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Mr. Samuel Henshaw, who served for some years as head 

 gardener of the New York Botanical Garden, died on Staten Island 

 on July 1 6. Mr. Henshaw was active in the preliminary work 

 of developing the Garden, and was employed in 1895 to oversee 

 the planting of a temporary nursery on the east side of the grounds 

 near the site of the present nursery, and in 1896 did the prelim- 

 inary planting of a portion of the border screen along the New 

 York Central and Hudson River Railroad near the station. He 

 was appointed head gardener in 1897 and served until the end 

 of 1900, at which time he resigned. He served on the Commis- 

 sion of six experts appointed by the Board of Managers on July 

 17, 1896, to prepare a general plan of development of the grounds, 

 this report having been submitted to the Board of Managers 

 November 30, 1896, and approved December 14, 1896. In 

 1901 he was commissioned to proceed to the West Indies to 

 obtain specimens of living plants for the conservatories. 



Meteorology for July.— .The total precipitation recorded for 

 July was 1.66 inches. The heaviest rainfall (0.51 inch) oc- 

 curred on July 2. Maximum temperatures were recorded of 

 88° on the 2d ; and 93 on the 8th, 18th, and 25th ; also min- 

 imum temperatures of 5 5 on the 3d and 13th ; and 59 on the 

 21st and 26th. 



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