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 Wateb I'i \m> m mi. New York Botanical Garden 



At the Wu York Botanical (iarden there is at present a 

 unique exhibit of aquarium plants. Partly from the Garden's 

 own collection and partly from the professional dealers in arma- 

 rium supplies, there has been assembled some sixty different 

 water plants suitable for aquarium use. 



In some of the aquaria the plants are shown by themselves 

 with lables on the glass giving the names. Another series of 

 aquaria are beautifully arranged with different plants and with 

 many species of tropical fish. 



The exhibit opened at Christmas time and will be kept until 

 the end of March. 



Collection of Living Cycads at the 

 Brooklyn Botanic Garden 



Students of the cycads will be interested to know that the 

 collection of living cycads at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is 

 now complete as to genera. The last accession was the curious 

 fern-like member of the group, Stangeria paradoxa, from Natal, 

 South Africa, which was acquired in 1931 and seems now to be 

 thriving. A Leaflet describing the collection has just been issued 

 by the Garden. The collection is housed in the conservatories 

 of the Garden (House 12). The nine genera now extant are 

 represented by the following species: 



1. Cycas circinalis 7. Stangeria paradoxa 



2. Cycas media 8. Encephalartos Hildebrandtii 



3. Cycas revoluta 9. Dioon edule 



4. Bowenia spectabilis var. 10. Microcycas calocoma 

 sertulata 11. Ceratozamia mexicana 



5. Macrozamia Moorei 12. Zamia floridana var. Pur- 



6. Macrozamia tridentata shiana 



