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this way there are no troublesome wrappers and the label cannot 

 get off. — Fred L. Holtz in School Scjencc and Mathematics, 

 February, 1906. 



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TJic Garden Mas^aciiie for ]\Iarch contains an interesting ac- 

 count of the finding, in the mountains of Tibet, of the long-lost 

 lady's slipper, Cxpripcdiinn Fairicanum. " Orchid lovers have 

 been watching for years for the rediscovery of this plant, the 

 actual source of which was unknown. They wanted it, not merely 

 because it had been utterly lost to cultivation, but because it was 

 the parent of many of the most beautiful hybrids we have. . , . 

 Cypripcdiuni Fairicannni transmits its high coloring and its 

 peculiar droop of the petals to all its hybrids. The flower of 

 Fairie's orchid, which is borne on a stalk about six inches long, 

 has a remarkably attractive combination of bright colors. The 

 upper standard is white, yellowish green at the base, and is veined 

 with rich purple. The same colors appear in the petals, and the 

 slipper or pouch is reddish green, veined with purple." 



Now, when the grape fruit season is at its height, the follow- 

 ing notes from an article by Sir Daniel Morris on " Grape Fruit 

 and Shaddocks '" in the JJ\'st Indian Bulletin, vol. \T, no. 3, 1905, 

 mav be of interest. " During my recent visit to New York I was 

 much interested to notice the considerable demand that existed 

 there' for grape fruit from the West Indies. . . . The fruit I saw 

 in New York consisted of various sorts and qualities, and there 

 is little doubt that much confusion exists as to what is really grape 

 fruit as distinct from the allied citrus fruits passing under such 

 names as Pumelo (Pomelo), Shaddock, Forbidden Fruit, etc. 

 The name Forbidden Fruit (from a fancied connection with the 

 Garden of Eden) is tolerably old in the West Indies. The fruit 

 commonly called grape fruit in New York is really the Forbidden 

 Fruit. The true grape fruit (so-called because it grows in clus- 

 ters like a bunch of grapes) is pear-shaped, and when obtainable 

 at its best, is preferable to the Forbidden Fruit. The fruit shipped 



