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blossoms were counted while lullv as iiiuiiy unopened llovver- 

 huds drooped heneatli. Most of the crowded scaly stems 

 sent up only two or tiu'ee Howers. The stalks, bracts, pe<l- 

 uncles, and calyx are a pale yellow and the corolla is white. 

 Pnsciiiilata has a two-lipped corolla but the h\e lobes do not 

 spread. The itiii flora (lower with its si)readin,i,f lobes is 

 prettier. I did not dii; the stran<(er up to find out what kind 

 lit roots it lived on as I wanted it to keej) on livinJ,^ On the 

 14th of lune the parasite was mostly vellow and three days 

 later it was all brown and dry and difficult to find amonj^ the 

 weeds. Gray says it grows "on sandy ground, L. Michigan, 

 Minn., southward and westward." That sounds as though 

 it was awav from home in Pennsyhania. P)ritton. too, says 

 it is western species and WOod does not mention it. — Xell Mc- 

 Miirray. Clearfield, Pa. 



G.M.ixs()c"..\ Still Tk.wkijxg. — In many places in the 

 North-eastern States may be found an insignificant and harm- 

 less weed known as Calinsoga pari flora. It is a composite 

 with small white flower-heads and originally lived in Mexico 

 but long since invaded a large part of the United States. 

 The plant itself tlies at the end of the growing season, but 

 it always leaves sufficient progeny to continue the race and 

 to supply colonists for any waste grounds into which it can 

 push. According to Ralph R. Stewart, who has s))ent some 

 years botanizing in Kashmir in North-west India, it is now 

 found in that |)art of the world. He marks it as apparently 

 indigenous but it is generally recognized as a native of tropi- 

 cal America. 



\axim,.\-i,i:.\i- IX CoMMKRCiv. — Manufacturers of cigars 

 have often been accused of so|)histicating their products by 

 a judicious mi.xture of cabbage and alfalfa, but these sub- 

 stances appear (|uite unnecessary in view of the other things 

 that may go to the making of a "smoke." Glycerine, rum. 



