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cup-yellow petals. I think this is the 

 most "showy" columbine I have ever 

 seen, as the flowers are large, spurs 

 long, and both sepals and petals thicker 

 than in A. chrysantha. Seedlings from 

 this hybrid have not bloomed yet, so I 

 cannot say if it will come true. From 

 the first mentioned hybrid I have 

 plants with blue and yellow flowers, 

 but the yellow is much lighter than in 

 the original hybrid, which I regret to 

 say was lost after blooming twice. 



Susan Tucker, 

 Corresponding Member 2,047 



have probably been not a few illustra- 

 tions of the principle, the human race 

 itself being apparently one illustration 

 of it.— H. W. C. 



A Bird Bungalow. 



Los Angeles. California. 

 To the Editor : 



For years I have studied the wild 

 birds of southern California and have 

 done what I could to educate the pub- 



Regarding the Sympodial Growth. 



Dr. "Ward's "Pure Sociology" (re- 

 ferred to in Airs. Cape's article page 

 205 of our number for December) is 

 published by the Macmillan Company. 

 New York City. 



His "Applied Sociology/' a very in- 

 teresting exposition of the subject, is 

 published by Ginn & Company, Bos- 

 ton. 



(suggestions by our associates.) 



Sympodial growth is not an unusual 

 phenomenon but has probably not been 

 considered of enough importance to be 

 discussed frequently in botanical maga- 

 zines. Wiesner, in his Biologie der 

 Pflanzen, cites as examples of sympo- 

 dial growth the elm, linden, hornbeam, 

 red beech, buckthorn, locust and honey 

 locust ; Pax, in his Morphologie der 

 Pflanzen, gives eel grass (Zostera), 

 anthurium, sedge sp. (Carex), pickerel 

 weed (Pontederia) rush (Juncus), 

 some of the Solanaceae (the tomato 

 is an example), Cyperaceae, Cruciferae 

 and Selaginellas. In addition to the 

 grapevine, mentioned by the writer of 

 this article, several of the Ampelideae 

 show this type of growth, and some of 

 the Passifloras. It is frequently seen 

 in rootstocks as in Solomon's seal 

 (Polygonatum). 



Kerner and Oliver, in their Natural 

 History of Plants, describe the type 

 of growth of the staghorn sumach 

 (Rhus typhina), although the term 

 svmnodial is not employed. I think- 

 that the writer lays an undue emphasis 

 on the importance of svmpodial growth 

 and I see no reason for correlating it 

 with evolution, however she deserves 

 credit for her good powers of obser- 

 vation and keen interest. — J. B. P. 



In the evolution of animals there 



THE BIRD BUNGALOW. 



lie in regard to their value, by giving 

 informal talks about them before school 

 children, women's clubs and various 

 other organizations. In many cases I 

 have used colored stereopticon slides. 

 I have become so well known in the 

 community on account of this work, 

 that injured birds are often brought 

 to me, and in the spring many nest- 

 lings, although I try to teach the chil- 

 dren to leave a young bird near the 

 place where it has been found so that 

 the parent can feed it. 



Because I had no suitable olace in 

 which to keep such birds, I had the lit- 

 tle bungalow made. It is about two^ 

 feet wide by three long. For years I 

 have kept food in my garden for the 

 wild birds which are abundant there. 

 I have one shelf outside a window, but 

 because I wanted another feeding- 

 place, I built a porch on the front of 

 my bungalow and there also food is 

 keot for the wild birds. We have sev- 

 eral large pepper trees, and many 

 shrubs and vines in the back garden 

 which draw many species to the grounds. 

 I also have a bird pool in the yard. Win- 

 ter and summer the yard is full of 

 birds. We have no English snarrows 



