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In Cladrastris the mean weight of the seed is higher when only 

 one seed is produced per pod than when the pod contains two 

 or more. There is no essential difference between 2-seeded and 

 3-seeded pods. In series of pods containing 2-4 seeds the mean 

 seed weight decreases from the proximal towards the distal 

 positions. 



Seed weight has also been studied with considerable thorough- 

 ness in Crinum Ion gi folium* 



The weight of the large watery seeds of this species is far 

 more variable than seed weight in general. The fact that there 

 is a substantial correlation between the weight of the seeds of 

 the same fruit indicates that all are subject to the influence of 

 similar physiological factors. 



NEWS ITEMS 



Dr. and Mrs. Carl Skottsberg of Sweden, en route from Chili, 

 are stopping in New York until the middle of November. After 

 botanical work in Chili Dr. Skottsberg. was going directly to 

 Sweden, but war conditions made a stop in New York necessary. 

 He attended the last two days of the Club's semicentennial 

 program. 



An account of the exercises in connection with the Club's 

 fiftieth anniversary will appear in Torre ya for November. 

 All of the meetings scheduled were held and there was an 

 average attendance of fifty. About eighteen hundred dollars 

 had been collected up to October 20 and the committee appeals 

 for more subscriptions to enable it to publish all the papers read 

 at the meetings. 



\^olume one number one of the Journal of the International 

 Garden Club was issued September 26. It is a gardening paper 

 of 285 pages and contains over 70 full page illustrations. Edi- 

 torial or business matters relating to the new Journal should be 

 sent to Norman Taylor, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, 

 N. Y. 



* Harris, J. Arthur. Biometric data on the inflorescence and fruit of Criyium 

 longifolium. Ann. Rept. Mo. Bot. Gard. 23: 75-99. 1912. 



