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Converse, .J.Ma ederick Strauss, Marin Le Brun Cooper, Dr. William . seat FLK 5 Paul D. Cravath, eorge Mc. ny, hay Charles D, Dickey, James eae Charles @ Tiga Cleveland H. Dodge, Emerson McMillin, Dr, W. Gilman Tone A. F, Estabrook, ir. Walter Mendelson, Myles Tierney, uel W, Fairchild, ohn rrill, C. Tiffany, Willia: . Field, Ogden Is, W.K, Vanderbilt, e Ford, ‘on. Ogden L. Mills, Felix M. Warburg, Henry rest, J. Pierpont Morgan, Paul M. Warb Robert W. de Forest, Dr. Lewis R. Morris, H. H. Westinghouse, Henry C. Frick, Frederic R. Newbold, Bronson Winthrop, i . D. Norton, Grenville L. Winthrop. Danie! Guegenheim, Eben E. Olcott, ry Guggenheim, Prof. Henry F. Oshorn, Members of the Women’s ae ary Mrs. Robert Bacon, Mrs. Hamilton F, Kea: Miss Harriette tee rs, Thomas H. Barber, Mrs. A. A. Low, mes Roosevelt, Miss Elizabeth Billings, © Mrs. Charles eee nee aie ne loan, Miss Eleanor Blodgett, Mrs. V. iiverit Macy, Mrs. Theres G. Strong, Mrs. Charles D. Dickey, Mrs. Penry ect Mrs nry QO, ae Mrs. Walter aoe . rs. George W, on Mrs. ae War Mrs. Delancey * s. George D. Pra Honorary Members of the Women’s eens Mrs. E. Henry lfarriman, Miss Olivia E. P. ar Mrs. F. F. Tho: on, Mrs. John I. Kan Mrs. F. K, Stw Mrs. Robert Et Westcott TABLE OF CONTENTS No, 217. Collecting Prickly Pears at Apalachicola... .......... 4 art clara e Relatives of Catalpa Trees in the West Indies 22 i." tei eae Growing Wal for Food gn Re sth lardy ca Plants in the New York Botanical Garden. . Pit ar ata £ . 218. BRUARY. Narrative of a Trip to South America ior ‘otc Cacti die ede teatarape cin Spee G ‘ourses in eee in Codperation ] Chi Far gu 219. as ne from the Income of the Charles Budd Robinson Fund...... Inj o Evergreens Se of ee tafi, Scholars and Students of the New York Botanical Garden during the Year I91 Hardy ecey Plants in the New York Botanical Garden............. Spring Lectures, sorgeaegeh nt een era Mtge keel Ace eh cent ee, aati cattel ele ead Notes, News and Comment . ACCESSIONS igh hi ned ee ee DRE ARERR ee EEO OY a hb ed tied Be 220. APRIL. A Winter Collecting Trip in Florida................... et ce tasisgaseleseien strates The Herb OS ean deere tae OM AE, 2 Sata cance na ety Location of eu ee Grounds: The Home Hardy Woody Plants in the New York Botanical Garden. ................. Conference Notes for February...........-..- Notes, News and Com ACCESSIONS 220.08 Ce Ar Bee ee ee Sin tds east sA, Giaeced John Adolph Sha Weicesiityy Wein lig tes tens The Black nee Tree and its Insect Enemies............ et ne Fees he Albertina Taylor Russell... 2.0.0... ee eee A Red Pine Plantation... ................ ee Ay ye sala Yetta chang vill CONTENTS Spring Inspection of Grounds, Buildings and Collections........ 106 Hardy Woody Plants in esa New York Botanical Garden.... . . - . 108 Conference Note: an igre tfnEI2 Notes, ae pees . a 28 Pattee EE Summer ae OTS ie ates! a eat eater eter ce pases) aia sh ee OU 1I5 Accessions +5 23 c0hicieu tie sdiclin BiG 2. wehag eon RS Ee nice Apne 116 No. 222. JUNE. A Botanical di Col Hardy belies sil in aes New York Botanical Garden. Notes, News and C Accessions Sequence of the First Blooming of the Rose Collection...........--++-+--+- 49 Injury to Evergreens wees 359 Tenth Anniversary of the School Garden Association of New York.......... 164 “A Little Visit to Heave: 165 Hardy Woody Plants in ne New York Botanical Garden 167 Notes, News and Comment qL Accession: 175 0. 22, House Given ee Mrs. Frederick Ferris Thompson. 179 James Alexander 18 Mr. Parsons’ pia oe ee oint 181 The Botany and Plant Products . aes South America............... 182 The New Dahlia Border 185 Hardy Woody Plants in the New York Botanical Garden 192 Autumn Lectures, 191 196 tes, News and Comment........ 197 Accessions +. 200 25. SEPTEMBER. The Sphagnum Moss and Its Use in Surgical Dressings......... .......... 203 Byron David Halsted... 00.2.2 ee eee beeen eee 221 Hardy Woody Plants in New York Botanical Garden.......... ....... 222 Notes, News and Comment. ........0.. 00.0000 e cece eer eee eee +. 226 ACCESSIONS 5.10 dee ath aniae ari tic tected ca bahar ae eer amen a eats ce ta caedlt, € Geka 230 No. 226. OcToser. Students and Investigators at the New York Botanical Garden, 1897-1978... 231 227. NOVEMBER. Botanical Exploration in Florida in 1917 279 The Dahlia Border : _ Hardy Woody Plants in es New York Botanical Garden...... 203 Notes, News and C 207 Accessi CONTENTS ix 228. DECEMBER. Possibilities of the Truffle I; otes o! xperiment with Pi Conference Notes for N otes, sand Com ‘ Accessi Index.............. Vol. XIX January, 1918 No. 217 JOURNAL The New York Botanical Garden KENNETH ROWLAND BOYNTON flead Gardener's Assistant CONTENTS PAGE Collecting Prickly Pears at Apalachicola The Relatives of Catalpa Trees in the West Indies 6 Growing Walnuts for Food 9 Hardy Woody Plants in the New York Botanical Garden of Ghee ny Soe ches December 15 Sprin; t ing . 16 Notes, News and Comment 17 PACEROBIODS ooo. occ cc ceececinnsyeecoacesenes 19 PUBLISHED FOR THE GARDEN Ar 41 Nort Qugen Street, Lancaster, Pa. HE New Era Printinc Company OFFICERS 1918 PRESIDENT—W. Mens mene VICE-PRESIDENTS W CAR EGIE ye NCIS TyNDE STETSON REASURER—JAMES A. Heh ASSISTANT TREASURER—JOHN:L. MERRILL Secretary—N. L. BRI TLON 1. ELECTED MANAGERS Term expires coal a 1919 MURRY GUGGENHEIM NCIS ee STETSON ADOLPH LEWISOHN ee TIER GEORGE W. PERKINS LOUIS C. TELAnY Term expires ee EDWARD D. MS ton i “SCRYMSER ROBERT W. a e FOREST HEN RY W. ve FOREST J. P. 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PARSONS, Supervisor of Gardening Phctiubion “epHoly ‘BjoaTyouTedy Jo Jam Avg Suoype spoom suid sradaey IN “WL Aq 004d sread-Apypoud JOoy-Avoso syd Jo 7eINqGeYy 9UL gor HLVIg NaGaVS) IVOINVIOg 4YO, WAN SHI dO aWNaI0f JOURNAL . OF The New York Botanical Garden VoL. XTX January, 1918 No. 217 COLLECTING PRICKLY-PEARS AT APALACHICOLA (WITH PLATE 208) y way north after a cruise to the Cape Sable region of Florida,* in April 1916, I took occasion to make a side trip to tus corded in a previousf paper, an intended visit to Aoalathco had been frustrated by a period of cold weather. At He s time, however, the weather conditions as could be desired. After leaving Miami there was no uncom- an drop in the temperature, and I duly Sue nae onville without incident. Late in the afte ernoon nT left there for Rive HI miles een ard. Asa result of the heavy traffic of the ce primarily to a prolonged drought and a dirt-ballasted track, and at two o'clock in the morning reached River Junction. About daybreak I learned that the only daily passenger train did not leave for Apalachicola until late in the afternoon. However, I by worn-out flat-cars, box-cars, a cattle-car, and a piece (JourNaL ae December, Aas 7 (18): -291 was issued aia 7, 1918.) * Jou = NEV K BOTANICAL Gari 189-2 1916. t ees OF THE nee ae BOTANICAL Cac 18: nage 1917. 