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few and perhaps surpassed by none. At the time it blooms there is nat- 

 urally but little insect life abroad, yet it must have the assistance of these 

 humble friends in transferring the pollen from pistil to stigma ; and it is 

 forthcoming, for at bright midday, when the temperature in the shadows 

 may be but little above the freezing point, a few sluggishly-flying insects 

 are making their first excursions abroad, and attracted by the — to us — 

 unsavory lure, enter the hood and the deed is done. By the time the 

 neighboring plants have awakened into life the ovules have been fertilized, 

 and no longer needing the warm hood the latter has become a shriveled 

 and unsightly mass. 



The magnificent views of the skunk cabbage which we are able to pre- 

 sent were made by Mr. Jesse B. Norton at College Park, Maryland, on 

 February 15, 1903. F. H. Knowlton. 



THE ASA GRAY BULLETIN HONORED. 



A FEW weeks ago I received from Dr. Benjamin D. Woodward, formerly 

 Assistant Commissioner-General to the Paris Exposition of 1900, a letter 

 inquiring as to the present owner or legal successor of The Asa Gray 

 Bulletin. The letter gave no reason why this information was desired, 

 and as I was ignorant of the fact that the late Mr. Thomas A. Williams 

 had exhibited his journal at Paris I naturally felt some curiosity in the 

 matter. Satisfactory proof having been given to Mr. Woodward of the 

 transfer of the Bulletin to The Plant World, I received in due time the 

 announcement of an award of the ' ' Grand Prix ' ' in the class of Amer- 

 ican periodicals. This award carries with it no medal, but merely a hand- 

 somely engraved diploma of large dimensions, the center of which is oc- 

 cupied by a statement of the exhibit for which the award is made, while 

 the border consists of a number of figures illustrating art, science, liter- 

 ature, poetry, etc. As the entry was made by Mr. Williams personally, 

 the diploma will be sent to Mrs. Williams after a photograph has been 

 made for the use of The Plant World. It is unfortunate that the two 

 men who did so much to improve the Bulletin and to make it worthy of 

 the honor bestowed by a foreign government should not be able to reap 

 the reward of their activity. No explanation was given of the delay 

 in making the award. Charles Louis Pollard. 



In the item giving the list of officers for the Gray Memorial Chapter 

 of the Agassiz Association, published in our last issue, the name of the 

 treasurer is misprinted, and should be Mr. Roscoe J. Webb. 



