142 THF PLANT WORLD. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Among a number of other new plants, Mr. P^lias Nelson has 

 recently described a new rose (i?cASY/ (jf<)ssi-s(^rr(it<i) from the Yellow- 

 stone iSiational Park. It is a low miu-li ))ranched shrub with flowers in 

 clusters of two or three. 



In the July number of the Torrrnj Ballttln, Mr. E. P. Bicknell 

 continues his studies of Sis^'rinchium, the present paper being a study 

 of -iS'. CaHforntcutii and related species of the neglected genus Hydro- 

 stylus which he enlarges to include 12 species, 9 of which are described 

 as new. 



To those who are familiar with the wild ginseno^ of our northern 

 woods {Panax qii in que folia) it may be an interesting fact that in 

 southern Georgia a certain coarse composite {Tetragonotlieca helian- 

 thoides) passes under this name, and is nmch esteemed as a local 

 remedy. 



One of the great advantages of a lo\e of gardening is the break 

 it makes on the continuous strain of business thought. No real lover, 

 and possessor of a garden ever died of insomnia. This is a desease 

 which follows those by night who cannot throw ofi^ the thoughts of 

 daily life. They retire to think, instead of to sleep, — and the darkness 

 and quietness of the night favor the thought. To leave behind the 

 business of the city for the pleasure of the trees and flowers of the 

 sul)urbs has saved numerous lives that would have otherwise been 

 broken down. This seems Ijetter understood in the Old World than 

 with us. The famous jurist. Lord Penzance, did not take his law 

 studies to his country home. There he thought only of his garden, 

 and the floral treasures it contained. One of his hobbies in the garden 

 was the improvement of the Sweet Briar, and the many beautiful 

 varieties he raised, obtained as much fame for himself as did his legal 

 opinions, to say nothing of the pleasures the flowers brought him. — 

 Mcclianx'' Monthhi for September. 



