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opened to the competitors for eight days, and the finished designs 
were submitted on Monday, April 28. 
Mr. H. F. Kent, secretary of the Metropolitan Museum of 
Art, appointed as judges Miss Abbot, of the Metropolitan 
Museum, Mrs. Britton, of the Garden, and Miss Cornell, of 
Teachers’ College, Columbia University. Since in the opinion of 
the judges none of the designs was worthy of a first prize, only 
six prizes were awarded, which were distributed as follows: 
Second prizes of $25 each: Marjory F. King, Katherine S. 
Lamb. 
Third prizes of $15 each: Ethelyn C. Stewart, Dorothy Asbury. 
Fourth prizes of $10 each: Amy Stevenson, G. Marie Le Prince. 
Through the generosity of a friend of the Garden, prizes of 
five dollars each were awarded to each of the other competitors 
who submitted designs. 
H. A. GLEASON. 
COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO DR. BRITTON 
The Board of Managers of the New York Botanical Garden 
gave a dinner to Dr. N. L. Britton at the Metropolitan Club, 
May 7, the guests including the Scientific Directors of the Garden 
and a number of other distinguished scientists. Dr. D. T. 
MacDougal, of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, formerly 
Director of the Laboratories at the Garden, acted as toast- 
master. The speakers included Dr. Arthur Hollick, who men- 
tioned Dr. Britton’s early botanical work on Staten Island; 
Dr. Henry Fairfield Osborne, on Dr. Britton’s part in the develop- 
ment of science in New York; Provost W. H. Carpenter, on his 
relation to Columbia University; Professor Robert A. Harper, 
on his relation to botanical research; and Dr. George T. Moore 
and Dr. C. Stuart Gager, who brought greetings from the Mis- 
souri Botanical Garden, of St. Louis, and the Brooklyn Botanic 
Garden. Dr. Lewis R. Morris read letters of appreciation from 
several who were unable to attend. At the close of the dinner, 
following a congratulatory address by Mr. Robert W. De Forest, 
a huge specimen of Echinocactus was unveiled, symbolic of Dr. 