2 of one of the primitive passenger-cars of the Long Island Railroad se. stle of the hammocks and the river-swamps along the way, aside from other natural features, was alone worth the trip. The shrubs and trees had put out their new and fresh foliage, and the shades and masses of green were indescribably beautiful. The low and a te pine woods were conspicuous with a wealth of flow ico a is an isolated town. It lies at the mouth of the iv towns on the coast are each about twenty-five miles distant, one to the east, the other to the west. The town is situated on a dune-like ridge built up mainly of sand and of oyster-shells. In the earlier half of the last ee it ranked third among the ports of o ulf coast. This one-time ean of the town was ee the primary reason vs my visi Thomas Drummond, who had been assistant as on second Land Arctic Expedition under Sir John Franklin and h collected extensively in Canada, after making ee in Texas started for further work in Cuba. He peas sailed was Drum s intention to return from Cuba to explore Florida, but he died at Havana in March, 1835, not many weeks after his arrival ther 1841 obert ee after describing Opuntia Drummond- not Plants of the species now described t r. Neill, Canonmills, from rummond, in 1835. They were gathered by him in eee and flowered with Dr. * The Botanist, 5: pl. 246. 3 Neill (and with him, and at the Caledonian Horticultural So- ciety’s Garden, only, as far as’I know), in July, 1838 and 1839.” Notwithstanding a good description and an excellent colored plate eae seis it, Opuntia Drummondii was nearly or quite lost sight of for three quarters of a century. Apalachicola be- came the eee residence of Dr. A. W. Chapman, for many ; hapma. ren sandy places along the coast of Florida and Georgia.” There is a specimen, doubtless from Apalachicola, preserved in the Chapman Herbarium now a To rediscover this plant was the abject of my visit to Apala- chicola. Upon reaching the town I set out in search of cacti. I clothing. It is evidently primarily a sand-dune plant and ap- parently grows only, or at least thrives best, close to the shore- line, This little prickly-pear was not the only Opuntia encountered. Two other interesting ones were found, the one a native ane growing plentifully on the banks facing the bay, and mo * Flora of the Southern United States. 145, t JourNAL oF THE NEW YorRK BOTANICAL A recent, visit to a Soar University greenhouse ene A fact that Professor R A sular Florida as far south as Daytona in 1916, 4 sparingly elsewhere, and the large naturalized Indian-fig, Opuntia ‘ é r. Drummond is the most prominent personality appearing in these notes, I may refer especially to the fact that the two very abundant naturalized plants with conspicuous flowers represented species he discovered in Texas just before he went to Apalachi- cola, and both of which were named in his honor, the one a phlox, Phlox Drummondii, and the other an evening-primrose, Raiman- nia i a B e species were published by Dr. William Jackson Hooker, ae regius professor of botany in the University of lasgow, in the Botanical Magazine under plates 3361 and 3441 respectively. After describing the phlox,; Hooker says in a note “ Amon any interesting plants which attracted Mr rummond’s attention during his journeyings in Texas, was the present very handsome species of Phlox. e seeds sent over, y country. Hence, and as it is an undescribed species, I am de- sirous that it should bear the name and serve as a frequent me- mento of its unfortunate discoverer, who shortly after quitting Texas, fell a victim of the climate of Cuba, in the prime of life, and just as he was on the point of exploring the botanical riches of that portion of the United States, which, next to Texas, held out the best prospect of rewarding his indefatigable exertions, namely, Florida. He has, indeed, accomplished enough, by his zeal and researches, to secure to himself a lasting name through- out the botanical world: yet it is impossible not deeply to regret the loss, both as concerns our favorite science and his friends. 2 science to which he was so ardently alin and in the pursuit of which, he has thus fallen a sacrifice. The word ‘‘frequent”’ in the above quotation is italicized in the original. Although Dr. Hooker did not intend to use it as fore- italics is quits staking an oe more appro Hooker’ sp has been filly justified by pee collections made in that state, and particularly by recent exploration carried on there by the Garden and by others. One might be tempted to believe that Mr. Drummond intro- duced re plants as he passed through Apalachicola on wey to Cuba, were it not for the fact that Dr. Ch and he surely could not have o ° =) o i= ay p , “4 gf o & ° Q ee. | ° = cae o plants justly become very popular. They are widely cultivated and extensively naturalized in the eastern United States. Among the naturalized shrubs a South American species, the t time before my visit. Most interesting among the native trees was a species of hickory. This tree may be without a botanical name or it may have rather recently been given a name, a point 6 I have not yet been able to determine. However, the trees par- ticularly attract one's attention at first sight, on the one hand on account of their unusual habitat on the exposed banks along Apalachicola Bay, and on the other hand their habit of growing with the roots bathed in salt-water. is excursion, and one to the coastal region of pee South Gai. described in a former note,* brought to ligh much interesting data. However, what impressed itself on me most forcibly in this instance, as in all my former experiences 1 : laware t Texas inclusive. I was not prepared to make general collections of plants, but so much of interest sieiaen itself that, with an improvised collecting outfit, I managed to gather and brug back a large and interesting series of specimens ss the Garden her- barium. i K. SMALL THE RELATIVES OF CATALPA TREES IN THE WEST INDIES (WITH PLATE 209) Certain interesting trees inhabiting Jamaica, Cuba, Hispaniola and the Bahamas have been botanically grouped, on account of this note is to maintain that they are thus erroneously classified, as already intimated by me.f Professor Aiea had — R of eastern continental North America and ies by grouping the u rocatalpa.