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Jersey as I have been. At Long Branch it is fine and plenty. I 
have seen a spontaneous Catalpa or two on Staten Island, and a 
number in Westchester County. The roadsides near Throg’s Neck 
are frequently set with Catalpas for shade—many of which trees are 
very oldindeed. By the way the finest Copper Beech, probably, m 
the country, grows at Throg’s Neck, on the grounds of Mr, Van 
Schaick. It is enormous in size, very beautiful and graceful in 
shape, of charmingly colored foliage. I do not know its dimensions 
or its age ; but I think the diameter of the trunk at the height ofa 
man’s head must be six feet. If you are ever up there, it is worth 
visiting and measuring. I. H. H., 36 Pine St., May 31st. 
4i, Amelanchier Canadensis, Torr. & Gray.—Mr. E. S. Miller, of 
Wading River, L. I, has sent us a variety of this plant with petals 
colored red. The specimen sent was gathered in Massachusetts m 
1867, but Mr. M. has observed a similar coloring this spring @ 
plants on Long Island. 
42, Viola rostrata, Pursh.—A friend suggests that no insect wi 
long proboscis is needed to fertilize this flower, and sends us 
cimens of Dicentra spectabilis with the spurs slit by the Humbleb 
to get at the Nectar. We have observed the same operation 1° 
ease of the Lilac, but both these plants are exotics, and the be 
and the flowers have not been developed in adaptation to each 
other. We suppose that some night flying moth with suitable p 
boscis feeds on the honey of this violet, and that the rarity of 
moth in this district occasions the rarity of the flower. The seed 
capsules we noticed were not as well developed as in other more 
common violets. 
43. New Stations —Galium boreale, L., and Phlox pilosa, L.; grow free 
ly just back of the brick-yard near Chatham Station, on the Mortis 
and Essex R. R.—Kalmia latifolia, L., in the woods on the Coney Is 
land Horse R. R., along with the varieties of violet referred to 
the last number.—Rosa micrantha, Smith, seems abundant along t 
roads about Yonkers. 
44, Erratuni—In last No., § 30, Herbarium suggestions, line 
for “18 >< 20,” read “18 >< 12,” for size of compartments. ~ 
45, _Aspidium fragrans, Swartz.—In Vol. I., page 432 of the “Ame 
rican Naturalist,” (well deserving of its name,) Mr. H. Willey 
ports finding this species at Berlin Falls, N. H. We recur to t 
discovery now, when the season approaches for excursions to © 
mountainous region in the north of this state, in hopes that, by 
recting attention to it, we may lead some of our friends to detect 
within our borders. A correspondent wrote us last winter, tha 
friend had found a fragrant fern last summer in New Russia, Es 
Co. We did not learn that any specimens had been presei ved. 
hope our correspondent will be able to get more precise inform 
on the subject this year, and, if possible, procure us a i 
Terms—One dollar for one copy ; five dollars for seven ; and halfea dollar for every 
copy, per annum. ‘ ae See 
“Toca eriariam, 8, B 384 St—Liitor, 24, Both St. 
