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the same outline. Specimens of this form have been referred 

 to L. supurbum, but the leaves are arranged in whorls to the 

 top of the stem with the veins beneath rough as in the true 

 Canada lily. The Turk's cap has the leaves smooth on both 

 surfaces. The plant blooms about the first week in July — never 

 so late as August as the other species is said to do and there is 

 not, as a rule, more than five flowers to a stem. One botanist 

 has suggested that if may be a transition in this territory from 

 L. Canadensis to- L. siipcrbnm. These plants seem rarely if 

 ever to perfect fruit here. Most of the plants growing in 

 meadows and on prairies are cut down about flowering time, 

 but there are generally some left in woods and along their 

 borders but these do not seed and I have never found a mature 

 capsule. It would be interesting to know if either of the two 

 species of lily mentioned ever have their flowers shaped as here 

 described in other parts of the country or if this is an entirely 

 local form. — B. O. W olden, IValUngford, Iowa. [Britton's 

 Manual mentions this form but cites no locality for it. — Ed.] 

 Queen Anne's Pocket Melon. — It is likely that few 

 people would recognize the fruit which bears the title at the 

 beginning of this note, nor is it likely that they would be helped 

 much in their identification if told that it is also called dudaim 

 melon and pomegranate melon. It is a rare species in our part 

 of the world and seeds are not offered by the general seedsmen. 

 The fruits, however, are interesting specimens, round, bright 

 orange in color, and about the size of a hen's egg with a de- 

 cided fragrance which suggests that of the may-apple 

 (Podophyllum). The two' plants are only very distantly re- 

 lated; for the species under discussion is really a muskmelon 

 (Cucumis inelo) and is called the variety dudaim. A related 

 form has fruits of about the same size, but lemon-yellow in 

 color and lacking in fragrance. This is the variety chito. It 

 is commonly called vine peach, garden lemon, melon apple, 

 mango melon, and orange melon and is edible when cooked. 



