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,and Hooker have placed Syndcsmon, Hoffm., under Anejuone, though 
Dr. Gray considered it a subgenus under Thalictruin. Taking all 
circumstances uito account, it would seem a wise policy to go back to 
the old Linnean name of Anemone thalidroidcs and settle our rue 
anemone in die place where it can find its closest connections. 
Cincinnati, Ohio. 
Jos. F. J 
Abnormal Trillium.— A specimen of rrilliuni sessile was lately 
brought to me which was quite interesting because of its departure 
from the normal type. Instead of having the parts all in threes, they 
were mostly in fives. There were five leaves, five sepals, five petals, 
eight stamens, four stigmas and a four-celled ovary. One of the 
petals had partly developed an anther on one side. The plant is very 
common here, but I have never seen a specimen like this before. 
Cincinnati, Ohio 
Jos. F. J 
Violet with Runners.— Does any one know whether it is com- 
mon to find Viola striata producing long runners .? I have found, in 
a locality near here, many specimens which have runners from 12 to 
t8 inches long, and I should like to know whether this is a common 
thing with white violets. 
Cincinnati, Ohio. 
Jos. F. James. 
Alfred Robson Young died in Brooklyn ,N. Y., April 12th, 1883, 
aged 54 years. 
Mr. Young was born in York, England, January 14th, 1829, 
received his'*early education in Scarborough, and, at the age of 
fourteen, came to this country with his uncle, Mr. John Johnson, of 
Brooklyn. For more than forty years he was a collector and student 
of marine algae, and made large collections in Europe, America and 
Australia, having resided in the latter country for a considerable 
time some thirty years ago. 
Perhaps no man of the present generation was so intimately 
acquainted with the marine flora of New York Bay and adjacent 
waters as Mr. Young. An acute and accomplished botanist in this 
dci)artment, he was a gentleman of many graces and virtues of mind 
and character, and will be long and pleasantly remembered by all 
who shared his friendship. Though suffering from painful diseases, 
through many months and years, and which first deprived him of 
sight and at last of life itself, he was remarkably cheerful to the end, 
and never ceased to take a lively interest in his favorite plants. 
Taunton, Mass. 
A. B. Hervky. 
Carices Wanted.— Mr. Sereno Watson writes us that Dr. H. 
f^nrist, Rue de TArbre, 5, Basel, Switzerland, is engaged upon a revis- 
ion of the European Carices, and desires to procure, by exchange or 
purchase, American specimens for comparison. 
.Austin's Musci Exsiccati.— Mrs. C. F. Austin, of Closter, N. J., 
^vrites us that she still has remaining two sets of the Musci Appallachi- 
««f and five of the Suppkfnent, \\\<\c\v she will dispose of at a low 
price to any one who desires to purchase them. 
