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thusiastic about the objects which the Plantations seek to foster; and, second, 

 to help translate that enthusiasm into support for the enterprise of making an 

 outdoor laboratory where Cornell students and professors can learn about 

 things that grow, and where visitors, even from far countries, can study from 

 living specimens." Among the articles published in the first three numbers 

 are the following : Ten early flowering shrubs ; A history of the Plantations 

 development ; Opportunities for cooperative research ; Birds on the Planta- 

 tions ; Sheep for food, clothing, and pleasure ; As an artist sees the beauties 

 of landscape ; and When to cut roses. The editor is Professor Emeritus 

 Bristow Adams, and the address is : "The Cornell Plantations" Roberts Hall, 

 Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 



The latest numbers of two series of publications of The Black Rock Forest, 

 Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, N. Y., have also been received. 



Flinn, R. F. The leaching of some plant nutrients following the burning of 

 forest litter. Black Rock Forest Papers 1 (No. 21) : 128-134. 1943. Price 50^. 



Tryon, Henry H. The management of young volunteer hardwood stands. 

 The Black Rock Forest Bulletin No. 13 : 1-28. 1945. Price $1.00. 



From Cuba, two publications have been received : 



Del Valle, C. G. El maiz dulce. Estacion Experimental Agronomica, 

 Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba, Bulletin 62: 1-18. 1945. This discusses the de- 

 velopment of varieties of sweet corn suitable for growth in Cuba. 



Roig y Mesa, Juan Tomas. Plantas medicinales, aromaticas o venenosas 

 de Cuba. Parts 1 & 2. We hope to publish a review of this work in the near 

 future. 



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April 28. Albion, N. J. This was a joint outing with the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia to the Jersey pine barrens. Lupinus pe'rennis 

 and Hudsonia ericoides were in full bloom. A large number of the expected 

 plants were seen. Leaders, Charles E. Mohr, John M. Fogg, Jr., Arthur 

 LaDow and W. L. Dix. Attendance about 60. 



April 29. Arden, N. Y. for lichens. Eighty-four species were recorded, 

 the longest list yet for a single day trip. The early spring was evident from 

 the report : "Rhododendron nudiflorum, seen in flower in this same region 

 ■on April 15, was mostly faded. Coptis trifolia was past full flower. In full 

 flower were Vaccinium corymbosum, Polygala paucijolia, Carex stricta. In 

 each case the first flowers must have appeared at a much earlier date, probably 

 new records for earliness." Leader, G. G. Nearing. Attendance 11. 



