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Dr. and Mrs. N. L. Britton with Mr. Kenneth Boynton re- 

 turned on the thirteenth from Porto Rico with a valuable col- 

 lection of plants for the New York Botanical Garden. 



Dr. Mel Cook of the United States Department of Agriculture 

 spent part of the Christmas vacation at the Botanical Garden. 



Mr. Carlos E. Chardon, Commissioner of Agriculture and 

 Labor of Porto Rico spent a few da>s at the Botanical Garden 

 recently. He is engaged with Dr. F. J. Seaver on a list of the 

 fungi of the Porto Rico. 



Dr. John K. Small is in charge of a party travelling by motor 

 truck from Cape Sable around the Gulf and across Texas to 

 El Paso. The party are camping along the way and collecting 

 where conditions seem interesting and will investigate the various 

 floral regions they come to. 



