3 o8 



Till- (UII)K To X.V1VRK 



north of 170th St., 1 m t unfortunately 

 the) have been lost, so that I cannot be 

 certain ab< iuI this 1< >calit j . 



Probably the mosl interesting and 

 rarest specimen of all is one of native 

 sulphur. This was found in some mica 

 schist at the chabazite locality men 

 tioned above, 175th St., just cast of 

 Third Ave. While the sulphur is not 

 in large pieces, yet the particles arc big 

 enough to be easily distinguished with 

 the naked eye, some of them being more 

 than a quarter of an inch long. The yel- 

 low particles, which arc not crystallized 

 and arc embedded in a ferrugineous ma- 

 trix, stand 1 ut very plainly against their 

 dark background. When a portion of 

 the mineral is ignited, it burns with a 

 blue fame and emits a sulphurous odor. 

 When heated in a tube, it is volatilized 

 and redeposited farther up along the 

 tube. There can therefore be little 

 doubt as to its being native sulphur. 

 This detail is given because the speci- 

 men is of the greatest interest, since it 

 is the only specimen of native sulphur 



that I know of, which has been found 

 in the Bronx, or in any other part of 

 New York City. What its origin was 

 I cannot say with certainty, but it was 

 probabl) Formed by the decomposition 

 of pyrite or some other compound of 

 iron and sulphur. 



An Occurrence of Native Tin. 

 BY \VM. C. BANKS, STAMFORD, CONNECTI- 

 CUT. 

 A number of years ago I received 

 from a New York City dealer in min- 

 erals a specimen of crystallized black 

 cassiterite from Banca. I noticed, scat- 

 tered over the crystals, a metallic white 

 mineral in cavities, somewhat similar to 

 the occurrence of mercury in cinnabar. 

 It proved on testing to be sectile and 

 malleable. On coal it gave the tin coat- 

 ing in both flames and with cobalt so- 

 lution ; in nitric acid, a white precipi- 

 tate. I labelled it native tin. I have 

 never seen this locality mentioned as 

 yielding native tin. The specimen is at 

 present in my collection of minerals. 



Cottage Covered by Roses. 



BY SECRETARY TO THOMAS W. LAWS0N, 

 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. 



The accompanying photograph is a 

 Cape Cod cottage situated in the 

 flower garden at Dreamwold. It is 

 known as "The Nest." There are a 

 dozen or more cottages on the farm 

 architecturally similar and all occu- 

 pied, but "The Nest" was built partic- 

 ularly for Airs. Lawson as a place in 

 which to read and rest. 



The Dorothy Perkins with which it 

 is now almost completely covered was 

 planted in 1905 from original stock ob- 

 tained from a New Jersey company. 



( )ne thousand of these have been 

 planted in the garden, none of which 

 have winter-killed. It is probably the 

 best of climbing roses, as it is not 

 troubled with mildew, rust or blight. 

 ,and has no attraction for rose-bugs. 

 Those planted for "The Nest" are now 

 over the ridge of the cottage, the 

 sprays being from thirty-five to sixty 

 feet long. 



This year's flowering will be cut off 

 close to the wood of last year, which 

 will make next year's flowers larger 

 and longer-lived. The Dorothy Perkins 

 on "The Nest" bloomed about July first 

 and those on the arches in the garden 

 about a week later. 



