4^ NOTE and COMMENT fe« 



Datlra METELOiDKS. — The desert trumpet flower is fre- 

 quently offered in the seedsman's Hsts. but if any ol our readers 

 wish to experiment with seeds from the plants shown in our 

 frontispiece, they may obtain packets from this office for ten 

 cents. 



Green Trilwums. — In certain red-flow^ered species of 

 plants it is nt^t uncommon to find specimens with white or al- 

 bino flowers. Such forms are most frequently noticed in 

 plants whose blossoms are colored by the cell-sap. In flowers 

 colored by minute grains called chromoplasts. white forms 

 are much harder to find ; in fact, it is rare to find such blossoms 

 without a trace of other colors. Usually the color of the 

 specimen is greenish or yellowish white. In the older Ix^oks, 

 'frilliuui crcctiiiii is credited with a whitish variety, alba, but 

 tliis so called variety is now known to be a distinct species 

 antl hears the name of Trilliiiin dcdinatuiu. The modern 

 manuals retain a green-flowered species of trillium as Tril- 

 l ill 111 riridc, but those who are familiar with Trillin in sessile 

 in the field are inclined to regard the green form as a mere 

 variation. It has no distinctive habitat but occurs mixed with 

 T. sessile almost anvwhere. A more interesting form is a 

 yellow'-green specimen of Trillinui reflexiiin brought to our 

 attention by Mrs. Everett Lewman. In this the petals are 

 somewhat enlarged and leaf like and of a pale greenish-yellow. 

 The claws of the petals are of the familiar brownish-red as 



