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collected at Elephant Point, Alaska, are identical with living spe- 
cies, one of these having been previously reported on. These 
facts are of interest since they furnish an index to the conditions . 
of climate of that region at the time these deposits were made. 
Mr. R. S. Williams also reported some of the results of his 
study on Mexican mosses of the collection referred to above, and 
discussed briefly the matter of distribution. In addition to the 
new species reported by Mrs. Britton, Mr. Williams added three 
to the list 
Dr. N. L. Britton exhibited models in wax of flowers, leaves 
and fruit of some of the higher plants which are so real that it is 
difficult to distinguish them from the natural objects. Such mod- 
els are prepared for exhibition in public museums and are valu- 
able for illustrating plants which cannot be shown in conserva- 
tories. F, J. SEAVER 
NOTES, NEWS AND COMMENT. 
“Dr. W. A. Murrill, assistant director, and Mrs. Murrill re- 
turned from Jamaica, January 27, bringing a large number of 
fleshy ae collected at fourteen different localities on the island, 
many of which represent species new to s' 
Dr. J. K. Small, head curator of the museums and herbarium, 
has recently returned from an exploring trip to the everglade 
keys of south Florida. A large number of herbarium specimens 
and some living plants were secured, and many ‘observations 
made, all of which will furnish valuable material for the further- 
ance of his studies on the flora of the southeastern United States. 
Dr. L. W. Riddle, instructor in botany in Wellesley College, 
saan he ae several days at the Garden, consulting the lichen 
collectio 
Mr. W. W. Eggleston spent several months in North Carolina, 
southwestern Virginia, eastern and central Tennessee and 
Georgia during the past summer, engaged in studying and collect- 
ing North American thorns, genus Crataegus, of which he secured 
several thousand specimens. He has been assigned a research 
