Museum Bulletin 



NOTICE 



In response to frequent inquiries it has been thought 

 advisable to issue the following items of information : 



The Museum is opened to the public daily, except Sun- 

 days, from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. 



The Director is customarily present from 9 a. m. to 6 

 p. m., and will meet members and others in the evenings, by 

 appointment, whenever possible, to facilitate study of the col- 

 lections and to advise in regard to research work in connection 

 with the library. 



Wednesdays are tentatively reserved by the Director for 

 visiting other museums, and Saturdays, when time is available, 

 are reserved for field work. Members who are interested in 

 general museum activities, or who may desire to learn how 

 museum specimens are collected and prepared, are always 

 welcome to participate in any of the trips made for the 

 purposes mentioned. 



The Torrey Botanical Club enjoyed three field meetings 

 on Staten Island the present summer. On June 16 the region 

 in the vicinity of Richmond Valley and Kreischerville was 

 explored, with the special object of collecting plant rusts 

 and fungi. On August 4th the region traversed was from 

 Pleasant Plains to the shore at Prince's Bay Bluff, under the 

 guidance of the Director. On August 11th "Salt Water Day" 

 was celebrated by a shore dinner at Sauer's Hotel, Great 

 Kills, at which twenty-one members of the Club were present. 



In the July issue of the Bulletin it was suggested 

 that a new flag would be a welcome and timely gift to the 

 Museum. Within forty-eight hours after the Bulletin was 

 mailed two of our members responded, each asking to be 

 accorded the privilege of supplying it. 



The offer of Mrs. Elizabeth Davis - the one first re- 

 ceived—was accepted, and a handsome 5x8 flag was purchased. 

 Mrs. Davis also generously included a new staff, and defrayed 

 the expenses of erecting it, in the southeast corner of the 

 grounds. Our new flag is now displayed, as the old one was 

 not, in a suitable location and in a dignified manner. 



The Director is also pleased 1o announce that the 

 other applicant for the privilege, Mr. Charles D. Durkee 

 when informed that a simlar offer had already been received 



