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THE PLANT WORLD. 



dents as a vile weed which it is impossible to exterminate. An old 

 gentleman informed me that it has been established on his farm for 

 at least twenty-five years, and that he has tried all means known to 

 him to destroy it, but it only thrived the better. This spurge was in- 

 troduced into this country from the Old World, and has escaped 

 mainly in villages, and does not seem to have spread much beyond 

 their limits. It is a tall, stout and glabrous perennial, with running 

 root-stalks, growing in dense patches to the exclusion of all other 

 vegetation, and when once established is almost impossible to eradi- 

 cate. — Frank E. Fcnn(\ Apalacliin, N. Y. 



On August I St of this year, while walking along the border of a 

 swamp in Laurel, Prince George's county, Mar3dand, my attention 

 was attracted to a remarkable lily, which stood out boldly among nu- 

 merous examples of the common Turk's-cap lily {Liliiiiii super biiiii). 

 The stems were between seven and eight feet tall, and fully a foot 

 higher than any of the Turk's-caps growing around them. The flow- 

 ers were a clear lemon yellozv luithout spots, but with a large, bright 

 green, triangular area at the base of each perianth-segment. On dry- 

 ing the flowers, very faint spots came out on the segments, thus prob- 

 ably showing its near relationship to the Turk's-cap. The leaves are 

 similar to those of the common form, being perhaps more scattered 

 above, and the flowers are similar in size and shape, but the effect 

 was very striking when they were compared with orange-red, pro- 

 fusely spotted flowers among which they grew. I was informed by a 

 resident of Laurel, who has been familiar with the locality in which 

 they grew for twenty years, that this yellow lily has been observed by 

 him for many years, and although not abundant, could almost always 

 be found near by. The plants have been carefully marked, and when 

 the bulbs are matured they will be removed and propagated, and if 

 they retain this peculiarity, will doubtless prove to be a new species. 

 Have any of our readers ever noticed this yellow lily ? Has any one 

 observed a yellow, unspotted form of the Turk's-cap lily ? — F. H. 

 Know It on. 



