756' THE PLANT WORLD. 



elude to visit Boston at this time Avill not hesitate to introduce them- 

 selves. The headquarters of the Plant World will probably be at 

 the Copley Square Hotel, which is the general headquarters of the 

 Association, although the sessions of the latter will be held in the 

 buildings of the ^Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 



NOTES AfID NEWS. 



"Chicory Growing as an Addition to the Resources of the Amer- 

 ican Farmer," is the subject of the last bulletin (No. 19) issued by the 

 Division of Botany of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. It con- 

 tains very full descriptions of the method of growing the plants for the 

 thick fleshy roots. It is stated that some 20,000 tons of chicory are im- 

 ported into the United States yearly, all of which could be profitably 

 produced at home. 



Orobanc/ic nii)ior, the common European broomrape, is more 

 abundantly naturalized about Norfolk, Virginia, than elsewhere in 

 the United States, growing at roadsides and in fields. While usually 

 making red clover its unwilling host, this broomrape is also parasitic 

 upon white clover, common vetch []^icia sativd) and wild carrot. 

 Even upon seedling plants of Ranunculus bulbosus Orobanche some- 

 times fastens itself. — Thos. H. Kearney, Jr., U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture, Washington, D. C. 



Messrs. F. Sander & Co. recentl}^ exhibited in London a remark- 

 able plant discovered in New Guinea by M. Micholitz, who has christ- 

 ened his find AcalypJia Sander i. M. Micholitz was traveling in a 

 remote district of New Guinea, inhabited by fierce cannibals, when he 

 came across a beautifvil flowering plant, which sprang up not only 

 from the ground, but from the tops of the mud huts of the natives. 

 He accoinpanied the consignment over 3,500 miles to Singapore, in 

 order to see that the plants were safely dispatched from that port. 

 The AealypJia Sander i is a green-leaved species, with spikes of 

 gorgeous crimson flowers hanging from every node. These beautiful 

 floral spikes are from twenty to thirty inches long, and as thick as an 

 ordinary walking stick. According to reports, a plant so striking in 

 appearance has not been introduced to the civilized world since the 

 Victoria Regia was transported from its Amazonian home. All the 

 year round it sends forth its glowing pendants, and as its initial cost 

 will be small, it is likely to be popular with those of modest purses 

 who love the presence of floral beauties. The new plant belongs to 

 the euphorbiacecB. — D. T. Pierce, Neiv York City. 



