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Mr. Albert de Lautreppe, who was commissioned last year to 
obtain material for the Garden during his visit to Peru on a min- 
ing errand, has recently returned, bringing with him a notable 
collection of small cacti, which have mostly been incorporated 
into the public series.in conservatory house No. §, a considerable 
number of other living plants, and over two hundred packets of 
seeds which have been sown in the propagating houses. He 
also secured some herbarium specimens, principally of lichens 
and mosses. 
The total amount of precipitation in the Garden during February 
amounted to 5.2 inches. Maximum temperatures of 35° on the 
2d, 37° on the 7th and 15th, 36° on the 20th, 45° on the 23d, 
and 59° on the 27th, and minima of 9” on the 4th, 5.5° on the 
6th, 13° onthe 15th, 11° on the 1gth and 21st, and 10° on the 
22d were observed. The coldest weather was aie the week 
beginning the 3d, the temperature continuing under 32°, except- 
d oth; another cold spell occurred in the following week, , 
although the temperature was relatively a little higher. e 
severe storm of the 21st and 22d did considerable damage to the 
trees, especially to the white pines. 
ACCESSIONS. 
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Regia Scuola Superiore dt ae in Porticit, Annalt., If. Vols. 1-3. 
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R, KarL, ee ee Gann eh Botanth fiir Mediciner und Phav- 
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