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mon wild black cherry becomes an important fruit in that 

 part of the world. * * * ]^^it, it is so much enlarged and 

 otherwise changed that many think it a separate species. 



* * * The Georgians have about decided not to believe in 

 evolution. * * * They insist they are made out of dust. 



* * * Well, maybe they arc! * * * jj- o^i<rht not to 

 be hard, however, to believe that man and monkeys are re- 

 lated when we see so many legislators making monkeys of 

 themselves.' * * * 'pj-jg ''gave the Redwoods Lague" has 

 dedicated another grove of the giant redw(X)d. * * * 

 This one commemorates Franklin K. Lane. * * * Cali- 

 fornia has started, out to protect the yucca. * * * It is 

 now imlawful to [)ick the blossoms of this desert denizen. 



* * * The legislators say that picking the blossoms 

 causes the j)lant to die * * * jf they knew as much 

 about botany as we hope they do about law they would know 

 th^it the }ucca dies after blooming, anyway. * * * j^x\t 

 it is just as well to let those yuccas grow. * * * They 

 provide food for the sheep and goats that roam the desert. 



* * * And what is a tourist compared to a goat? 



Gebruder Bortrager of Berlin have issued a small vol- 

 ume on plant pathology under' the title of "Einforthrung in 

 die Pflanzenpthologie" by H. Morstatt which is designed as 

 a textbook for farmers, gardeners and foresters. It con- 

 tains 150 ])ages and gives a general account of plant dis- 

 eases and the organisms tliat cause them. It is well printed 

 but of course it is in the German language and therefore 

 unavailable to many on this side of the world. It is ])onnd 

 in boards and costs 75 cents. 



Messrs Urban & Schwarzenberg of Berlin and A'ienna 

 are issuing in parts a most ambitious work in German en- 

 titled "Handbuch der Biologischen Arbeitsmetoden" under 

 the editorship of Dr. bjiiil Abderhalden. This will discuss 