{ The first species of the group named botanically was recorded by Jacquin in 1760;§ he elet it ides longissima and referred to its earlier description by Plumier, || * JOURNAL OF THE NEW York BOTANICAL GARDEN, 18: 237- 246. + Il. FL.N. States & ners Ed. 2, 3: 238. 1913. t Cat. Pl. Cub. I 866. § Enum. Pl. a 25. || Cat. PI. ee 5. Plant. Amer. 47, pl. 57. 1755. 7 under the name “ Bignonia pe folio singulari undulato, siliquis longissimis & angustissimis."" The tree described by Plumier was probably from Hispani ola. Sims, in 1808,* seeing that it was not a Bignonia, called it Catalpa ae Chamis- so, in 1822, recording the tree as found at Cape Francais, Hayti,f printed thes name i Carine eee This f the southern part of Jamaica, where it is called “French Oak" or oa Oak,” and its timber ‘Yoke Wood” or ‘Mast Wood,” and occurs also in Haiti and Santo Domingo, in similar dry regions. Grisebacht akan its occurrence on St. Thomas, but it is not nown to grow on that island now and Baron Eggers did not know of it there in 1879. Inasmuch as it is unknown in Porto Rico, Grisebach’ s record This tree attains a height of at least sixty feet and a trunk diameter of four feet, and.its wood furnishes a very valuable timber;§ it has smooth, ieee stalked, elliptic to lanceolate, thin leaves three or four inches long, which are narrowed o t. Mag. under pl. ro94; 7: Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 4: 114. 1893. || Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 8: 75-77. See W. Harris, Bull. Dept. Agric. Jam. 1:27. IgII. 8 rounded at the base and usually long-pointed; its numerous, linear round pods are about a foot long and only about one- eighth of an inch in diameter. The essential differences between ‘hts Catalpa longissima and our northern typical Catalpas are seen in its narrow eves) and in its seeds, which are narrowly linear, long-att end and densely clothed with long white fates, The accompanyin penne (Plate 209) is from a photograph of a characteristic Dr. Marshall A. Howe at Hope Gardens, Jamaica in ene The piel Cotas have broad, ovate-orbicular leaves and their seeds have a flat wing which is fimbriate at the I accept the eee name Macrocatalpa, Sisihel by Grise- bach, as a generic name; the tree of Jamaica and Hispaniola would thus be called, botanically, Macrocatalpa longissima and be the type of the genus There are two congeners of this tree at present known. ibed by A. c m foliage and pods, classified it, doubealty: in the family eee under the name Echites (?) macrocarpa, a name previously used, however, for an an cucnne pee ae by Wallich. Subsequent col- the tree to be related to the ‘‘ French Oak” of Jamaica, and it was redescribed by Grisebach in 1866 as Catalpa punctata.{| This tree is much smaller than the ‘French Oak”; I h i) 4 a * = - =i fo) z, i= Q o ° o. Nt z plants seen by me were about 30 feet high, with a rough fissu bark i stalked leaves two to three inches long, strongly netted-veined * In Sagra, Hist. Cub. 12:94. 1850. + Cat. Pl. Cub. JouRNAL OF THE NeW York BOTANICAL GARDEN PLATE 209 The “ French Oak”’ (Mucrocutul pa longissima) at Hope Gardens, Jamaica. 9 on the underside; its flowers have a light yellow corolla: with anamo Bay, are a little more than two feet in length and about one sixth of an inch thick. The Cuban name for this tree is “Roble de olor.’’* 7 Specimens of a tree collected by Charles Wright at Bayamo, Oriente, Cuba, were described by Grisebach, under the name Gasebach in 1866f under the name Catalpa purpurea, from speci- deep purple on the back side, in front three deep red lines, then two yellow bands one on each side, then two more red lines, edge crumpled, very light purple.” The leaves are oval or mete long-stalked, densely netted-veined and —— = ath; the fruit is unknown. This plant may be named M: ia purpurea. N. L. Britton GROWING WALNUTS FOR FOOD e time is opportune to impress upon all who own land the t from Europe, at increased prices, whereas we should be exporting them. The value of nuts as a partial substitute for meat and other high-priced foods, containing as they do both protein and fat, is too well known to need repetition here. * Roble is Spanish for oak. + Cat. Pl. Cub. 192. 1866. t Cat. a Cub. 10 Last September, Dr. W. C. Deming, secretary of the Northern Nutgrowers Association, gave a public lecture at the gis on this we and exhibited nuts grown on his ies t George- town, Con He is an expert and an enthusia: Sli | in this kind a faenine for many of our hilly districts a will gladly advise anyone how to make a beginning The walnut and pecan plantation of Mr. Littlepage, near Bowie, Maryland, was visited by the writer last October and he was shown a great collection of grafted pecans, English mare and. Stabler black walnuts, all of them too young as yet to bear fruit. Several forms of grafting and budding were employed, the an- the kernel comes out whole alchotieh it is ee uaa in ne native black walnut. Machines for cracking t tl in use and it may be that some day there will be central plants for taking over nuts = ———s them, as there are now central mills for sugar and c Walnut trees aa “ extensively planted: the native black walnut and the Stabler black walnut for timber, for fruit, and for grafting; and the Persian, or ‘‘English,’’ walnut for fruit, timber, shade, and ornamental purposes. The pecan is a very valuable nut tree for the southern states, but can hardly be recommended for states very far north of Virginia THE PERSIAN WALNUT The Persian walnut, Juglan SS originated in southern Europe by chance selection through several centuries from a wild tree which bore small nuts of very hicioe quality. The com mercial nuts were brought to England and called ‘‘walnuts,” meaning ‘‘foreign nuts,” and the name ‘English walnut” became current in America because they reached this country from This valuable tree now thrives in many parts of the world and its range is ever increasing. If plant breeders will only awake to 11 heir opportuniti 11 ady found for further cach ee experiments, the results will b problems which promise excellent practical results. The kind Persons planting the Persian meee have often used seedling trees instead of grafted stock, for which there is no longer any so, one must be careful to get late-flowering varieties learned from an expert. This, also, is a very interesting field for experiment. W. A. MuRRILL HARDY WOODY PLANTS IN THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN (Continued.) Berberis. BARBERRY Berberis amurensis. AMUR BARBERRY. Location; Fruiticetu Natural distribution: aa and northern China. sae aris coke SPINE-TOOTHED BARBERRY Location: Fruticetum Rar ae Hansiayan Region Berberis brevipaniculata. SHORT-CLUSTERED BARBERRY. eo ice ocation: ticetum. Natural distribution: China. Berberis buxifolia. Box-LEAVED BARBERRY. L : ocation: Fruticetum. Natural distribution: Chili. 