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divisions: those plants poisonous to animals and those poisonous 

 to man. 



Adjournment followed. 



B. O. Dodge, 



Secretary 



NEWS ITEMS 



A garden of Shakespeare's plants was dedicated in Central 

 Park, New York City, on April 24, with exercises by the Per- 

 manent Shakespeare Birthday Committee. Dr. E. B. South- 

 wick, for many years the City Entomologist, who planned the 

 garden, is to have charge of it. 



The announcement of the Biological Station of the University 

 of Montana has been issued. The courses, which are held at 

 Yellow Bay, Flathead Lake, Montana, extend from June 19 to 

 August 18, and cover the usual ground. Further information 

 may be had from Morton J. Elrod, Missoula, Montana, whose 

 address after June 15 will be at the summer Biological Station. 



On April 22 the cornerstone of the structure which will com- 

 plete the building and greenhouses of the Brooklyn Botanic 

 Garden was laid with brief ceremonies. A spring inspection of 

 the grounds followed by a tea was held at the New York Botan- 

 ical Garden on May 4, and at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden on 

 May 9. At the latter institution memorial trees were planted 

 by Mr. Alfred T. White and Mr. A. Augustus Healy. 



Dr. Edgar W. Olive and Professor H. H. Whetzel have re- 

 turned from Porto Rico where they have been collecting fungi. 



