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aware County. And the percentage of plants which may be ex- 

 pected to grow in this region and do not, and those which grow 

 contrary to expectation, is wholly conjectural. During the week 

 spent in the area, and through the kind cooperation of the mem- 

 bers attending the meeting a collection of the flowering plants was 

 secured which may be considered fairly representative of the flora 

 at that time. Dr. Philip Dowell did much discriminating in the 

 collection of hybrid ferns, and as the country about Stamford is 

 particularly rich in these interesting plants, much valuable infor- 

 mation on the subject will be preserved as a permanent record. 

 It is not possible at this time to publish the determinations of 

 the plants collected during the week, but following out the notice 

 printed in Torreya for June, whatever of special interest may 

 turn up in the collection will be commented upon later. There 

 was a rather slender attendance at the symposium. 



Norman Taylor 

 New York Botanical Garden 



OUR CITY PARKS IN THE HUDSON-FULTON 

 CELEBRATION 



The Botanical Garden, Bronx Park * 



In cooperation with the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commis- 

 sion, specimens of all the native trees of the Hudson River Val- 

 ley growing in the grounds of the New York Botanical Garden 

 will be marked temporarily with a large letter " H." Inasmuch 

 as nearly all the wild trees of the valley are growing within the 

 grounds, either wild there, or planted in the arboretum and along 

 the driveways, this illustration of the trees which might have 

 been seen by Hudson and his company in 1609 will be nearly 

 complete. While the number of individuals of most kinds in the 

 Hudson Valley has been greatly reduced by clearing land for 

 cultivation and by lumbering operations, it is not likely that any 

 species native to the valley has been exterminated within its 

 bounds. 



'^Reprinted by permission from ^t Journal of the New York Botanical Garden 

 for August, 1909. 



