66 THE AMERICAN BOTANIST. 



In the usual order of things the botanist is concerned 

 almost wholly with nectar. I fear he rarely finds insects 

 "sipping honey from the blossoms" though repeatedly so 

 assured. 



As a matter of convenience nectar yielding plants will 

 doubtlessly be called honey plants indefinitely. There is 

 little reason why they should not. For are we not de- 

 pending on them and the bees for our supply of honey ? 

 And nectar in its various phases will continue to be known 

 as honey in a casual sense. But let there be more careful 

 discrimination, especially with those of us who are striv- 

 ing to be botanists or botanizers. 



Aikin, Md. 



MORE ABOUT CREAM-COLORED JEWEL-WEEDS. 



A i /"HILE reading The American Botanist for August, 

 ^^ 1904, my attention was draw^n to an article con- 

 cerning cream-colored jewel-weeds. I was especially inter- 

 ested, since for several years I have known of such a plant, 

 although until recently I knew of but one place where it 

 grew in a wild state. This was along a rocky wood- 

 land stream called Campbell Run, which is about ten miles 

 from my home. Two years ago I visited the stream for 

 the purpose of collecting seed, but on account of lumbering 

 operations along its banks, found fewer plants than in 

 previous years. However, the yellow jewel-weed (Impa- 

 tience pallida) grew in abundance and seemed less delicate 

 than the other. I collected seeds of both kinds and later 

 planted them in the garden at my home. The next spring 

 both sorts grew and thrived, although the yellow ones 

 still seemed the stouter. The flowers of the lighter variety 

 were of a pale cream-color sparingly mottled w^ith dark 

 violet spots. I have never had any with pink petals, al- 

 though on two occasions I have seen single plants of 

 Impatiens fulva which were of a deep rose color. This 

 year I grew plants from the seed which I had raised last 

 summer and had as good results as before. 



From my observation I am convinced that the seed 



