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season particularly favorable for pollination. Ordinarily the 

 habits of this plant ha\e justified the name of jloi^'criny quince. 

 The plants seldom fail to produce a .ij^ood croj) of flowers, hut 

 the fruits are usuall\- so rare that few people ha\e seen thein. 

 '['he writei' of these lines has sern the fruit hut twice hefore. 

 'Phe ripe fruits are no( i^reenish-yellow as l'aile\'s "Cxclope- 

 (ha" has it, hut are clear dandelion-yellow. They averaj^e less 

 than half the size of the .garden (|niuces. thou.i^h many are of 

 fair size. 



()\\\i;ks of Comim.KTK Skts. — When we pul)lislied the 

 list of owners of complete sets of this journal in the last is- 

 sue, we were aware that two sets had heen j)urchased by F. 

 W. \'on()\ni. presidrut of the Xaperville Xm'series. Naper- 

 \ille, III., hiu we did not know that one set had i)een presented 

 \)\ -Mr. WmOven to the Morton Arboretum, of Chicago. The 

 Arboretum, itself was a present to Chicago from Mr. Joy 

 Morton the son of Hon. j. Sterling Morton who originated 

 Arbor Dav. Set number 64, therefore, is located at the Mor- 

 ton Arboretum. T.isle, 111. It is interesting to note in this con- 

 nection that Illinois holds the record for complete sets. Nine 

 .are owned in the State. Massachusetts, New York and Ohio 

 have six each, Pennsylvania has hve, Iowa three, and New 

 Hampshire. Connecticut, huhana, Missouri. Te.xas, and Col- 

 orado have two each. Twehe other States have one set each 

 and three sets are in foreign countries. 



P.\STrRK Plants. — We are accustomed to the fact that 

 cows do not eat Asdepias and Ranunculus; at least our com- 

 mon milkweed and creeping buttercup are left undisturbed 

 when everything green in the vicinity is appropriated. It is 

 interesting to walk into a field where cattle have recentlv been 

 turned loose and note their fondness for the wild sarsaparilla 

 (Aralia nudicaulis). This plant is apparently the first to be 



