NOTES, NEWS AND COMMENT. 
Professor A. H.R. Buller, of the University of Manitoba, Win- 
nipeg, recently visited the Garden to examine the collections of 
fungi. 
A work on North American trees by Dr. N. L. Britton, as- 
sisted by Dr. J. A. Shafer, appeared May 6. This work is fully 
illustrated, and is comprehensive, including also many tropical 
species as well as those of temperate regions. 
Dr. Small visited Washington and Baltimore late in April to 
examine collections of flowering plants in connection with his 
work on ‘North American Flora.” 
The herbarium of the late Professor A. P. Morgan has been 
given to the University of lowa. A number of his specimens of 
fungi are to be found in the Ellis collection at the Garden. Pro- 
fessor Morgan was one of the leading mycologists of the country. 
Two others, Professor Underwood and Professor Kellerman, have 
died during the past winter. 
The spring course of lectures to the 4B and 5B grades of the 
public schools of the Bronx, comprising fifteen lectures with ac- 
companying demonstrations, began April 20 and closed May 22. 
Mr. Percy Wilson recently visited Philadelphia and Washing- 
ton to examine specimens of certain groups of plants which he is 
monographing for ‘North American Flora.” 
The eighth annual meeting and floral exhibition of the Horti- 
cultural Society of New York were held at the Garden on May 
13 and 14. Dr. B. T. Galloway lectured before the Society on 
“The Foundations of Successful Violet Culture.” A feature of 
the exhibition was the attractive display of orchids by the recently 
established Orchid Section. 
The fifth annual botanical field “ symposium ”’ will be held at 
Georgetown, Delaware, July 6 to 12. The botanical clubs of 
Philadelphia and Washington will codperate with the Torrey Botan- 
ical Club on this occasion as in former years. 
Dr. Murrill visited Washington about the middle of April to 
examine the collection of Boleti at the Division of Vegetable 