12 Berberis buxifolia var. nana. DwarF Box-LEAVED BARBERRY. Ler Berberis cerasina. Carine: COLORED BARBERRY. Location: Fruticetum ybrid. Berberis ee NEAT BARBERRY. eae Fru u ral statin indalayan Region. pees diaphan: CARLET BARBERRY. Location: Fruticetum. Natural distribution: Western China. eee emarginata. NoTCHED BARBERRY. : Fruticetum ybrid. Berberis Poireti. PorrEet’s BARBERRY. Location: Fruticetu Natural tet: Northern China and Amurland. Pees Pra PRATT’S BARBERRY. ocation: Fruticetum. Natural ana Ween China. Berberis Regeliana. EGEL’S BARBERRY. ocation: bie cetum Natural distribution: is Berberis egiae Siena ee Locatio ae sition Siber ace Sieboldii. BOLD’S Sane: icetum apan. Berberis Thunbergii. THUNBERG’ s BARBE Location: Fruticetum. North end of ae Bridge. South ear east end of Long Bridge. Depot Plaza. Near Power House 1. Natural distribution: Japan Berberis Thunbergii var. Maximowiczii. Maximowicz’s Bar- BERRY. Location: Fruticetum. 13 Berberis Thungerbii var. minor. THUNBERG’s DwarF Bar- BERRY ocation: pnitee Berberis vulgaris. pee BARBERRY. ocation: Fruticetum. Natural distribution: Europe to eastern Asia. Berberis ete var. atropurpurea. PURPLE-LEAVED COMMON RBER ee ation: ee ‘tum. Berberis vulgaris var. macrocarpa. LARGE-FRUITED COMMON BARBERRY Location: Fruticetum. Berberis vulgaris var. sulcata. FuRROowED Common Bar- BERRY. Location: Fruticetum. Mahono-berberis. Bi-GENERIC Hyprip Mahono-berberis Neuberti. NeuBERT’s BARBERRY. Location: Fruticetum MAGNOLIACEAE. Magnolia Family Magnolia. MAGNOLIA Magnolia acuminata. CUCUMBER TREE. Location: Arboretum. Natural distribution: Southeastern United States. Magnolia denudata. ULAN MAGNOL Location: Arboretu atural oe Cag Chin Magnolia Fraseri. LONG-LEAVED eee TREE. Natural distribution: Southeastern United States. Magn olia us. Thurber’s Magnolia. Locat nee oretum. Fruticetum. at distribution: Japan. Magnolia liliflora. LiLy-FLOWERED MAGNOLIA. Location: Fruticetum. Arbor Natural distribution: China a Pe 14 Magnolia liliflora var. nigra. BLack Lity-FLOWERED Mac- NOLIA Location: Arboretum. agnolia macrophylla. LaRrGE-LEAVED UMBRELLA TREE. Location: Herbaceous Grounds. Natural distribution: Southeastern United States. Magnolia obovata. HITE-LEAVED JAPANESE MAGNOLIA. Location: Arboretum. Natural distribution: Japan. Magnolia Soulangeana. SOULANGE’s MAGNOLIA. Locati tion: Arboretum. Fruticetum. ieee Soulangeana var. alba superba. SOULANGE’S WHITE MAGNOLIA. Location: Arbor — Solange var. Alexandrina. ALEXANDRINE Mac- NOL Location: Arbor ei aia var. Lennei. LENNE’S MAGNOLIA. Location: Arboretum agnolia Soulangeana var. Norbertiana. Norpert’s Mac- NOLIA. Location: Arbor Magnolia Solange var. Niemetzii, CoLumMNaR Hysrip MacGno: Location: co Magnolia aaa var. rustica. Dark Purple Mac- NOLIA. Location: Arbor Magnolia So fer nate var. speciosa. SOULANGE’S STRIPED NOLI tion: Arboret Magnolia stellata. HaLi’s MAGNOLIA ocation: Fruticetum. Arboretum. Natural distribution: Japan Location: Arboretum. Herbaceous Gro Natural distribution: ae ae ae 15 Magnolia virginiana eter leg SWEET Bay. Location: Arboretum. Fru Economic Garden. Natural distribution: Southam United States. Magnolia Watsonii. W4ArTs sine LIA. Location: Arboretum. ae Natural distribution: Japan Liriodendron. TuLip TREE Liriodendron Tulipifera. TuLip TREE. Location: Arboretum. At2oothSt.entrance. Near fountain, foot o useum approach. Along driveways, Museum ap- ach. Id: comm i ae ae var. fastigiata. COLUMNAR TULIP TREE. Location: Arboretu. CALYCANTHACEAE. Strawberry-shrub Family Calycanthus. STRAWBERRY SHRUB Calycanthus Sia Harry STRAWBERRY SHRUB. Location: Fruticetu Natural ee Ssathedetens United States. CONFERENCE NOTES FOR DECEMBER e monthly conference of the scientific staff and registered students of the Garden for December was held on the afternoon Miss Heteid M. Boas reported regarding the occurrence of sugary excretions of the Douglas spruce. Specimens obtai last summer from Spence’s ae British Columbia, were ex- hibited showing accumulation of s y deposits on leaves branches and cones. A full report eae this phenomenon in the October number of the JouRNAL and exhibited specimens obtained from Dr. Van Fleet He then discussed rather prolly the nut and timber situation 16 in the eastern United States as affected by the chestnut ans and various aiiiaeen undertaken by Dr. Van Fleet, Dr. Robert Morris, and others to relieve the situation by = pro- Dr. Murrill concluded his cae with the following summary: 1. The chestnut canker has spread like a whirlwind through our forests and, so far, not a single immune native tree has been discovered. The European chestnut is also non-resistant. It may be i 1 If so, it would be a great boon to the timber industry and it is our duty to find it, as there is really no tree that can take the place of the chestnut. 2 most hopeful prospect so far as timber is concerned at present lies in producing immune hybrids of erect, tree-like growth and proportions. Dr. Van Fleet suggests a cross between oO =| 7 7 ca ° oo eo) 3 ° s m a = “38 2 ot o > ° ue] oO a o co =] S a | © iat Q } i] a: ¢. fo; o t=] 2 uo) so] o o 4 ry = ° oO ° oa fas > oO = 5 3 =] % "wet sudd: was marked, the oiected hae appearing as usual up to this time. Only certain evergreens were affected, and it is our purpose here to mention those only. The genus Abies, including the 50 firs, was particularly susceptible, a number of the species suf- fering. bies cilicica: in the pinetum some of the specimens had i si Abie: siderably Baie especially on the south side; in the group at the west end of the Long Bridge, a more sheltered position, less injury occurred; there was some damage also in the group at the Woodlawn Bridge. Abies cephalonica: a small specimen at the elie had the foliegs badly burned or killed, while other suffered less; at