
fallen from the feed-bag of some horse. Another has been seen 
eating the seeds of the sweet-gum (Liguidambar Styraciflua L.). 
In either case, if the eater finally succeeded in reaching the state 
where his hunger was satisfied, it must be admitted that he 
deserved all the bliss he found there—E. D. Humphreys. 
es for November—The total precipitation for the 
mo $ 4.52 inches of which .77 inch fell as snow on the 
a following the 14th. There were 17 clear days during the 
month. The maximum temperature recorded for the month 
was 67° on the 12th. Other high temperatures were recorded 
of 62° on the 7th, 53° on the 5th, 56° on the 18th and 50° on 
the 26th. The minimum temperature recorded for the month 
was 21° on the 22d. Other low temperatures were recorded of 
24° on the 17th and 14th and 28° on the oth an 
