of the Linnaean Bridge ; in the evening, there will be simulta- 

 neous exercises at the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute and at 

 the New York Aquarium. 



Construction work during the winter has been mainly restricted 

 to the excavation of stone from the ledges in the rear of the Mu- 

 seum building, a small force of men and carts having been used 

 continuously, the stone taken out being used for the telford foun- 



the autumn. The foundations for all the paths on the Fruti- 



I the 



>ng the 



of the Bronx River, from the Long Bridge north to Newell ave- 



Dr. and Mrs. N. L. Britton and Dr. C. F. Millspaugh returned 

 during the last week in March from a successful botanical survey 

 of some of the outer islands of the Bahamian archipelago. Visits 

 were made to Eleuthera, Little San Salvador, Cat, Conception, 

 Watlings and Long Islands. This was the fourth in the series of 

 expeditions made by Dr. Britton to the Bahamas, and the third 

 by Dr. Millspaugh. The large amount of material thus brought 

 together, supplemented by collections made for the New York 

 Botanical Garden by Nash and Taylor and by Brace, and the 

 earlier collections of the Northrops, of Hitchcock, and of Coker, 

 ■ satisfactory basis for a descriptive treat- 



ofthe 



ofthes 



The Garden recently purchased from Mr. Charles H. St< 

 berg, of Lawrence, Kansas, a choice collection of 44 sele< 

 specimens of Cretaceous (Dakota Group) fossil leaves, wl 

 includes one of Liquidambar integrifolia Lesq., the ancesto 

 our sweet gum, about 8 inches in length by 1 1 inches broad 

 branch of Andromeda Pfaffiana Heer, with six leaves attach 

 two specimens — counterparts — of the fruit of Ficus net 

 carpa Hollick, first described in the Bulletin of the Torrey Bol 

 ical Club for February, 1903, and seven other leaves wl 

 apparently represent undescribed species. The two species 

 mentioned are of special interest for the reason that fossil les 