the west end of the Long Bridge this species also erate injury. Abies numidica: badly burned, the terminal portions of the leaves being killed. Abies omit: specimens in the pinetum had the ends of the leaves badly injured. Abies grandis: specimens in the pinetum had the ends of the leaves injure Among the he logics Tsuga, some of the dwarf forms of Tsuga canadensis had the foliage somewhat burned. Tsuga Tsuga: some specimens badly burned, while Tsuga diversifolia, also a eae species, is, as usual, without injury. , arbor vitae, Thuja orientalis, suffered severely in the Woo pinetum appear seriously hurt, they received more damage than is usual with this species, one of our best and hardiest conifers; the foliage on the sunny side of the specimens is of a golden brown, in strong contrast with the green of the opposite side. mon: e yews, Taxus, or. ata, Japanese yew, again strikingly indicated their better adapta- bility to this region, as co with t f bac- ea location of the yew collection. ‘The Japanese yew shows none or little evidence of injury. GEORGE V. NasH. ee OF THE STAFF, SCHOLARS AND NTS OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL DEN DURING THE YEAR 1917 a . L. Bryological notes—III. Further mosses new to ce Torreya 17: 60-62. 10 My 1917. Notes on eee ee Sphagnums—VII._ Bryologist »: 84-89. 13 OI art, J om John Eatton. Am. Midl. Nat. 5: 135-138. The first hundred years of the New York Academy of Sci- (in Small’s ane: hunting on the coast of South Gasolina: Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 18: 239-243. 26 D 1917. eee of the names of Authors (in Rydberg’s Flora of the Rocky Mountains and adjacent plains). 1070-1077. D 1917. Report of the Bibliographer (for 1916). Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 9: 339, 340. 10 ‘icknell, E. The ferns and ener plants of Nantucket— XVIII. Bull. Torrey Club 44: 369-387. 10 Au 1917. Baccharis halimifolia. _Addisonia 2: 29, 30. pl. 55. 30 Je 1917. Aster cee ae Addisonia 2: 79, 80. pl. 80. 31 D 1917. toas, H. M. (Review) Hybrid origin of es ae ae Torreya 17: ae nr 18 Jl 191 Soynton, K. R. Notes from the: herbaceous ee Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 18: 39-42. F 191 r.N. Y¥ Bot. Gard. 18: 141-143. 18 Je or IE aie 1 . Bot Gard. 18: 250, 251. 26 D 1917. Buddleia Davidi. Addisonia a o. pl. 45. 31 Mr 1917. pl. 0 Jer Aster amethystinus. Addisonia 2: 39. pl. 60. 30 Je 1917. Aster tataricus. Addisonia 2: 51. pl. 66. 29 Sep 1917. 52 Centradenia floribunda. Addisonia 2: 65, 66. pl. 73. 31 1B) 1917. Anneslia Tweediei. Addisonia 2: 75. pl. 78. 31 D 1917, Britton, E. G. Annual reports—Sullivant Moss Society—1916 Report of the President. Bryologist 20: 9, I9I 2 0, A schedule for Arbor Day compositions on conservation. ae Study Rev. 13: 140-142. Wild Flowers. The Standard Enc. of Horticulture 6: 3513, 3514. N.Y. 1917. Report of the Honorary Curator of Mosses (for 1916). Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 9: 331- Britton, N. L. Studies in es Tadaan plants—I X. Bull. ub 44: I-37. 917. eperomia ae peer 2: 19, 20. pl. 50. 31 Mr 1917. Instruction in gardening, in cooperation with the Inter- national Children’s School Farm es Jour. N. Y. Bot Gard. 18: 53-61. pl.r92. 13 Api19 Courses in gardening in ene with the International Children’s ee Farm League. Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 95-9 7: El genero ea Vahl, in Cuba. Mem. Soc. Cubana de Historia Natural 2: 185-200. Je 1917. Further development of the New York Botanical ae [Report of the Committee]. Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 18: 121- 126. 18 Jl 1917. Harrisia gracilis. Addisonia 2: 41, 42. pl. 64. 29S 1917. Harrisia Martini. Addisonia 2: 55, 56. . 68. 295 1917. 8. Report of the Secretary and ene in- a for the year 1916. Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 917 Burlingham, G. S. Methods for sac fel work in the genus Russula. Mycologia 9g: 247. Je Graff, P. W. Fungi and lic on ns a the eee of Guam. 19 Harlow, S. H. Report of the Librarian. Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 9: 341, 342. Io Ap 1917 53 dollick, A. Additional notes on the botany of Silver Lake basin Proc. Staten Isl. Assoc. Arts and Sciences. 6: 67, 68. f. I, 2. 9 My 1917. Housman’s Cave. Proc. Staten Isl. Arts and Sciences 6: 69-71. (Illust.) 9 My 1917. ae Staten Isl. Arts and Sciences 6: 141-143 (with portrait). N 1917. Report of the Honorary oe of the oe of fossil plants (for 1916). Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 9: 3 10 Ap 1917. + 1d tetrasporic plants of Galaxaura obtusata. :621-624. 10 Ja 1917. e economic uses and Loupe of the 7 Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 18: . pl. 189, 190. 2 F 1 Also somewhat abndeed ae Re “Seaweeds: some of a economic uses and possibilities’ in Scientific Am. Suppl. 83: 134, 135. 3 Mr 1917 (Review) Grout’s Moss Flora of New York and vicinity. Torreya 17: 67. Not ph land Bull. Torrey Club tes on North otis species of Riccia. 20: 33-36. pl. 3. 29 1917. (Review) Fritsch’s ae ancestry of higher plants. 17! 123-127. 18 Bryologist. Torreya The fiftieth anniversary of the Torrey Botanical Club. Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 18: 224, 225. 30 Ni Mackenzie, K. K. Notes on Carex—XI. 917- Bull. Torrey Club 43: 601-620, Io Ja 1917 Solidago juncea. Addisonia 2: 21, 22. pl. 51. 30 Je 1917. Solidago altissima. Addisonia 2:69, 7 31 D 1917. rrill, A. new paradise for botanists. Torreya 16: 251-257. fer 191 Eeclndion - pene Orchara Mountain, Virginia. . Y. Bot Gard. 18: 218-221. 19 Ja 191 Some fungi collected in Virginia. Ja Igr 7. New combinations. Mycologia 9: 40. Jour. 7: Mycologia 9: 34-36. Ja 1917. 54 Two new species of fleshy fungi. Mycologia 9: 40, 41. Ja 1917. The Paulownia tree at the mansion. Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 18: 31-35. pl. lg9r. 27 F 1917. Studying fungi as a pastime. Jour. Nat. Ed. Assoc. 1: 722-724. Mr 1917. (Agaricales) ie (pars), Agariceae (pars). N. Am FL 10: 77-144. 26 Ap 1917; Agariceae (pars). N. Am. Fl. 10: 145-226 1917. Wild eae as food. Am. Mus. Jour. 17: 323-331 (Illust.) My ae Diente Murrill, sp. nov. Mycologia 9:179. 9 Je I9I7. The rosy-spored agarics. Mycologiag: 179,180. 9 Je 1917. The ae of the Agaricaceae. Am. Jour. Bot. 4: 315-3 29 Je 1917. seats of fungi—XXVI. Mycologia 9: 185-190. e Jl 1917;—X XVII. Mycologia 9: 257-260. #1. Ii. 245 1917. A ae puffball. Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 18: 193. pl. 205. 