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A NOTEWORTHY ACCESSION FOR THE 
ERVATORIES 
rough an exchange arranged during the past summer wi 
the National Botanic Garden, and the Division of Plant ae 
bot ashi i 
others which we already had, was secured. They were shipped 
in a special express car and came through without change in fine 
condition. 
From the National Botanic Garden many large specimens were 
pae through the courtesy and kindness of Mr. W. R. 
ith, who has had charge of the valuable ere at that in- 
stitution for many years, and has seen many of the plants grow 
tree, but quite different in appearance, was another welcome 
ition, 
Many smaller specimens of other species were acquired, and 
among them a queer-looking little Ficus, F. guercifolia, its oak- 
