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\\lii> arc \\i' li> make cnmparixtiis? W'illuT plaiil i> a product 

 of till- ri.',i;i(in thai c"laini> il. Tlinu^li ])i>[\\ ha\c hn\'^ hccn 

 ,!4r<i\\n in llii> country, tlie crepe myrtle is a nali\c of India 

 and the Persian lilac, in s[)ile of its name, comes from China. 



BOOKS AND WRITERS 



The Reviewer and his best frieiul the lulitor. ha\e been 

 in the S"uth all summer. * * * 'l^\^^^ Editor has been 

 teachint;-. * * * Our desk is still scverrd inches deep in 

 thin,q-s to be rexiewed. '*' * * We think it i> an (»ak desk 

 but we ha\e not >ecn the top for so loui.;" we are not sure. 



* * * The tiling;- tiiat mi^iit be reviewed and the things 

 that ought to be re\iewed are all mi.\e<,l up. * * * \Yg 

 sh.'dl ha\e to mention them all, we suppose. * * * \Yg 

 hear that Walter Stager has published a book on Irises, but 

 we haven't seen a co[)y. * * * This might be construed 

 as a hint to the publishers. * * * Scribners have |)ul)lish- 

 ed a book on "Mard\- Perennials" \)y a I^>ritish writer. 



* * * We expect to say sometiiing more about it later. 



* * * Dr. b'dward IMake Payson has sent us a copy of 

 hi> .Monograi)h on the genus LcsqucrcUa. * * * [^es- 



• inercux knew all about the mosses. I)ut the really big thing he 

 did was to get this genus named after him. * * * Pay- 

 son says there are more than fifty species in it. Thev are all 

 rather insignificant i)lants of the Rockv Mountain region. 



* * * T!ie account <«f tiie Gray TIcrb.arium expedition 

 to \o\a Scoti;i has been printed in a singk' xolume. * * * 

 It was originally publi-^hed seri;il]\ in Nluxlora. + * * 

 The Gray I lerb.'iriuni it>elf did noi go. iiut sexeral of the 

 Staff did. =!= * * 1^ re(|uired more than JOG pages to tell 