20S 1917. The rusty-spored agarics. Mycologia g: 319, 320. 245 917. ie fungi at the Delaware Water Gap. Jour. N. Y. Gard 23 0 1917 A disease of the hemlock tree. Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 18: 208. 23 O 1917. Wild mushrooms. Scientific Am. Supp. 84: 264-266. ce 2701 Hybrid eee and other hybrids. Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 18: 213-21 30 N 1917. Report of the AREA Director (for 1916). Bull. N. ¥ Bot. Gard. 9: 311-318. 10 : Nash, G. V. a oe Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 18: 221, 222. I9 Ja 19 Roses and the new rose garden (including lecture by Mrs. Farrand on the same). Jour. Hort. Soc. N. Y. 2: 179-186. pl. 30-32. F 1917 55 Flower exhibitions. Jour. Hort. Soc. N. Y. 2: 187-190. F 1917. Benthamia japonica. Addisonia 2: 5, 6, pl. 43. 31 Mr 917. Gongora iruncata alba. Addisonia 2: 11, 12. pl. 46. 31 r 19i7. Abelia grandiflora. Addisonia 2: 17, 18. pl. 49. 31 Mr 1917. Hardy — plants in the New York Botanical Garden Y. Bot. G 65-6 Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 18: 111-115. 11 Je 1917; (IV) Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 18: 137-140. 18 Jl 1917; (—-V) Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 18: 167-1 I u 1917; (—VI). Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 18; 189-192. 20 S 1917; (—VII). Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 18: 203-207. 23 O 1917; (—VIII). Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 18: 217-224. 30 N de (—I X). Jour. N. ot. Gard. 18: 246-250. 26 D1 Y.B The rose garden. Jour. Hort. Soc. N. Y. 2: on 193. pl. 33, 34. y 1917. The international flower show. Jour. Hort. Soc. N. Y. 2: 193-197. pl. 35, 36. My 1917. Catasetum viridiflavum. Addisonia 2: 25. pl. 53. 30 Je IgI7. Feijoa Sellowiana. Addisonia 2: 37, 38. pl. 59. 30 Je 17. Gladiolus exhibition. Jour. Hort. Soc. N. Y. 2: 207, 208. Au 1917. Epidendrum oblongatum. Addisonia 2: 43, pl. 62. 29 S Bomarea edulis. Addisonia 2: 49, 50. pl. 65. 29S 1917. Oncidium pubes. Addisonia 2: 57. pl. 69. 29 S 1917. The convention garden. Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 18: 215, 216. 30 gI7. Flower em Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 18: 226-228. 30 N 1917 Rosa teiver Moon.” Addisonia 2: 61, 62. pl. 7z. 31 D 1917 56 Dendrobium atroviolaceum. Addisonia 2:63. pl. 72. 31 D 1917. Pentapterygium serpens, Addisonia 2: 71. pl. 76. 31 D 1917. Freylinia lanceolata. Addisonia 2: 73. . 77. 31 D 1917. Crassula quadrifida. Addisonia 2: 77. 79. 31 D 1917. Report of the Head Gardener (for ea "Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 9: 318-324. 10 Ap Parsons, H. G. The small fee as of the Garden School. Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 18: 177-180. pl. 202. 205 1917. Greenhouse courses in ae Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 18: 208, 209. 23 O 1917. Pennell, F. W. Notes on plants of the southern United States— Il. Bull. pee Club 44: 337-362. 14 Jl 1917. Rusby, H. H. The failing oe of the Bureau of Chemistry of the United States Dept. of Agriculture. Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter 90: 16. 1 Ja 1917. Dircaea magnifica. Addisonia 2:7, 8. pl. 44. 31 Mr 1917. stag Wm. C., In memorium of. Jour. Am. Pharm. Assoc. Mr 1917. ae ulieds of information - the —— . Pharmacy of City of New York. 1-81. N.Y. any and Materia Medica a Wood’s anda = the Brey Sciences 7: I-1992. F 1917; 8: 1-782. Jl 19 Letter of travel (—I). Alumni Jour. 24: 124. ae 1917; (—2). Alumni Jour. 24: 138. 917. Commercial opportunities offered by the Republic of Colom- bia. Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter 91: 32A, 32B. (IIlust.) w s 24D : Caspari, Jr., Charles, In memorium of. Jour. Am. Pharm. ssoc. 6: IIII. 191 Report of the Honored Curator of the economic collections (for ee Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 9: 330, 331. 10 Ap 1917. Rydberg, P. A. Notes on Rosaceae—IX. Bull Torrey Club 44: 65-84. 27 F 1917. Phytogeographical notes on the Rocky Mountain region— VII. Formations in the sub-alpine zone. Bull. Torrey Club. 44: 431-454. 15 S 1917 tai d adjacent plains. I—XII, Flora of the Rocky M I-I11o. New York Seaver, F . Photographs and descriptions of cup-fungi—V. Pesiza proteana and Peziza violacea. Mycologia 9: 1-3. pl. 1 re IQI7;— Discina venosa. Mycologia 9: 53, 54. 1. 5. r 1917 se eri of the truffle industry in America. Country Life 32: 114-116. (Illust.) My 1917. Damage from soil fungi. Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 18: 186- New 8. pl. 203, 204 Sclerotinia and Botrytis. Toreya - 16 - 164. 20 1917. K. M . pl. 42. 31 Small, olina texana. Addis I, 2 Mr 1917 Boranical minis in ee Florida in 1916. Jour. t. Gard. 18:9 1. pl. 195-199. 11 Je 1917. ee latifolia. eee 2: 27, 28. pl. 54. 30 Je 9i7. The Jamaica walnut. Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 18: 180-186. 917. . Addisonia 2: he 46. pl. 63. 29S 1917. The tree cacti of the Florida Key Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 18: 199-203. pl. 206. 230 1017. Cactus hunting on the coast of South Carolina. Jour. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 18: 237-246. pl. 207. 26 D 1917. Report of the Head Curator of the Museums and Herbarium Gard. 9: 324-330 Torr 43: 625-650. 10 evi oe of the horticultural varieties of Coleus. Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 17: 209-218. 19 Ja 1917. Conference notes ie oo (1916). Jour. N. Y¥. Bot. Gard. 17: 223-225. 19 Ja 1917;—for December (1917). 4 7;--for February. 17 y 1987 fo April. Jour. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 18: 116, 117. fice Variations in the moss pink, Phlox ae Jour. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 18: 75-83. pl. 193. My 1917. 58 Fertility in Cichorium Intybus: the sporadic occurrence of self-fertile plants among the progeny of self-sterile plants. Am. Jour. Bot. 4: 375-395. (Illust.) Je 1917. yaa ane on tulips. Jour. Hort. Soc. N. Y. 2: 201-206. Dl. 37, 1917. ne eee Verena of the rose mallows. Torreya I7: 142-148. 14 1917 ees t of the pie a the laboratories (for 1916). Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 9: 335-339. 10 Ap 1917. Williams, R. S. oo mosses. Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 8: 331-378. 10 Ji 1 Wilson, P. The aie of Vieques Island. Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 8: 379-410 Ji 1917. Aicrampelis lobaia. Addisonia 2:47, 48. pl. 64. 