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This fine collection, so varied in its complexion, was success- 
fully moved and installed in the conservatories during July. A 
short distance from the conservatories, The car left North Easton 
at six-o’clock one evening and arrived at its destination early the 
next morning, its contents being safely installed before three 
o'clock the same afterno 
Some idea of the size o the collection may be gained when 
Mr. Craig, gardener for Mrs. Ames, who has charge of 
both the grounds and the greenhouses, was most courteous, and 
by his kindness and thoughtfulness the task of moving the plants 
was greatly simpli ed. It is hardly necessary to state that this 
fine collection is much appreciated by the visiting public, and that 
it adds much of beauty and interest to our conservatories. 
GrorcE V. Nasu. 
NORTH AMERICAN WOODS PRESENTED BY 
R. MORRIS K. JESUP. 
During the past summer Mr. Morris K. Jesup ar a valuable 
and instructive addition to the museum of the Gar It con- 
sists of a block representing the wood of each ee different 
North American trees. The specimens are duplicates from the 
great collection of North American Forestry preserved in the 
American Museum of Natural History. 
This gift of Mr. Jesup is, in itself, very complete and enables 
us to A the wood of the fully five hundred different kinds 
of trees growing in North Aes, all of which are of greater 
ot less economic importance as well as of much scientific in- 
terest. . 
The collection has been temporarily installed in the east hall 
of the economic museum, in the space previously set aside for 
woods and timbers, and their products. Each specimen is pro- 
