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Mr. W. W. Eggleston has been assigned a research scholar- 
ship for two months to aid him in continuing his work upon 
North American Thorns, genus Crataegus. 
Mr. George E. Davenport, an enthusiastic and well known 
student of North American ferns, died at Medford, Massachusetts, 
November 29, 1907, at the advanced age of seventy-four. Many 
specimens collected by him are preserved in the Underwood 
Fern Herbarium of the Garden. 
Volume 9, part 1, of the North American Flora, appeared 
December 19, 1907. Volume 9, part 2, is expected to appear 
this month. These two parts contain descriptions of all known 
native species of the Polyporaceae (a large group of woody fungi), 
except some of the lower resupinate forms, which will be treated 
at the close of volume 8. 
Meteorology for January. — The total precipitation recorded for 
January was 2.48 inches. Snow flurries occurred on the gth, 
snow turning to rain on the 16th, and 10 inches of snow on the 
23d and 24th. Thunder and lightning were recorded on the 
12th 
Maximum temperatures were recorded of 51° between the 6th 
ACCESSIONS. 
MUSEUMS AND HERBARIUM 
248 specimens of marine algae from Barbados, West Indies. (Collected by Miss 
Anna Vickers. 
6 specimens of ferns. (Given by Dr. C. B. Robi 
8 specimens of — ie Texas. (Given by Bora x S. W. Stanfield. 
13 es from Cuba. (By exchange ote the United Ses National 
Museum. 
rm.) 
6g specimens of marine algae from North Carolina. (Given by Mr. W. D. Hoyt.) 
ue specimens of marine algae from the Bahamas. (Collected by Dr. M. A. 
4 specimens of flowering plants from Georgia. (Given by Mr. M. H. Hopkins. ) 
