hundred miles from Maine to California" will become an actual 
fact in the near future." 
(NOTE — Guests can be taken care of at Bear Mt. Inn, and the Zone 
Chairmen later will have information concerning the accommodations.) 
Massachu- Mrs. S. V. R. Crosby, 95 Beacon Street, Boston, has accepted 
setts Zone the chairmanship for this zone, which is a deep cause for 
gratitude on the part of the Wild Flower Committee and 
congratulations for the Clubs that have her leadership. As the 
President of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society promises 
her his support and Dr. Sargent his help, that zone should be 
of great service to our work. 
Pennsyl- Mrs. W. R. Mercer has had three winter hikes for the 
vania Zone Garden Clubs of her zone, to study the winter landscapes. They 
have been well attended by enthusiastic members. She is plan- 
ning a wild flower pageant for the school children in the spring. 
Canal Mrs. Samuel Heald of the Canal Zone has formed a Garden 
Zone Club there and writes us : " Concerning the proposed Botanical 
Garden, through the following letters from Mr. David Fairchild, 
and Secretary Wallace, Department of Agriculture, you will see 
that things are working out splendidly for us. If this does go 
through and it is nOw almost an insured fact, the Garden Club 
of America will get the credit. It will really be a very big thing. 
The President of Panama and one of the very wealthy men of 
the Republic, Mr. Ramon Arias, are already very much interested 
in the project and want to co-operate in any way they can." 
The letter from Mr. Fairchild says that the Department will 
send Botanists to study the Flora of Panama as the first step 
toward making an Herbarium, one list to be kept in Panama 
and one in Washington. At present there is no complete list 
of the plants of Panama, though a partial one was begun in 
1906 by a botanist named Pettier. 
Following this Herbarium, primary and secondary hand- 
books will be published for the benefit of visitors to the Canal 
Zone. The railroad facilities under Mr. Heald and govern- 
mental boats as well as comfortable quarters for the visiting 
botanists have been offered, so that every opportunity which the 
Canal officials can give will be used to expedite the work. This 
preliminary work will require from two to three years. 
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