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ested in the animal or vegetable life of the sea-bottom. There 
are considerable stretches of these banks that consist of almost 
barren white sand, but there are other wide areas that are rich in 
varied forms of plant and animal life. The crystal-clearness of 
the water permits one, on a calm day, to diagnose from the deck 
of a boat with some degree of certainty, the larger species of 
algae that are to be seen at the bottom, and with a long-handled 
rake or a sponge-hook it is a-simple matter to secure them for 
specimens. The saa algae of the banks, or at least of 
those parts of the s that came under our observation, are 
species of Penzcilus, re Sargassum, Laurencta, Udotea 
conglutinata and Microdictyon crassum. 
The algae obtained on the trip as a whole are represented by 
616 collection numbers, many of these including fluid-preserved 
as well as dried material. 
Respectfully submitted, 
MarsHaLyt A. Howe. 
Assistant Curator. 
THE SUMMER MEETING OF THE oe aaa 
TURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YOR 
The June meeting of the Horticultural Society of New York 
on Wednesday and Thursday of the second week in June was an 
unqualified success, The display was not only large, but remark- 
ably representative and also of high quality ; the rama ie was 
good, and a large number of prominent horticulturists and a 
teurs were seen during the two days. e exhibits of peonies, 
which are referred to in more detail in the notice concerning the 
Peony Society, were large and fully representative of the varieties 
in cultivation. Ras the peony is rapidly growing into ‘public 
favor is very e : 
Collections of feb aceous perennial plants made a fine showing, 
in which the honors went easily to a highly meritorious collection 
sent by the Blue Hill Nurseries, South Braintree, Mass. It is 
the first time that we can recall that this firm has attended a New 
York show. Roses were but poorly represented, it being a 
