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Muhl., Payiiaim leibergii Scribner, Anemone pennsylvanica L., and 



Lathyrtis venosus Muhl. The frequent species were Equisetum laevi- 



gaUun A. Br., Rosa arkansana Porter, RJms radicaus L., Equisetum 



arvense L., and Leptandra virginica (L.) Nutt. The infrequent species 



were Onosmodijim carolinianiim (Lam.) DC, Zizia cordata DC, Phlox 



pilosa L-, Oxalis stricta L., Thalidnitn pnrpurascens L., Delphinium, 



azureum Michx., Scrophularia leporella Bicknell, and Brassica nigra (L.) 



Koch. There were no trees or shrubs about the marsh. 



In the marsh a grass, Phalaris arundinacea L., was very common and 



constituted the bulk of the flora, seemingly ninety per cent of it. Lysi- 



viachia thyrsiflora L. was frequent in the small open spaces while 



Utricularia vulgaris L. was common. Several species of sedges were 



also frequent. Lying on the surface of the water or on the muddy shore, 



stranded probably by the receding water, was a mixture of Riccia fluitans 



L. and R. natans L. 

 Estherville, Iowa. 



We are in receipt of the announcement of the Handicraft Schools of 

 Hartford, Conn., in which there appears a gratifying list of courses in 

 botany, nature study, gardening and practical farming. 



The Rudbeckia known as" Golden Glow' ' is a very desirable and showy 

 plant at this time. It may be planted as a single specimen on the lawn, 

 or in a clump in the hardy border, where it produces a perfect mass of 

 color at a time when flowering plants are at more or less of a premium. 

 As it has a tendency to fall over when unsupported it is well to give them 

 a rest made of a circle of stout wire supported on three legs, or as a sub- 

 stitute, an old flour-barrel hoop with strips of lath for legs. This should be 

 put over the plant early in the season and all the stems trained through it. 



In an article on the fetiches in the National Museum, published recently 

 in The Washi?igto7i Post, occurs a description of the Chinese " Kou chi," 

 better known as the vegetable lamb or Scythian lamb. It is the woolly root- 

 stock of a fern (^Dicksotiia Barometz^; but the writer of this article makes 

 the astounding statement that "it is composed principally of the plant 

 known as rhizome, and springs from seed. ' ' Of course a rhizome is simply 

 an underground stem, and no fern ever springs from seed ; but anything 

 passes for science in the columns of the daily press. In view of the 

 repeated published complaints about such rubbish, it is strange that repu- 

 table newspapers do not make an effort to secure the same accuracy of 

 fact here that they require in matters of history or in general news items. 



