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bequeathed to the garden his remaining specimens and a col- 

 lection of nearly 1,000 drawings. He also left a fund of ten 

 thousand dollars to be used in the publication of these draw- 

 ings. 



H. L. Westover and C. R. Enlow have returned to Wash- 

 ington after seven months spent in Russian Turkestan and the 

 Turkish Republic collecting plants suitable for soil binders in 

 arid regions. They brought back 1,800 lots of seeds of plants as 

 well as root cuttings of plants that give promise of value. Most 

 of these are of grasses that grow in a region where there is no 

 water except in winter. "Last summer's drought with its fre- 

 quent dust storms emphasized the great need of soil-holding 

 plants. We are hopeful that something of real value for our 

 great plains and the Southwest will be found in the collection," 

 said F. D. Richey, chief of the bureau of plant industry. The 

 explorers travelled by camel, horseback and automobile in the 

 course of their explorations, and received valuable help from 

 officials and plant experts of both the Soviet and Turkish gov- 

 ernments. 



Dates of Publication of Torreya, Volume 34 



January- February March 3 



March-April April 30 



May-June July 12 



July-August August 24 



September-October November 9 



November-December January 8 