29S 1917. HARDY WOODY PLANTS IN THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN. ( Continued) Calycanthus aaa Mour’s STRAWBERRY SHRUB. ocation: Frutic Natural oe. Southern Tennessee and northern Alabama. Calycanthus nanus. DWwarF STRAWBERRY SHRUB. Location: Fruticetum. Natural distribution: Southeastern United States Calycanthus occidentalis. WESTERN STRAWBERRY canes: Oca ion: Fru um. Natural dacabunon California. Meratia. ORIENTAL SWEET SHRUB Meratia praecox (Chimonanthus fragrans). ORIENTAL SWEET RUB. Location: Fruticetum. Natural distribution: China and Japan. 59 ANONACEAE. Custard-apple Family Asimina. Papaw Asimina triloba. ee TH ne PAapPaw. Location: Herbaceous Gro Natural paciaie Bhai United States and Ontario. LAURACEAE. Laurel Family Sassafras. SASSAFRAS Sassafras Sassafras. SassaF Location: Wild: common. ae st of E 1 South Walk. North ie of west lake. North alk of Fruticetum. vot Benzoin. SpicE-BUSH Benzoin aestivale. Spice ocation: Fruticetum. ae common in swampy or wet woods, and along streams and lakes HYDRANGEACEAE. Hydrangea Family Philadelphus. Syrinca Philadelphus columbianus. COLUMBIAN SYRINGA. Location: Fruticetum. atural ae Northwestern 7 America. esate Conquete. CONQUETE SYRIN Location: Fruticetum. West border, ae : Mosholu Park- se entrance fiybr Philadelphus coronarius. Mock ORANGE. ocati icetum. Natural distribution: Caucasus, Armenia, and southeastern Europe. Philadeiphus coronarius var. foliis aureis. GOLDEN-LEAVED Mock RANGE Location: Fruticetum. Beane coronarius var. nanus. DwarF Mock ORANGE. Location: Fruticetum 60 sacle Falconeri. FALCONER’S SYRINGA. oe t Japan. Philadelphus gloriosus. GEORGIA SYRINGA. i uticetum. ocation: ral distribution: Georgia and Alabama. Seeing sutus. Harry SYRINGA. Location: ae Natural distribution: Southeastern United States. Philadelphus incanus. GRAY SYRINGA u China. Philadelphus — SCENTLESS SYRINGA. fe) sy ct cg. ° 5 4 3 ald paroniee Suathensern United States. Paindlpn s latifolius. PUBESCENT SYRINGA. Loc : Fruticetum. eee distribution: Tennessee and Alabama. Philadelphus Lemoinei. LEMOINE’s SyRINGA. Location: Fruticetum. Phelps Lemoinei var. Albatre. ALABASTER SYRINGA. : Fruticetum. arene Lemoinei var. Avalanche. AVALANCHE SYRINGA. ation: Fruticetum. West Border, north of Mosholu arkway entrance. Philadelphus Lemoinei var. Banniére. BANNER SYRINGA. ocation: Fruticetum. West Border, with the above Philadelphus Lemoinei var. Bouquet Blanc. WHITE-BOUQUET SYRINGA. Location: Fruticetum. West Border, with the abov Philadelphus Lemoinei var. Dame Blanche. aes LADY YRINGA, ocation: Fruticetum. West Border, with the abov Philadelphus Lemoinei var. erectus. LEMOINE’S Erect Sy- RINGA, Location: Fruticetum. West Border, with the above. 61 se Lemoinei var. Mer de Glace. SEA-OF-ICE Sy- tion: Fruticetu Philadelphus tended var. Norma. NoRMA SYRING n: Fruticetum. West ees north “Meshell entrance. Philadelphus Lemoinei var. Virginal. VIRGINAL SYRINGA. Location: Fruticetum. West Border, with the above. Philadelphus Nuée Blanche. WHITE-CLOUD SyYRINGA. Location: Fruticetum. West Border, with the above. eae Phantasia var. Sirene. SIREN SYRINGA. cation: Fruticetum Philadeiphus Phantasia var. Surprise. SURPRISE SYRINGA. Location: F. as Philadelphus Rosace. SE SYRING ocation: Fruticetum. est Sate north of Mosholu Parkway entrance. ybrid. Philadelphus Satsumanus. JAPANESE SYRINGA. ocation: Fruticetu Natural ae ee China and Japan. Philadelphus Satsumanus var. nikkoensis. Nikko SyRINGA. ocation: Fruticetum Philadelphus sericanthue var. Rehderianus. REHDER’s SyrR- INGA. Location: Fruticet : China. Philadelphus speciosus. SHowy SyRINGA. Location: Fruticetum Natural distribution: North Carolina and Georgia. eas ha tomentosus. WOOLLY-LEAVED SYRINGA. Locati ruticetum. Natali distribution: Himalayan Region eras hus verrucosus var. pendulifohius: DROOPING-LEAVED SYRINGA. ocation: Fruticetum. Horticultural origin. Philadelphus Voie Lactee. Mitxy-way Syri Location: ticetum. West Border, eine of Mosholu arkway entrance. Hybrid. Deutzia. Derutzia Deutzia saeieiae brum. CANDELABRUM DEU’ : Fruticetum. West Border, . - above. ri rane Canasiabaaa var. erecta. ERECT CANDELABRUM BUTZI TA. Location: Fruticetum. West Border, with the above. ae Cade labrum var. fastuosa. SUPERB CANDELABRUM ZITA. if Location: Fruticetum. West Border, with the above. Deutzia candida. WHITE-FLOWERED HyBrip DEUTZIA. Loc ation: Fruticetum. West Border, with the above. CONFERENCE NOTES FOR JANUARY The January conference of the scientific staff and registered students of the Garden was held in the laboratory of the museum building on the afternoon of Janu 2. e program for this ie en was as follow “The use of sphagnum for surgical ee by Mrs. E. G. Britton. “The flora of northern South America,” by Dr. N. L. Britto “ Notes on some western lichens,” by Mr. R. S. Williams. Mrs. Britton stated that Professor John Bonsall Porter, mem- “Sphagnum Surgical Dressings,” in which he gives a brief history of the use of sphagnum in the present war and a discussion of the 63 methods of collecting, drying, and preparing it. She also exhib- ited samples of celluloid sonia made for the use of teachers d school child h i re been enlisted in collecting peat mosses, and some Nees taken by Professor Porter, showing the differences in the fibrous structure of gnu absorbent cotton. Specimens of S. papillosum, S. magellanicum, n stre were exhibit nd the structure of their stems power. It was stated that the inferior and more brittle kinds are ees used for pads and pillows. Local branches of the American Red Cross have been using Sphagnum, and various inquir been received regarding the natural supply Collections of sphagnum for surgical purposes ha e at Worcester, Massachusetts, at Tom’s River, New Jersey, and at Thomasville, Georgia n speaking on ‘‘The Flora of northern South America,” Dr. Britton brought to the attention of t fi matter which had been recently discussed by the Scientific Directors of the fter consultation with representatives of the Smith- i De g amily, he stated that of the 23 genera in this family, 191 species were known from Cuba, and 208 from northern South America; and he estimated that, since the South American region was much Pennell, of the Garden staff, is at present in Colombia making a very large and important collection. Mr. Williams reported on some corrections relating to a col- 64 lection of lichens from the Yukon region and also on some deter- tanical Club in 1911, and one species in the list is not found repre- sented in the original collection. Of