hanging quite limp on the branch. After a few days, however, 
water begins to enter the leaf-blade faster than it is lost by 
evaporation, and the blade becomes turgid, i. e., expanded to its 
fullest extent. It is then able to manufacture food, not only for 
itself, but for the other parts of the tree, all through the growing 
season. Some of this food goes to nourish the next set of buds, 
which are being formed during the summer and autumn in 
preparation for the following winter. 
C. S. G. 
NOTICE 
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden (of the Brooklyn Institute of 
Arts and Sciences) is open free to the public daily, from 8 a. m. 
until sunset : on Sundays and holidays at 10 a. m. Entrances on 
Flatbush Avenue, opposite Prospect Park; on Washington 
Avenue, south of Eastern Parkway; and on Eastern Parkway, 
between the Museum building and Prospect Heights reservoir. 
A docent will meet parties by appointment and conduct them 
through the Garden. 
