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OVELTY 
11 For the Best Horticultural Novelty in plant, fruit, flower, 
or vegetable (that is anything distinct and not pre- 
viously in general cultivation in America).. ..... ........ $50 
THE HorvicuLturaL Society or New York 
Offers the following prises (open to all re 
BPs Ist. 2d. 
12 Collection of Ferns $25 $15 
13 Collection of succulent plants 25 15 
14 Collection of Begonias Io 5 
15 Collection of fresh vegetables Io 5 
The council may also award certificates to meritorious exhibits. 
The word collection in this schedule does not signify the great- 
est number only; quality, rarity, effectiveness and display will! 
also be counted. 
Mr. George Skene will be in charge of the arrangement on 
the part of the New York Botanical Garden. 
Plants and flowers for exhibition should be sent by express 
prepaid, addressed Horticultural Society Museum Building, New 
York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, New York City. 
LEONARD Barron, Secretary. 
136 Liperty StT., N. Y. City. 
NOTES, NEWS AND COMMENT. 
Miss J. T. Emerson, of New York, who has been pursuing 
some investigations upon diseases of the rose and of the potato, 
has accepted a position as special assistant to Dr. J. C. Arthur, 
of Purdue University, in his cultural studies of the rusts. 
Mr. C. L. Pollard, of the U.S. National Museum, Washing- 
ton, D. C., spent the last two weeks in April at the Garden in 
the study of a collection of plants recently made by himiself and 
Dr. Palmer in Cuba. 
Mr. F S. Earle, assistant curator, is at present making a col- 
lection of the flora about Barstow and in the Davis mountains in 
western Texas and will proceed later to eastern New Menico ; the 
Sacramento, White and Capitan mountains will also be visited. 
