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points all the way from Key West to Miami. Heretofore unob- 
served centers of cactus growth were discovered where several 
kinds of night-blooming cereus and prickly pears were found. 
M. Lucien Morellet, of Paris, vice-president of the Geological 
Society of France, has recently sent to the Garden, by way of 
exchange, twelve beautifully preserved specimens, representing 
as many species, of fossil algae of the family Dasycladaceae, all 
from the Parisian Eocene. The fossil algae in the Garden col- 
lections had hitherto consisted chiefly of Lithothamnieae, a 
group of calcified red algae, and this contribution of material 
representing a family of calcified green algae constitutes a note- 
worthy addition to the collection of algae and of fossil plants. 
Discovery of related fossils in American strata is to be expected. 
On June 17, over 300 biology pupils from the Morris High 
School, with Dr. Peabody and eight teachers, spent the forenoon 
at the Garden observing and making notes on tropical plants, 
trees, economic plants, and plant products, under the guidance 
and instruction of their own teachers and most of the Garden 
staff. Mr. C. G. Abbott, of the State Conservation Commission 
at Albany, gave an account of the various measures being taken 
by the Commission to preserve the wild life and other natural 
tesources of the state. His lecture was illustrated with hand- 
some colored lantern slides and was listened to with deep interest. 
Professor H. H. Whetzel, of Cornell University, accompanied 
by his assistant, Mr. E. F. Hopkins, recently spent several days 
at the Garden in connection with his work on parasitic fungi. 
The special object of the trip was to make a life-history study of 
Sclerotinia Geranti, recently described by Dr. F. J. Seaver on the 
rootstocks of the wild geranium and not known to occur in any 
other region than the type locality. A survey of the grounds of 
the Garden was made and some interesting data collected rela- 
tive to fungi parasitic on cultivated flowering plants. Professor 
Whetzel is expecting to monograph the genus Sclerotinia for 
North American Flora. 
