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placed on the tables at the side of the instrument. The tables are 
furnished with heavy iron sills to secure stability, and hold the 
instruments at a height above the floor convenient for the use of 
the majority of observers 5). 
entire demonstration vil forms a most attractive and useful 
exhibit, and it gives the casual visitor the opportunity of seeing 
something of the intimate structure of plants. 
D. T. MacDoueat. 
NOTES, NEWS AND COMMENT. 
Weather report—The total amount of rainfall in the Garden 
for August was 4.42 inches, and the greatest precipitation in 24 
hours was .99 in. on the 13th. Minimum temperatures of 48 on 
the 25th, 96.5 on the 25th, and 96 on the 27th were recorded at 
station I. 
ACCESSIONS. 
MUSEUMS AND HERBARIUM 
m specimens of Chicle-gum and chewing-gum. (Presented by the Amer- 
80 museum specimenset drugs. a by J. L. Hopkins & Company. ) 
I sien of Sphagnum. aig aa d by B. L. Robinson. ) 
copy of Timber Pines of the Southern States, with pl 
(Peete by ig ie Sudw 
ce of the long-leaved pine. (Presented by F. 
Ss. ls rle e.) 
Io specimens ot spices. ( Presented by. Leggett Bros. ) 
g the derivation of linseed oil and linseed cake. ( Presented 
by the American Linseed Oi] Company. ) 
1 cork picture. (Presented by ae Arnistrong Cork Company. ) 
23 herbarium : specimens from Georgia and New England. (Presented by R. M. 
arper. ) 
1 Geaster from Westhampton, Long Islan (Presented by Mrs. E. D. Merrill. ) 
211 specimens of grasses and sedges, sine ioe the grass herbarium of Her 
mann Wagner. (Present ted L by i sses C. and E, Rousseau. 
17 herbari Ibuquerque, New Mexico. (Presented by Winnie 
Harward. ) 
I specimen of Zavawxia from Oklahoma. ( Presented by E. E. Bogue. ) 
