Linnaean Names " of the pomme rose tree, the franche par 

 :onque nut, and the bell bush, are unknown. 

 The little book closes with the following verse : 



A second edition was issued in Salem, 1802 ; and the authores 

 is also credited with having edited the " Metrical Miscellany, 

 published the same year. 



Anna Murray Vail. 



NOTES, NEWS AND COMMENT. 



Dr. Marshall A. Howe left on December 9 for Jamaica, where 

 he will continue his investigations of tropical seaweeds in co6p- 

 eration with the government botanists of the island. 



Mr. Dillon Wallace, the explorer of inland Labrador, has pre- 

 sented the Garden with a small but interesting collection of her- 

 barium specimens, collected by him in July and August, 1905, 

 from Groswater Bay, Hamilton Inlet, inland along the Nascaupee 

 and Crooked Rivers to Lake Michikamau. 



Work was commenced on the construction of the rubble stone 

 footbridge to replace the present wooden bridge across the 

 Bronx River at the northern end of the Hemlock Grove, during 

 the first week in December, by the contractor, Mr. Leahy, who 

 has erected the necessary derricks and brought in some con- 

 struction material. He proposes to prosecute the work during 

 the winter as it may be practicable. 



The driveway approach to the Woodlawn Road entrance, re- 

 cently completed, was thrown open to the public on Saturday, 

 December 8. This was made possible by the cooperation of 

 Hon. Joseph I. Berry, Commissioner of Parks, who permitted the 

 use of some trap-rock screenings for surfacing the driveway, 

 which were left over from surfacing the road between the two 

 bridges at the Mosholu Parkway. The demand for trap-rock 

 screenings in the Borough of the Bronxwas so great this year 



