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...science of botany", declares Mr. Hamblin, "gradually the functions of the garden were divided and separated from the parent, in all cases becoming eventually greater departments, through the energy of one or more devoted workers who gained their first inspiration at the Garden. Thus there grew from the seed at the Garden the Summer School, Gray Herbarium, Arnold Aboretum, Botanical Museum, Plant Physiology, and the teaching of botany, all long planted in more favorable locations and now well developed. The purposes now served by these departments were once centered at the Garden, and probably no other department of the University...
Exchange of seeds with botanic gardens and amateurs all over the world has increased greatly; at present the seeds received are greatly in excess of those sent out, as 6,000 species were acquired last year, and some 2,000 sent out. This picking and exchanging seed, with the necessary correspondence, is a further burden for which no financial provision is made, as there is as yet no office force for any clerical work. There is material here for unlimited publication on the habits of hardy plants, many now blooming for the first time in this country...
...Duke is 72-times-great-grandson of Confucius.* Where is the university that can boast, as Pennsylvania may be able ten years from now, of having the honor to enlighten a scion of a founder of a 24-century-old philosophy? What bursar has collected fees from the seed of Plato, Aristotle, Buddha or Mohammed? Sheltered in his ducal palace, sustained by a state pension antedating Christianity, served by his stepmother (it is polygamy that has kept Confucius line unbroken) small Duke K'ung seemed to have an excellent chance of reaching an age where- U. S. immigration policy...
...where his hands and feet came to a point behind his back they fastened another rope, took a turn around the rear axle of an automobile and started off at full speed down the road. The dragged body was torn beyond recognition. He had been accused of stealing turnip seed...
...Dehner Seed & Supply...