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ing the campus on the east and the new athletic field on the south. 
This tract lies along the sides of the Cascadilla ravine and pre- 
ing trees according to their natural affinities. No attempt will 
be made at landcsape gardening ; the contour of the ground will 
be left as it is, and various groups of trees will be arranged in 
lanes running northward and southward across this ravine. Mr. 
Hicks’ gift will include many foreign species, notably certain 
hardy kinds from Japan and Manchuria. 
Meteorology for November.'— Total precipitation for November 
.42 inch. Maximum temperatures were recorded of 64.7° 
the 3d, 60.3% on the oth, 57.3% on the 20th, and 59° on the 
26th and 27th; also minimum temperatures of 31.7° on the 2d, 
25° on the 5th, 24° on the 16th, 25.7° on the 21st, and 34° on 
the 29th. The mean temperature for the month was 44.35° 
While the amount of precipitation in the form of rain was very 
low for the month this was in part counterbalanced by fogs and 
mists which kept the air saturated and prevented excessive evapora- 
tion. Heavy fogs from the 23d to the 26th kept the surface of 
the soil thorougly moist. This followed by very light showers 
but heavy mists. 
ACCESSIONS. 
LIBRARY ACCESSIONS FROM NOVEMBER 1 TO NOVEMBER 30, 1908. 
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bearbeitet von T. F. L. Nees von Esenbeck und J. H. Dierbach, Heidelberg, 
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don, 1870. 2 vols. 
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