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The Board also decided that the official designation of the 

 house shall be the Britton Cottage. 



At the last meeting of the Board of Trustees the following 

 were elected to active membership in the Association: Louis 

 Bache, New York; Chester A. Cole, West New Brighton. Dr. and 

 Mrs. Nathaniel L. Britton were elected patrons of the Association. 



The bird house contest under the auspices of the Bird Lovers' 

 Club, mentioned in the April and the May Bulletin, was 

 a thorough success from every point of view. Incidentally it 

 may be of interest to our members to learn that of the 127 houses 

 placed on display in the Museum and offered for sale only 39 re- 

 mained unsold when the exhibit was closed. 



A publication of timely interest, recently issued by the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, is Farmers' Bulletin No. 659, "The 

 True Clothes Moths," by C. L. Marlatt. A footnote on the first 

 page states that " This bulletin is of interest to householders and 

 to those who have anything to do with fur and wool, in either the 

 raw or the manufactured state." Aside from the practical, econo- 

 mic information contained in this bulletin, however, there is also 

 information of scientific and historical interest. Apparently all of 

 these household pests are of Old World origin, as are most of the 

 weeds that trouble the farmer and gardener, and they have all 

 followed in the wake of civilization into the New World. 



Accessions to the Museum and Library have been received 

 since the last list was printed in the April Bulletin from the fol- 

 lowing persons : Mrs. E. G. Britton, J. Herbert Cubberly, Edward 

 Farley, Charles Kipper, C, W. Leng, Jr., Richard Mansfield, Ray- 

 mond Morris, Charles Pfizer & Co., Alanson Skinner, Edward M. 

 Stothers, D. M. Van Name, Silas C. Wheat. 



