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Wanted. — Short notes of interest to the general bot- 

 anist are always in demand for this department. Our 

 readers are invited to make this the place of publication 

 for their botanical items. 



Effects of Cold on Plants. — Last winter's excep- 

 tional severity did great damage to privet hedges, box and 

 hone3^suckle, but some plants seemed to come up stronger 

 and better this season. My Ruclbeckia, golden glow, came 

 up thicker and stronger than ever before, and several of 

 my friends remarked to me about a similar condition with 

 their own plants. Not in this locality alone but in West- 

 chester as well. My lilacs put out more compact heads of 

 bloom than I have known them to do in the dozen vears I 

 have had them, and the same with a few other hardy 

 plants. Also weeds in the garden beds have seemed to be 

 stronger rooted than usual this season'. I thought at first 

 that that phenomenon was only accidental and local, but 

 w^as surprised to have a friend living in Westchester re- 

 mark about it to me, especially as regards chicory. At 

 that time I had just been wrestling with a luxuriant 

 growth of chicory in my pansy bed. — Ehvyn Waller, 

 Morristown, N.J. 



A Freak Among Violets. — Fifteen years or more ago 

 a child planted a group of large purple violets about the 

 roots of a pear tree in an old garden. They were the 

 deepest hued violets that the child had ever seen. The soil 

 was rich. The plants grew and multiplied, but in a few 

 3'ears a queer change appeared in the blossoms. Each 

 dark purple petal developed a white rib down the center. 

 Now the plants have spread all over the garden. Each 

 young plant has the white stripe on every flower petal. 

 Seed from these plants sown and raised under other con- 

 ditions bear the same peculiarity. If it were only a fading 

 in the color, it could be accounted for in many ways. But 



