23O Rhodora [November 



Carex striata, var. brevis, follows the sandy coast of New Jersey, 

 Long Island, and Cape Cod (Bailey, Evolution of Our Native Fruits, 

 416) and may be expected in the drier sections of southern Con- 

 necticut. 



CdrtX subulata. known from Long Island, New York, and from 

 Washington Co., Rhode Island (Thitrber), may be looked for in 

 southeastern Connecticut. 



Carex tenut/lora, frequent in arbor-vitae swamps of Maine and 

 northern Vermont, will doubtless be found in northern Coos Co., 

 New Hampshire. 



Carex terttiuscula, occasional in swamps of southern York Co., 

 Maine (Parlin) and Essex Co., Massachusetts (Sears), may be 

 expected in southeastern New Hampshire. 



Carex trickocarpa occurs in northwestern Berkshire Co., Massa- 

 chusetts (Churchill) and will probably be found in Bennington Co., 

 Vermont. 



Cray HERBARIUM. 



Skkd-THROWING OF Viola. — The article of R. G. Leavitt on " Seed 

 Dispersal of Viola rotundifolia " in the September Rhodora I read 

 with much interest. When I began to cultivate plants in a botanic 

 garden some twenty-five years ago, I thought it would be very nice 

 to have as many kinds of violets as I could get, growing close together 

 in one group. All went well for about three years when 1 found my 

 plants hopelessly mixed, because the seeds were shot several feet 

 from the parent plants. For a long time I have planted the violets 

 each in a separate place about the garden to enable me to keep them 

 pure. The best shooter of the lot is Viola alpestris, which frequently 

 scatters its seeds ten feet in either direction. — W. J. Beal, Agricul- 

 tural College, Michigan. 



Vol. ./. no jO. containing fagtl IQl to 206, tvus issued i8 October. /902. 



