THE AMERICAN BOTANIST. 95 



The Striped Maple. — The author of "Getting Ac- 

 quainted with the Trees" says that the striped maple 

 (Acer Pennsylvanicum) is hard to transplant. The editor 

 of this journal does not find it so. He has one growing in 

 his home grounds that is now nearly fifteen feet high with 

 a trunk five inches in diameter. It is one of the handsom- 

 est small trees to be found in the vicinity, whether viewed 

 in summer, clothed in its dark rich foliage, or in winter, 

 when the green and white striped bark is most conspicu- 

 ous. Each season it is covered with racemes of pale yellow 

 bell-shaped flowers that appear just as the leaves are 

 opening. The natural habitat of this species is in cool 

 shady ravines, but the tree in question is planted on the 

 south side of the house and exposed to the sun throughout 

 the day. 



The Marsh-mallow Again. — Under "Note and Com- 

 ment" in the issue of your journal for August, 1904, I 

 observe that a w^riter under the heading "White Marsh- 

 mallow " refers to the marvelous floral display seen upon 

 the " Hackensack Meadows" during mid-summer and the 

 name there given to this showy flower is marsh-mallow 

 or Althfea officinalis. This piece of low meadow land lies 

 between Newark and the Palisades in New Jersey. The 

 mistake here made is one quite commonly entertained and 

 as these meadows, with their floral decorations, are prob- 

 ably seen by more people than any other like spot in this 

 country it seems important that it should be corrected. 

 TJie flower referred to is the rose mallow or Hibiscus 

 tnoscheutos. I am not sure that the Athasa officinalis, 

 that serves as the basis of the confection known as marsh- 

 mallow, is found in this state. I, at least, have not had 

 the good fortune to meet it. The white variety, about 

 which inquiry is made, is common with the Hibiscus tnos- 

 cheutos and all the intervening shades between the white 

 and the rich rose may easily be gathered. — Ellis A. Apgar, 

 East Orange, N.J. {^'Athsea officinalis'' was doubtless a 

 slip of the pen which the editor, at least, should have dis- 

 covered. The marsh-mallow has ageneral resemblance to 



