east 



d west sides of the 



The natives, inha 

 utains. where it ii 



biting the highlands of the Rocky Mou 



abundant, weave their water-tight baskets out of its tenacious 

 leaves. 



Since the time of Pursh the plant used for this purpose, 

 and the common American kind, have been considered dif- 

 ferent ; but we are unable to detect the slightest mark by 



gured 



was 



which they may be separated. That now 



raised in the Garden of the Horticultural Society from seed 



collected on the north-west coast of America by M 



Dougl 



and it seems identical with the Helonias 



deloides of the Gardens and of B 



pho 



J. L. 



