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Bessey in southern Nebraska in great loose masses in the rail- 
way ditches. 
Vinegar and its Mother. F. A. Fernald. (Pop. Sci. Month., 
pp. 378-384.) 
Wild Flowers of Dakota. John W. Dunlap. (Gard. Month., 
LRN Epa.) 
It is stated that the Heliotropium Curasavicum is extremely 
abundant along the margins of Long Lake, near Woonsocket, 
Dakota. 
Wind and the Tree-Tops. 8B. F. Hoyt. (Amer. Nat., xx., 
pp. 1051, 1052.) 
From 156 observations on injuries by the wind to decidu- 
ous-leaved trees, Mr. Hoyt concludes that these are generally 
broken at the crotch, this being the weakest point. The 
Conifere having a central axis and verticillate branching, are 
seldom broken, but generally torn up by the roots. He 
advances the hypothesis that “the accumulated effects of. the 
wind have been to develop excurrent forms of tree-top,” and 
queries why the Conifer should have this in greater perfec- 
tion than other plants, suggesting that deciduous trees are in- 
jured only when in foliage—which is scarcely true in all cases, 
—while evergreens, being always in foliage, are more exposed 
to the wind; also that as the Conifere are geologically older 
than Angiosperms, they have had more time to accumulate 
the effects of the wind and develop an excurrent form of top. 
Mr. Hoyt does not take into account the fact that the method 
of branching of Coniferz is largely determined by their growth 
from apical cells. 
Zauschneria Californica. (Garden, xxxi., pp. 28, 29, with 
plate.) ‘ 
The Californian Fuchsia has brilliant scarlet blossoms with 
exserted stamens, and is a very showy plant in cultivation. 
Botanical Notes. 
Concerning Guarana and Coca. The Oil, Paint and Drug 
Reporter, in its issue of January 5, departs from its usual careful 
habits in printing an extract from the work of Mr. H. Semler in 
reference to ‘Kola Nuts, Guarana and Coca.” The statements ~ 
