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a single large bulb. One of the stems had three whorls of three leaves 

 each. The lower whorls were crowded very closely together, while the 

 upper two were half an inch apart.. There were four petals, no sepals, 

 five stamens, three styles and stigmas, while the ovary was six-angled. 



The second stem had two whorls of three leaves each. As in the 

 first stem there were no sepals but six petals, seven stamens, four styles 

 and stigmas, and an eight-angled ovary. 



The third stem was similar to the second in the matter of leaves. 

 It had three sepals, six petals, nine stamens, two styles and stigmas. 

 A spider had taken up his abode in this flower and partially destroyed 

 it, making it conform to his ideas of architectural beauty. 



The trilliums are prone to freaks, and this one was probably caused 

 by overnutrition. The specimen was preserved and will be given to 

 anyone who is making a special study of the trilliums. 



Troy, O. LewIS S. HopKINS. 



A CARNIVOROUS BOG. 



Between Ocean Grove and Avon, N. J., a number of small canals, 

 intersecting, help to form a most glorious sphagnum swamp — that 

 is, glorious for the botanist. The area covered and drained by the 

 numerous little runs, hardly more than a city block, contains islands, 

 peninsulas, hills and vales in miniature. The eye is caught by the lush 

 green of the low growing swamp grass, richly embroidered with meadow 

 beauty {Bhexia Virginica), water lobelia, sea pink {Sahhatia stellaris), 

 PoJygala sanguinea or milkwort, Elodes (swamp St. John's-wort), white 

 water lilies, Xyris or yellow-eyed grass, while here and there a tall white- 

 fringed orchid rears its stately head against a background of pines and 

 l'»each plums. 



A second glance reveals thousands of plants of the thread-leaved 

 sundew, interspersed with the more common spatulate leaved. To see 

 these interesting plants at their best one must go no later than ten 

 o'clock, for after that time the pretty rosy flowers of Drosera Jiliformis, 

 and the white ones of D. Americana, grow sleepy. The rule seems to 

 be, only one flower at a time, and this one, though it be in the middle of 

 the raceme, is always uppermost, the flower stem bending to so accom- 

 modate it. The flowers which have bloomed form a string of green 

 berry knots, with a little rosy fringe coming from the centre. Though 

 the light green flower stem is perfectly smooth, the long thread-like 

 leaves are covered with small red hairs, rather bulbous at the end, and 

 very sticky. The bulbous expansions are small red glands which exude a 

 vdscid digestive fluid. Touched with the finger this substance is drawn 

 out like the thread of a spider's web. When an insect alights on the 



