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If asked to name the herbaceous native plant of the Norfolk re- 

 gion which is at the same time most abundant and most conspicuous 

 m the landscape, I should answer without hesitation, " Soiccio tojitcn- 

 tosiis.'" In almost every field where the soil is somewhat stiff and re- 

 tentive of moisture, this showy composite displays its golden-yellow 

 heads and clusters of root-leaves covered with dense white wool. The 

 latter, even when the plant is not in flower, are conspicuous at a dis- 

 tance among the green of other herbage. — Thos. H. Kearney^ Jr. ^ U. 

 S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



In the May number of the Plant World Mr. V. H. Chase, of 

 Wady Petra, 111., reports the finding of Carex xantJiocarpa Bicknell at 

 that place in 1897. Its range may be extended west to South Central 

 Iowa. It was collected at Peru, Iowa, in July, 1897, by Mr. D. E. 

 Hollingsworth and was determined b}' R. I. Cratty and confirmed by 

 Prof. L. H. Bailey. The specimens were distributed as No. 392, 

 "Plants of Iowa," etc. On June 30, 1897, the writer collected a sin- 

 gle fruiting specimen of the Hare's Ear Mustard [CoJirijigia perfoliata) 

 along the B., C. R. & N. Ry. at Little Rock, in Northwestern Iowa. 

 This was, so far as known, the first report of its occurence in this 

 state. Late in May of the present year Mr. Robert Combs found a 

 group of these plants on the C. & N. W. Ry. at Ames. These speci- 

 mens, which were still in flower, were collected by the writer and will 

 be distributed later with the "Plants of Iowa." — Carleton R. Ball, 

 Ames, Iowa. 



Dr. W. H. Forwood, L". S. A., now stationed at the Soldier's 

 Home, Washington, D. C, has presented his private collection to the 

 National Herbarium. This collection, consisting of 950 sheets, was 

 prepared b}" Dr. Forwood himself. It consists of two parts, the first 

 containing plants of Western Wyoming collected in t88i and 1882. 

 These plants form the basis of two reports now rarely inet with, pub- 

 lished by the War Department. Many of the species represented are 

 referred to in Frank Tweedy's Flora of the Yellowstone National 

 Park. At this time Dr. Forwood discovered that rather pretty gen- 

 tian, Gentiana Forwoodii, since frequently collected in the mountain 

 meadows of the state, though not abundant. I observed only a few 

 specimens when in that region in 1893. Many of the plants are ac- 

 companied by the autograph labels of either Dr. Asa Gray or Dr. 

 Sereno Watson. The second part, consisting of species from the 

 Black Hills region, chiefly from about Fort Meade, South Dakota. 

 The specimens were all identified by Dr. Watson and are accompanied 

 by his manuscript list. Dr. Watson wrote of the plants as follows : 

 " It is a good collection, the specimens are good, several of the species 