the Montana species, 11 previously unknown. Publication of the paper in detail is planned . B. Stout, Secretary of the Conference. SPRING LECTURES 1918 Free public lectures will be delivered in the Lecture Hall of the Museum Building of the Garden, Bronx Park, Saturday afternoons, a four o ae as follows Apr. 6. ow to Prepare the Soil for Gardening,” by Mr. Apr. 13. ‘ Vacant Lot Gardens,” by Mr. Carl Bannwart. Apr. 20. ‘‘ Tree-planting for Forests,” by Prof. S. W. Allen. Apr. 27. Home Gardens,” by Mr. Henry G. Parsons. May 4. ‘Drug Plants and Their Cultivation,” is Dr. H. May 11. “ How to Grow Fruits in Limited Areas,” by Prof. ake (Exhibition of Flowers, May 11 and 12.) May 18. ‘Fiber Plants and Their Cultivation,” by Mr. eee H. Dewey. May 25. ‘“ Women as Gardeners,” by Miss Delia W. Marble. Juner. “ a een of Garden Crops and Their Control,” by . Cook. June 8. “Insect Pests and Their Control,” by Dr. F. J. he lectures, which occupy an hour, will be illustrated by lantern slides and otherwise. Doors closed at 4:00; late comers admitted at 4:1 65 The Museum Building is reached by the Harlem Division of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad to Botanical venue ted Railway to Botanical Garden, Bro k Visitors coming by the Subway change to the Elevated Railway at 149th Street aud Third Avenue. Those coming by ew for crosstown trolley, transferring north at Third Avenue. NOTES, NEWS AND COMMENT The collection of flowering plants and ferns made in Colombia y Dr. Rusby and Dr. Pennell Jast summer and brought back by Dr. Rusby is being mounted and incorporated in the Garden herbarium. The lichen herbarium of the late William Mitten presented to M This collection contains many fine specimens most of which are determined. Special effort should be made at this season of the year to aid in the campaign which is being waged against the tussock moth. Th h + er F b ae 5 eae . se + th which were deposited in the autumn. These should be removed or preventéd from hatching by daubing with creosote. Every egg mass destroyed now will mean several hundred less caterpil- lars to combat during the summer. A very fmpereat and timely treatise on the control of diseases andi f the home vegetable garden, by W. A. Orton and F. H. Chittenden, has recently appeared as Farmer's Bulletin 856 of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. This bulletin con- sists of 72 s and 82 figures and contains descriptions and methods of fea of all the ordinary diseases and insect pests met with in the vegetable garden 66 An icle on the crown canker disease of roses, with several diecae by L. M. Massey, appeared in the December num- ber of Phytopathology. This disease is caused by Cylindro- cladium scoparium, which has hitherto been considered a sapro- phyte and not supposed to occur on roses. No method of control has been discovered, but rose-growers are cautioned to sterilize their soil and use only healthy stock. A twig and leaf disease of Kerria japonica, due to Coccomyces Kerriae sp. nov., is described at some length by V. B. Stewart in the winter. A sulphur fungicide is recommended for checking the disease The water-color paintings representing designs of structures many members of the Garden. The designs were explained to visitors by Mr. Bird and by members of the Garden staff, and printed descriptive catalogues were distributed. Dr. Rydberg’s “ Flora of the Rocky Mountains and Adjacent Plains " was published by him on December 31, 1917. It is an octavo book of about L100 pages, containing descriptions of 5897 species of plants included in 1038 genera. The cov- i Cc kotas, and British Columbia oO the collections on which the work is based are preserved in the herbariu t York Botanical Gard r erg has had the co operation of many epivespondents over a period of more than 67 enty-five years, during which he has given special attention to the plants of the Rocky Mountain region. Meteorology for January.—The total precipitation for month was 3.86 inches of which 1.65 inches (16.5 inches snow recorded for each week were 40° on the 6th, 49° on the 12th, 39° on the 15th and 37° on the 25th. The minimum temperatures were —5° on the 2d, + 6° on the 13th, + 6° on the 2Ist, and + 8° on the 28th. ACCESSIONS MUSEUMS AND HERBARIUM specimens of flowering ae from the Shasta National Forest, California. I specimens of lichens from Jamaica, West Indies. (Given by the Boston 3 specimens of Dio mii virginiana from North Carolina. (Given by Professor W. C. Coker. 365 specimens of flowering plants from Dutch Guiana. (By exchange with eth University.) 2,125 specimens of flowering plants and ferns from Colombia. (Collected by Dr. H. H. Rusby and Dr. F, W. Pennell. i f lich fi Yukon. Sate by Mr. R. S. Williams.) ee of Isoetes from Quebec. (By exchange with ae eters ) pecimen of Cycloporus Greenei feat fe (By exchange with Miss s.) ee Hodge: Pe Rico. (By exchange with Mr. J. A. Steven- son.) 6 ne ise re Louisiana. (By Jersey. (B ith Mr. C. A. Schwarze.) I ige with Prof. A. T. Bell.) : 5 specimens of fungi from New York. (By exchange with Mr. Stewart H. Burnham.) 2 specimens of Tricholome from North Carolina. (By exchange with Prefessor W. C. Coker.) 6 specimens ° Polypores ee Oregon. (By exchange with Mr. C. E. Owens.) Louisiana. (By exchange with Prof. A. T. Bell.) and woody fungi from Washington. (By exchange with Miss M. McKenny.) 2 specimens oi fungi from Colorado. (By exchange with Professor Ellsworth Bethel.) 68 15 specimens 7 fungi from Be estan _(BY exchange. with Mr. J. M. Grant.) w Jersey. Mr. C. A. Schwarze.) 200 gaeenes “North paras Uredinales,” Centuries 18&19. (Distributed by Mr. m Bartholom: I se of Poe perennis from Vancouver Island. (By exchange with Mr. J. Adams.) I specimen of Sebacina spongiosa from the Bahamas. (By exchange with Mr. L. J. K. Brace. . 13 specimens cf fungi from Colombia. (Collected by Dr. H. H. Rusby and Dr. F. W. Pe nee pe specimen of eee ii Plymouth, Indiana. re fs Professor George A. er.) NTS AND SEEDS mts, ali cacti, for conservatories. (By exchange with Dr. O. E. Jennings, 4 pla Carnegie ae 9 plants, all cacti (Collected Bd Prof. J. F. Kemp.) 45 plants, all cacti from Florida. (Collected by Dr. J. K. Small.) 7 plants, Colombian orchids. (Co lected by Dr. 2 Ww. see 1.) 1 plant, Streptosolen Jamesonti (Giv Mr. J. H. Troy.) I plant, Cyanotis sp., for conservatories. (By aed — es H. Natho.) 2 packets of seeds. (Given by Miss E. M. Kit: re, 1 packet of seeds, Bomaree sp., from igaieen