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cost of engraving and of printing have both advanced, and 
additional subscriptions will be welcomed. A condition of 
subscription is that it must be made for the whole work com- 
mencing with volume 1, and thus requiring an initial cost of $40 
at the present time. 
Sample copies of the work, which is an ornament to any library, 
will be mailed on application to the Director-in-Chief. There 
are also available a considerable number of loose plates which 
may be distributed. N. L. Britton. 
AUTUMN LECTURES, 1919 
The following program of public lectures has been announced 
for the autumn of t919. As usual, they will be held in the lecture 
hall of the Museum, Saturday afternoons at four o’clock. 
August 30. ‘‘The Proper Care of Shade Trees and Orna- 
mental Plants,” by Dr. Mel T. Cook. 
Sept. 6. ‘Sugar and Cocoa: Their History and Production,” 
by Dr. W. A. Murrill. 
Sept. 13. “A Naturalist’s Rambles in Florida,’ by Dr. G. 
Clyde Fisher. 
Sept. 20. ‘ Dahlias and Their Culture,” by Dr. M. A. Howe. 
(Exhibition of Dahlias, Sept. 20 and 21.) 
Sept. 27. ‘Peeps into Gardens,” by Mr. Leonard Barron. 
Oct. 4. “Autumn Coloration,’’ by Dr. A. B. Stout. 
Oct. 11. The Digestion of Vegetable Foods,” by Dr. W. J. 
Gies. 
Oct. 18. “Fall Planting and Winter Protection,” by Mr. 
Oct. 25. ‘Conserving the Forests and Wild Life of New 
York State,” by Mr. C. G. Abbott. 
Noy. 1. “The Tea Gardens of Ceylon and Japan,” by Dr. 
H. A. Gleason. 
NOTES, NEWS AND COMMENT 
The Horticultural Grounds were gay during the late summer 
with an attractive display of many varieties of cannas, bordering 
