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is bordered by athick dark-colored rim of cells and the teeth are 
deeply inserted below this rim. It is probable that all the species 
escribed from cultivated plants will prove to be some one of the 
West Indian species, native to Cuba or Jamaica, or else South 
American in origin. 
EvizaBETH G. Britton. 
CONFERENCE NOTES. 
The last regular conference meeting of the academic year just 
closed was held in the library of i Garden on May 5 and was 
aig over by Dr, W. Mur 
Dr. Arthur Hollick discussed i subject of botanical supplies 
in the public schools of the city, with special reference to the 
matter of the destruction of wild flowers indicated in the list of 
supplies for high schools and training schools, and recent efforts 
which have been made to replace them with cultivated ones. 
In the list for 1907 some thirty species were included, all of 
which should be protected. Agitation of the subject resulted in 
the elimination of a majority of these from the list for 1908, but 
a number yet remain. Following is a list of these with the 
number of specimens ig during the school year 1907-08, 
and the cost of each item 
No, of Specimens 
Supplied, Cost. 
tdiveme marginale SW oececccse coves veseveceees $21.30 
olypodium vulgare L 31.50 
Salamonia biflora (Walt.) Britton 26.50 
dlegia canadensis Li. ciccceesseeee 1.05 
Geranium maculatum L.......0. 8.75 
ae ronium americanum Ker 19.25 
Gen vinita Froel 40.00 
pie ‘rithm (L.) Torr 8.40 
Caltha palustris L 31.50 
Palani acaule Ait 11-25 
Trillium s 62.50 
Wild al sp 36 1.80 
0,414 $263.80 
Steps are being taken to substitute cultivated for wild flowers 
wherever possible and the farm and grounds of the recently 
