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 w^ho is preserving the back numbers ma}^ have complete 

 files and to that end offer to replace free an}- missing num- 

 bers if requested to do so at once. As the supply of cer- 

 tain issues is nearly exhausted, this offer holds good only 

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Doubtless man3'^ of our readers noticed that the words 

 pollinate and pollination used several times in the July 

 number were invariabW spelled pollenate and pollenation. 

 This is not due to any desire on the part of this magazine 

 to establish a new \vay of spelling but is to be charged to 

 the compositor \vho mistook the i in these words for an e 

 doubtless reasoning that if pollen is spelled with an e, pol- 

 lination should be, also. In the hurr3^ of getting out an 

 alread}^ delayed number, the proof reader overlooked the 

 mistake, but it did not escape our eagle-e3^ed readers. We 

 are glad, however, to have such excellent proofs that the 

 magazine is closely read as are these letters calling our at- 

 tention to the error. We are not sure but \vhat it would 

 be agood plan to make an intentional slip, now and then, 

 just to see if we ai'e still holding the attention of our read- 

 ers! 



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In the spring and summer of 1902, the valley in which 

 this journal is published, received daily rains for nearly 

 four months. This year the weather went to the other 

 extreme and a drouth of fift^'-four days was the result. In 

 both cases great damage was done to wild as well as cul- 

 tivated plants. The drouth was especiall3^ hard on the 

 early spring flowers as it occured when the\' were perfect- 

 ing their corms, bulbs and rootstocks for another season. 

 In man\' places the adder's-tongues {Erythroninm) with- 



