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NEWS NOTES 



Dr. John K. Small left for Florida in November to continue 

 his exploring and collecting. He is travelling through the 

 state by auto truck collecting as he goes. 



The New York Botanical Garden contributed one hundred 

 dollars towards the expenses of the work in Indo China being 

 carried on by Dr. Petelot. He is seeking to obtain specimens 

 of the species described by Louriers in 1879. 



From Science' we learn that Professor A. S. Hitclicock of the 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture is in Cuba studying the grasses 

 of the island in cooperation with the Tropical Plant Research 

 Foundation. 



From "Science" we learn that the trustees of Dartmouth 

 College have voted to construct a new building for the natural 

 science departments. This will house the departments of botany, 

 zoology, geology and biology giving them equipment and facil- 

 ities that they have not had before. 



The New York Botanical Garden will give a series of lectures 

 during the winter on Saturday afternoons in the Central Display 

 Greenhouse of Conservatory Range, No. 2. In January Mr. 

 Kenneth R. Boynton will speak on Garden Vegetables and Herbs, 

 on the 22nd Dr. H. A. Gleason will speak on The Spices of 

 Commerce, on the 29th Dr. John K. Small, on Cacti; February 

 5th, Dr. F. J. Seaver, Cocoa and Chocolate; February 19, Mr. 

 George Friedhof, The Planting of Flower Seeds; February 26, 

 Dr. Arthur Hollick, Geological Features of the New York 

 Botanical Garden. 



DATES OF PUBLICATION OF TORREYA, 

 VOLUME 26, 1926 



No. 



I 



Jan.-Feb. 



February 27 



No. 



2 



Mar.-Apr. 



April 24 



No. 



3- 



May-June 



July 2 



No. 



4 



July-Aug. 



August 1 1 



No. 



5 



Sept.-Oct. 



October 30 



No. 



6 



Nov.-Dec. 



December 28 



