34 THE PLANT WOELD 



GENERAL ITEMS. 



The illustrations of " An Unusual Flower " which appeared in our 

 last issue, have aroused much interest among our readers, and we shall 

 continue to publish preblems of this character from time to time. The 

 flower is that of a tropical species of Pavonia, a genus belonging to the 

 Malvaceae ; the involucral bracts are shown at a, the calyx at d, corolla 

 at h, and monadelphous or united stamens at c. 



Correct answers to all the questions were received from Mr. Fred. 

 B. Maxwell and Professor John M. Holzinger. The family Malvaceae, 

 to which the plant belongs, was identified by. Mr. Wm. R. Maxon, Mr. 

 G. N. Collins, and Professor Byron D. Halsted. 



President McKinley recently transmitted to Congress, with a rec- 

 commendation to favorable consideration, a report of the Secretary of 

 Agriculture on the establishment of a forest reserve or National Park 

 in the southern Appalachian mountain region. Secretary Wilson has 

 thoroughly investigated the hydrography and forest covering of this 

 region, and states that land can be purchased at an average cost of only 

 about $3.00 per acre. The region "contains the highest and largest 

 mountain masses and perhaps the wildest and most picturesque scenery 

 east of the Mississippi river." 



A few days later Senator Pritchard introduced in the Senate a bill 

 known as the Appalachian Park Bill, appropriating the sum of five 

 million dollars to be expended on or before the close of the fiscal year 

 1910-1911, authorizing the purchase of an area not exceeding tw,o mil- 

 lion acres. This, if accomplished, will be the only forest reserve in the 

 eastern States, and we earnestly hope it may be brought about. 



The follo^ving resolutions, adopted by the Washington Mycological 

 Club after the death of Thomas A. Williams, were received too late for 

 insertion in our last issue. 



Whereas, Death has taken from the Club our beloved fellow mem- 

 ber and Ex-President, who from its first organization took such an 

 active interest in the work of the Club, and spent so much of his time 

 and energy in promoting its growth and welfare, therefore, be it 



Resolved, That the Club express its deep sense of loss, and that it 

 convey to the bereaved family its profound sympathy. 



