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...following games in the scrub hockey series will be played on the Stadium rink today at 3.30 o'clock: Bamboo Bear Cats vs. Late Comers and Whiffenpoofs vs. Miss Fitz. The following games will be played on the river in front of the Newell boathouse today at 3.30 o'clock: Alfalfas vs. Thuts, Hard Guys vs. Hump Ducks, and Kewpies vs. New Moons. Teams which do not report within 15 minutes of the times set will forfeit the game. The managers must leave a list of the men who played, together with the score in the box in the CRIMSON...
...natural vegetation in the forests of Java is wonderful. Palms and ferns grow to enormous sizes, and trees 90 feet high are common occurrences. They grow with great rapidity and by actual measurement bamboo sprouts have been known to grow to 3 feet in 24 hours. The Botanic Gardens, which are under the control of the Dutch government and occupy an area of nearly 1000 acres, have proved very useful because they allow plants to grow in their natural way where they can be studied during the whole year. The observation of hibernating plants is in this way greatly facilitated...
Among the latest acquisitions are some large tree ferns, which stand from six to fifteen feet high. A large Cycas palm is now at that stage when both old and new leaves and the fruit are shown. A tall bamboo tree overtops all the rest of the plants. One fern which was brought from Australia some years ago now measures over four feet in diameter at the base. Among the smaller ferns are very beautiful specimens of the golden and the silver ferns and many varieties of the maiden hair fern...
...inhabitants of this island. Besides the cocoanut, cabbage and pinnate palms, the forests contain a curious growth called rain trees which drip with moisture. Vines called runners or climbers, covered with blossoms cling about the palms to a height of fifty feet. Next to the palm, the bamboo is the most interesting to the botanists. This species grows luxuriantly in Ceylon...
...cents, 1st prize pair gold inlaid skates, second prize pair gold inlaid skates, second prize silver cup, third prize pair American skates; 220 yards dash open-fee 50 cents, 1st prize Waltham silver watch, 2nd prize silver carving set; backward race open, no fee-1st prize split bamboo rod, 2nd prize pair opera glasses; figure contest, open, fee $1-1st prize gold medal, 2nd prize silver medal, 3rd prize bronze medal; mile championship of Massachusetts, fee $1-1st prize, silver medal, 2nd prize pair of B and B racers, 3rd prize bronze medal; hurdle race open...