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the proportions may be varied according to the desired degree of 
firmness), melt them in a small cup over a Bunsen’s burner, and 
pour the fluid into a little mould, made by turning up the cdges of 
a common visiting card. F. J. B 
Vienna, May, 1872. 
48. Helonias bullata—The note in the May Burzer, by I. H. H, 
upon the sparse flowering of Helonias bullata records a different ex- 
perience from that of others. Last fall I received a number of the 
plants from a lady who lives near the Pine Barrens. She wrote: 
“The most marvellous sight I ever beheld was two or three acres 
of these plants in the height of their glory,” which would indicate 
that your correspondent had fallen upon an unfavorable locality. 
Some twenty or thirty of the plants sent by her I placed in a cold 
frame, where they passed the winter under a slight covering of 
leaves. This spring they bloomed freely. After reading the re- 
marks of I. H. H., I inspected the plants, and found that quite half 
of them had flower-stalks remaining, and, as a number had been 
eut for drying and for showing to others, I am safe in saying that 
more than half of the plants, large and small, bloomed. It maybe 
the case with Helonias as with some other marsh plants, that it does 
better in dry ground than its native locality, or it may be that 80 
marked a change as that, from the swamp to garden soil, threw 
plants into flower that would not have bloomed if left at hom 
At any rate, here are the facts. G. T. 
49. New Localities ——Last season I found Phlox pilosa in abundance 
near Passaic, N. J., and also two specimens of Vaccaria vulgaris. 
Trollins laxus occurs in abundance in this vicinity, and - 
learn that A. 8. Fuller, of Ridgewood, N. J., found a single speci- 
men of Rhodora Canadensis, G. C. Wootrson, 245 Broadway. 
_ 50, Strangers—I have lately found growing plentifully and seem- 
ingly as well established as any native plant’ in their vicinity: 
Hieracium murorum, L. ; Veronica chamaedrys, L. ; Ajuga reptans, L. 
They grow near each other, and have all probably sprung from 
English seeds scattered within the past few years.: They are thriv- 
ing among bushes and grass, like native plants, in an unimpro 
portion of the Prospect Park grounds, J. 8. M- 
_ 51 Note—On an excursion to Staten Island a couple of weeks ago, 
im quest of Clematis ochroleuca, I found right in the thicket, where 
Clematis grows, a clump of Amorpha fruticosa, L.; Var. Lewisil 
Tt had last year’s fruit still remaining. LH, ee 
s PR gry Wits 26, 1. 13, for “ Draba vera,” read “‘Draba yerna;” p. 28, 1. 20, for “Le Roy,” read 
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