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flower l)C'(ls. I found the hull) (|uitc' (Iccp, and in m,-in\- instnn- 

 ces, what ai)peared to he tlic hrown liusks of one or two hulhs 

 on the stem of the plant below i^rouncl. as thouj^di it had dis- 

 carded the old hull), and .LjoiuL;' down, prochiced a new one. 

 The hull) is rather small .and .i d.irk hrow or hrowni>h hlack. 

 It is easil\- transplanted and naturalized. — Floicncc llart- 

 iiiaii T():^-iisrntl, Rockrcall, Tc.vas. [Some of these hulhs 

 sent from Texas, survived the recent tr)in,i^- winter out of 

 doors, and in late June put up a number of their handsome 

 flowers. The si)ecies belonj^s to the Iris familv and in 

 flower and foliaji^e su,s^^^ests the iiearly related blue eyed 

 ii^rasses {Sisyriiicliiiini ) . Thouf^di the flowers are l)oth beau- 

 tiful and interesting, their short life presents their ever be- 

 comins^- ^^arden favorites. — Ed.] 



SwEKT Pka Ti hi-:i-;s. — Thou,y;h the kindness of Harrv 

 G. W'olfjtjanj;^. Leetonia. Ohio, we have received specimens of 

 the rare Lathynis tiihcrosiis, a relatixe of the common sweet 

 l)ea {Lathynis odoraliis) and the e\erlastin<i- pea ( /.. lati- 

 foliiis), which l)ear> numerous tubers two or three inches 

 lony- and an inch or more thick. The tubers appear to be 

 halt root and iialf stem. L^ider the microscope a section 

 shows the cell> to be full of roundish starch s.,^rains somewhat 

 smaller than those of the common potato. Lcit/iynis tithc- 

 rosiis i^rows wild in the northern parts of the Old World and 

 appears to be perfectly hardy in the \ icinitv of C'hicai,n). The 

 flowers are said to be red, somewhat smaller than those of 

 the sweet pea and not so abundanth- ])roduced. 



