THE AMERICAN BOTANIST. ^93 



Color of the Squaw Huckleberry.— I find the 

 berries of Vaccinium stamineum inclined to vary some- 

 •what as to coloring. While most of the shrubs, here, pro- 

 duce yellowish or greenish fruit, a number of exceptions 

 ^were noted the past season. In these, bright pink was 

 the predominating color, though occasional plants were 

 found loaded with deep wine-colored berries. A single low 

 bush bearing white fruits was also noticed.—/. Ford 

 ■Sewpers, Aikin, Maryland, 



Anemone Caroliniana,— One of the handsomest of 

 -our anemones bears the name of Caroliniana though in no 

 •sense does this justify the common name of Carolina 

 anemone, for the plant is found in the Mississippi valley 

 and ranges eastward only to Illinois and Georgia. The 

 flowers are borne singh^ on a slender stalk and begin to 

 appear shortlj^ after the grass has turned green. They 

 are about an inch and a half across, the fifteen or twenty 

 sepals ranging from deep purplish blue to pure white or 

 rose color, in this respect duplicating the efforts of the 

 hepatica. This species would make an attractive addi- 

 tion to Eastern gai'dens. 



Dog Fennel.— In our boyhood at the North we were 

 familiar with a common weed with finely divided leaves, 

 white flowers and an ill odor. It was commonly called 

 dog fenneL But while the northern plant was an annual, 

 not to exceed 18 inches high, the Southern plant was a 

 perennial from six to ten feet liighs The botanical name 

 of the former is Maruta cotula, of the latter, Eaoatorium 

 foeniculaceam. Up to this spring we never saw a plant of 

 the Maruta in Florida. This spring several plants of it 

 have sprung up and are in bloom under a scuppernong 

 graj3e arbor. We have for a year past had small coojjs of 

 hens with little chickens under the shade of this arbor. We 

 feed these chickens whole wheat and probably the seed of 

 this weed came in the wheat. It seemed almost like an 

 old friend, still it would hardly be wise to allow it to go 

 to seed. We have native weeds enough without cultivat- 

 ing any imported varieties. — Florida Agriculturist. 



