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But a small number of the ferns now brought together can be 
discussed in this article and a personal visit is necessary to know 
the collection. To those fern lovers who wish to know more 
about the tropical relatives of those wild ferns with which they 
are so familiar in their native haunts, I would say that a visit, and 
many visits, to this collection would well repay them. 
GrorGE V. Nasu. 
NOTES, NEWS AND COMMENT. 
Mr. Stewart L. Burnham, who has been in the service of the 
Garden as a museum aid since 1900 has resigned his position to 
become a member of the literary staff of Webster’s Dictionary. 
Professor Francis Ramaley, of the University of Colorado, 
Professor J. B. S. Norton, of the Maryland Agricultural College, 
Dr. E. J. Durand, of Cornell University, Mr. C. L. Pollard, of 
the U. S. National Museum, Mr. W. R. Maxon, of the U. S. 
National Museum, Mr. J. F. Cowell, of the Buffalo Botanic Gar- 
den, Professor E. M. Wilcox, of Auburn, Alabama, and Mr. C. 
G. Lloyd, of Cincinnati, have visited the Garden during the last 
month for the purpose of consulting the library and the collec- 
tions. 
Dr. B. E. Livingston, instructor in plant physiology in the 
University of Chicago, has been granted a research scholarship 
in the Garden beginning September 1, 1903. 
The total precipitation in the Garden for June, 1903, amounted 
to 8.28 inches. 
Maximum temperatures of 85° on the 3d, 77° on the oth, 68° 
on the 21st, and 80.5° on the 2oth were recorded ; also minima 
of 44.5° on the ist, 50° on the 13th, 50.5% on the 17th and 50.5° 
on the 24th. 
The temperature of the soil at a depth of a foot ranged from 
41°F. on the rst, toa maximum of 44.3° on the 12th, from which 
time a steady decrease ensued until a minimum of 37.5" was 
reached on the 24th. The temperature in the same locality 
ranged from 44.5°F. to 55°F. during June, 1902. 
