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tixid ffousfonia purpurea have been found at Boxford, Cynoglossum 
officinale at Topsfield, and Verbascuni Blattaria^ Echitim vulgare and 
Trifolium stoloniferum at Georgetown. 
We found on the field day above mentioned Campanula rotundi- 
folia with double flowers. 
Georgetown, Mass. C N. S. Horner. 
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Helonias bullata in Cultivation. — It has been claimed that 
Hclomasbullata would not thrive under cultivation, but I have suc- 
ceeded in growing it to perfection here in Massachusetts. After 
trying it in different soils and situations and meeting with no success, 
It was at last planted in mud saturated with water the whole year, 
the water being allowed to stand around the plants. They have been 
planted three years, and last year I counted over sixty rank flower- 
stalks, some of them two and a half feet high. 
Southwick, Mass. Edward Gillett. 
Stipules in Onagracese.— it is stated in all the books that the Or- 
der Onagracese is ex-stipulate. I have a Fuchsia, the young and vig- 
orous shoots of which show small, but very decided stipules. If one 
were describing the plant, unbiased by previous conceptions, he 
would most certainly report it stipular. In connection with this, see 
Nature, Vol. xxii., page 521, where, quoting Baillon, it is stated that 
many Onagracese show small stipules. 
Providence, R. I. W. W, Bailey, 
Contributions toward a List of the State and Local Floras of 
the United States 
THE WESTERN STATES. 
ILLINOIS (continued).* 
The native naturalized and cultivated Grasses of the State of 
Illinois. By I. A. Lapham. (D.) 
InTrans. Agric. Soc, Vol. ii., 1855-7. 
Additions and Annotations to Mr. Lapham's Catalogue of Illinois 
Plants. By F. Brendel. (C.) 
_ In Trans. Agric. Soc, Vol. iii., 1857-8. 
List of Plants in Northern Counties of Illinois not in Lapham's 
Catalogue by M. S. Bebb. 
In Trans. Agric. Soc, Vol. iii., 1857-8. 
Mosses of Illinois. By George Vasey. 
In Agric. Trans., Vol. iii. 
List of Trees found in Fulton Co. By John Wolf. 
In Vol. iii., Geol. of 111. 
W. R. G. 
N. L. B. 
, „ *We are indebted to Prof. L. M. Underwood for this additional list. The 
full title of the catalogue by John Wolf and Elilui Hal! (Bulletin, Vol. x., p. 
T2o) is : fa / J 
■ -A List of Mosses. Liverworts and Lichens of Illinois." (Bull No 2 111. 
State Lab. Nat. Hist.) The continuation of Brendel's Trees and Shrubs of llhno.s 
was concluded in Vol. iv., Agricult. Trans., 1859-60. 
