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minded me of a cat with its feet tied up in papers. Milkweed 

 traps do not please me when I find three honey-bees hanging 

 stiff and dead from the veritable death-traps which the blos- 

 soms sometimes become. — XcU McMurray, Clearfield. Pa. 



KiNGHEADS. — With regard to Prof. Nelson's inquiries 

 about tiie names of Ambrosia trifida and Iva xanthiifoha. 

 The name kinghead is in common use for the former in our 

 region. I do not know any name in general use for the latter 

 except that the inappropriate name marsh elder is much used. 

 I have suggested for it the name false kinghead on account of 

 its general resemblance to the other plant. A group of them 

 around deserted homesteads truly does suggest a group of trees 

 when seen at a distance. — O. A. Stevens, Agricultural College, 

 N. D. Professor E. A. Bessey in a note to Prof. Nelson re- 

 ports that Iva is known as "marsh elder" in the upper Penin- 

 sula of Michigan. 



Two Nkw Gardkx Pests. — It has often been questioned 

 whether cotton or corn was king of agricultural products and 

 the decision may have to be held in suspense for some tune 

 while we conbat the enemies of both claimants to the throne. 

 It is doubtless only another indication of the general decline 

 of the king business that both crops are seriously threatened. 

 Cotton is in danger from two kinds of boll-worms, both of 

 which are steadily increasing in their invasion. while corn has 

 the corn-ear worm and the cornstalk borer t(^ contend with. 

 The corn-ear worm has been spreading in the corn belt for 

 many years. It is to all intents and purposes a cut-worm 

 which eats its way into the growing car of corn and defiles 

 much that it does not consume. There are three broods in a 

 season and more than enough of the repulsive worms to go 

 around. Those that cannot find an ear of corn in which to 



