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— spice bush, lilac, elm, sumach, willow. 



Vines, in his "Students' Text-book 

 of Botany," discusses sympodial 

 growth, but gives Polygonatiim, only, 

 as an example. 



Bailey, in his "Botany," mentions the 

 grapevine and Virginia creeper. 



Strasburger mentions the lime (lin- 

 den), the beech, Polygonatiim, willow, 

 most rhizomes, most of the Lycopodiac- 

 eac and the Selagincllae. 



The following- list is taken from 

 Blakeslee & Jarvis' "New England 

 Trees in Winter," a careful reading of 

 which will be found worth while. The 

 authors never once make use of the 

 term, sympodial, but they discuss most 

 clearly the absence or presence of the 

 terminal bud. Here is what they say, 

 "The presence or absence of the term- 

 inal bud is a very valuable point of 

 distinction, and is used throughout in 

 the keys. Unfortunately it is not al- 

 ways possible at a cursory glance to 

 say whether the terminal bud is present 

 or absent, and a hand-lens must gen- 

 erally be used for an accurate determin- 

 ation of this point." A sympodium is 

 bound to result when the terminal bud 

 is absent and we can therefore list the 

 following— sycamore, plum, Cladrastis, 

 mulberry, linden, chestnut, redbud, 

 birch, hornbeam, elm, ailanthus, su- 

 mach, Celtis, quince, Kentucky coffee- 

 tree, honey locust, catalpa. 



Following is a list of those that I 

 have personally observed — grapevine, 

 linden, sumach, elm, beech, Paulownia, 

 sycamore, locust, persimmon (?), ai- 

 lanthus, Kentucky coffee-tree, Virginia 

 creeper, hazel, willow, Smilacina, Poly- 

 gonatiim. 



_ Let us summarize all these observa- 

 tions (those given by Miss Patton in 

 The Guide to Nature for December are 

 included), and we will have the follow- 

 ing list of plants of sympodial growth, 

 but let us not lose sight of the fact 

 that the story is not half told. 



Anthurium Linden 



Ailanthus Locust 



^? ec . Q Lycopodiaseae 



° 1TC °- ,_ Marchantia 



Buckthorn Mulberry 



Carex. sp. Paulownia 



catalpa Persimmon (?) 



Celtis Plum 



Chestnut Polygonatum 



Cladrastis Pontederia 



Cruciferae Quince 



Cyperaceae Raspberry 



Diphylleia 



Eel Grass 



Elm 



Fucus 



Grapevine 



Hazel 



Honey Locust 



Hornbeam 



Kentucky Coffee-tree 



Lilac 



Redbud 



Rose 



Rush 



Selaginellae 



Smilacina 



Solanaceae sp. 



Spice Bush 



Sumach 



Sycamore 



Virginia creeper 



Willow 



Points of View. 



That evening, when I got back to the 

 hotel, and after dinner, I stood on the 

 balcony, lost in admiration at the glo- 

 rious sunset effect on the mountains. 

 While I waited there, watching the 

 long shadows creep slowly up the hill- 

 sides, many of the guests staying in the 

 hotel passed out also, and I was inter- 

 ested in their remarks as they came 

 face to face with that great scene; for 

 anyone with half a soul must have 

 stopped and looked and thought. First 

 there came two elderly ladies with a 

 young girl. "Oh! isn't it just heaven- 

 ly!" the latter exclaimed, as she gazed 

 out over the mountains, and she 

 clasped her hands almost as if she 

 wanted to worship the sunset glory. 

 : 'Yes,^yes, my dear," one of the ladies 

 said ; "it's very pretty, but come along." 

 They moved on, hardly glancing at the 

 scene, and beckoned to" the girl, who 

 was still gazing out on it. The next 

 to pass through the folding doors were 

 two men. Their expression was just 

 "Gorgeous," and they wandered on. 

 More came and went, but all stopped 

 and most admired the view. Then last 

 came the wealthy man of the world. He 

 sauntered through the doors, stood still 

 on the steps, with his feet wide apart 

 and his hands thrust into his pockets, 

 and between his lips there was a large 

 cigan For just a moment he looked at 

 the hills and mountains, more glorious 

 than ever, and then grunted, "H'rn, not 



bad for ten shillings a day!" Oliver 



G. Pike, F. R. P. S., F. Z. S., in "Farther 

 Afield in Birdland." 



No Reason Why You Should Not 

 Know Him. 



For the invisible things of him from 

 the creation of the world are clearly 

 seen, being understood by the things 

 that are made, even his eternal power 

 and Godhead ; so that they are without 

 excuse. — Romans 1 :2o. 



