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Bull. new York Bot. Gard. 25(299):301. Nov. 1924
Club at Rumson, N. J.: and Short Hills Garden Club, at Short
Hill, N. J. He lectured on "Dahlias and Their Culture" before
the Massachusetts Horticultural Society on September 13 and 14.
Aided by a grant from our Exploration Fund, Professor M. A.
Chrysler of Rutgers College, spent part of August in western
Cuba, prosecuting studies upon the Cycads of that region. He
obtained for us plants of two native species of Zamia and of
Microcycas caymanica, our esteemed correspondent, Dr. Juan T.
Rog, Botanist of the Cuban Agricultural Experiment Station,
gave him valued assistance. Returning north, Professor Chrysler
obtained for us plants of two other species of Zamia in Florida.
Mr. Otto Degener, who is spending the year at the Botanical
Garden, studying his collections of Hawaiian plants, addressed
the Torrey Botanical Club on October 29 on "Plant Collecting
in Hawaii." After graduation from the Massachusetts Agricultur
cal College with the degree of B.S. in 1922, Mr. Degener
made plant collections in the Canadian Rockies and on Mt.
Rainier in Washington and then proceeded to Honolulu for a
year's graduate work in botany and zoology at the University
of Hawaii, from which he received the degree of M.S. in 1923.
During that period he made collections on the islands of Oahu,
Maui, and Kauai. During the past year he has been
a graduate assistant in botany in the Massachusetts Agricultural
College.
The following visiting botanists enrolled in the library during
the summer: Miss Mabel A. Rice, Wheaton College, Mass.; Prof. N. M. Grier and class, Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y.; Prof.
sors H. M. Fitzpatrick, H. H. Whetzel, L. W. Sharp, and I. F.
Randolph, Ithaca, N. Y.; Prof. Frank D. Kern, State College,
Pa.; Messrs. John C. Wister and John M. Fogg Jr., Philadelphia,
Pa.; Dr. J. N. Rose, Prof. E. O. Wootten, Dr. W. T. Swingle,
and Miss Anna E. Jenkins, Washington, D. C.; Prof. A. E. Walker,
Columbus, Ohio; Prof. Bruce Fink, Oxford, Ohio; Dr. Earl E.
Sherff, Chicago, Ill.; Mr. Willard N. Claire, Joliet, Ill.; Prof.
John T. Buchholz, Fayetteville, Ark.; Prof. H. S. Reed, River-
side, Cal.; Mr. Chas. S. Parker, Seattle, Wash.; Prof. Harold L.
Lyon, Honolulu, T. H.; Mr. Lawrence Ogilvie, Bermuda;
Prof. P. A. Bourne and Mr. T. B. McClelland, Mayaguez, P.
M. Bot. Garden Newsletter 13(3): June-July 1979
This preview was one of a number of programs that are being offered exclusively for Supporting Members, Sponsors, Patrons
valued gift to the Garden. For membership information, contact Mrs. George Cusack,
Membership Secretary, at (212) 220- 8725.
Distinguished Service Awards
The New York Botanical Garden presented its Distinguished Service Awards this year to Drs. Otto and Isa Degener and Mr.
Frank J. Anderson.
The Degeners, co-authors of Flora
Hawaianensis or New Illustrated Flora of the
Hawaiian Islands, were cited by the Board
of Managers for their continuing contribu-
tions, through botany, to botanical science
in general and to The New York Botanical
Garden in particular. As our Collaborators
in Hawaiian Botany they have greatly
enriched our Herbarium holdings with their
field collections. For decades they have
compiled documentation — and worked to
preserve — Hawaii's magnificent but
severely stressed wildlife resources.
Mr. Anderson, a former editor of this
newsletter, is now Honorary Curator of
Rare Books and Manuscripts. He was instru-
mental in the Garden's acquisition of
one of its prize possessions, the earliest
known medieval manuscript of the Circa in-
stantis, the fountainhead of modern phar-
macology and botany, which he is
translating. One of his most recent publica-
tions is An Illustrated History of the
Herbals, Columbia University Press, 1977. The
citation noted that despite his official retire-
ment from the Garden, the vast contribu-
tions he is making have by no means
diminished and it spoke of the "personal
and professional enrichment he has brought
to all our lives."
Calendar Dates
On September 2 & 3 (alas, summer by then
will be almost gone), a final, giant salute to
the passing season: "Family Weekend"
sends summer out with a bang — magic
and puppet shows for kids — loads of
crafts and craft demonstrations. And, of
course, a huge, two-day plant sale! Admis-
sion is free.
An evening to long remember — Thursday,
Aug. 16, another of the free concerts under
the stars, with Zubin Mehta conducting the
New York Philharmonic. Make it a date,
for Mahler — Symphony No. 5 — at 8:30.
Summertime Study
The Fourth Annual Summer Botany Institute provides a good chance to pick up
some extra college credit. The first session
starts Monday, Aug. 2, and the second
Monday, Aug. 13. Classroom doors open
at 9:30 a.m. School's out at 1 p.m. For
details: (212) 220-8743.
