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and these chiefly summer villas scattered about in a wilderness 

 of luxuriant-growing deciduous trees. The rest were huts in- 

 habited chiefly by criminals. To-day, the Bronx is one of the 

 finest parts of New York, and the inhabitants number 400,000. 

 Its most noteworthy feature is Bronx Park, which nature and art 

 have united in forming into a charming idyll for the lover of 

 nature." 



Among the botanical visitors in New York City during the 

 past summer, in addition to those already noted in Torreya, may 

 be mentioned the following : W. H. Lipsky, St. Petersburg ; Pro- 

 fessor F. L. Stevens, North Carolina Agricultural and Mechani- 

 cal College, West Raleigh, N. C; Professor M. A. Barber, 

 University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas ; Professor F. E. Lloyd, 

 Mazapil, Zacatecas, Mexico ; Professor William L. Bray, Syra- 

 cuse University, Syracuse, N. Y.; Professor Douglas H. Camp- 

 bell, Stanford University, California; Mr. William R. Maxon, 

 U. S. National Museum, Washington, D. C; Professor T. D. A. 

 Cockerell, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado ; Dr. H. 

 N. Whitford, Forestry Bureau, Manila, P. L; Dr. Clifton D. 

 Howe, Biltmore Forest School, Biltmore, North Carolina ; Dr. 

 D. T. MacDougal, Carnegie Institution, Washington, D. C; 

 Professor D. S. Johnson, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 

 Md.; Professor John L. Sheldon, West Virginia University, 

 Morgantown, W. Va.; Dr. J. N, Rose, U. S. National Museum, 

 Washington, D. C; and Mr. H. H. York, University of Texas, 

 Austin, Texas. 



