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of a picket fence around about a quarter-acre of ground at the 
rear of the stable; this paddock has been made possible by the 
elimination of the construction railway used for several years by 
Mr. John B. MacDonald in hauling surplus earth and rock from 
the excavations for the Jerome Park Reservoir. 
The wooden trestle which has carried this construction railway 
across the fruticetum north of the museum building, and across 
the valley of the Bronx River, is rapidly being dismantled by its 
purchaser, Mr. Thomas Ghee, and it is expected that it will com- 
pletely disappear during the coming winter. 
Mr. George V. Nash and Mr. Norman Taylor returned from 
an exploring tour around the island of Inagua in the Bahamas 
late in December. . The expedition secured a valuable collection 
of living and preserved plants, including many massive specimens 
the few cacti native to the island. A large number of photo- 
Sone of the vegetation were also made. 
The precipitation in the Garden during November, Igo4, 
amounted to 2.17 inches. Maximum temperatures of 63° onthe * 
Ist, 60° on the 8th, 58° on the 2oth, and 58° on the 22d were 
recorded : also minima of 31° on the Ist, 25.5° on the 12th, 1.95° 
ou the 18th, and 18° on the 28th. 
ACCESSIONS. 
PLANTS AND SEEDS. 
9 plants for th (By exchange with the Buffalo Botanic wae ey 
<8 plants from Vermont and Mt. Washington. (Collected by Mr. 
Eggleston. } 
24 plants from New Brunswick, N. J. (Collected by Mr. W. W. mers = 
1plant of Axtennaria, from Deep Run, Penn. (Collected by Mr. W. 
Eggleston. 
25 plants from Connecticut. (Collected by Mr. W. W. Eggleston.) 
5 plants from New Jersey. (Collected by Mr. W. W. Eggleston. 
River, V. Nash, 
97 plants from Inagua, Babaias,” (Collected by Mr. George V. Nash and N. 
Taylor. ) 
