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to note the lack of red in the one and its abundance in the 

 other. I notice that F. W. Stack in his "Wildflowers Every 

 Child Should Know" calls this lily the red lily. I think this 

 is a mistake for it is most usually orange-red as Gray implies 

 by the name orange-red lily, the common name that for so 

 long has been borne by this showy blossom. — Mrs. Inez P. 

 Mayhem, Chilmark, Mass. 



Camphors. — When camphor is mentioned, we usually 

 think of a certain pungent and aromatic liquid which is sel- 

 dom missing from the family medicine shelf. It happens, 

 however, that there are several other camphors and there are 

 cases when we might have to specify just what kind of cam- 

 phor was meant. For instance : menthol is a kind of camphor 

 made from peppermint (Mentha piperita). Thymol is an- 

 other which is derived from the common wild bergamot 

 (Monarda Ustulosa). The camphor best known to the public 

 is made from Laurus caniplwra, a plant which is quite closely 

 related to our sassafras and spicewood. Thymol is of more 

 than ordinary interest from the fact that this is the drug 

 depended upon for the cure of unciniariasis or the hookworm 

 disease with which so many residents of the tropics are 

 afflicted. Thymol, however, divides the honors with another 

 plant in eradicating hookworm, for it has been found that 

 oil of chenopodium, made from the seeds of Chcnopodium 

 anthelminticnin, is quite as efficacious in its results. 



Fascicled Dandelions. — A species of dandelion fasciation 

 in which three heads of dandelion flowers are blended in*o 

 one, has been sent us by Mr. L. F. Sallee from Plattsmouth, 

 Nebraska. This phenomenon is not infrequent in the dande- 

 lion and several other plants. We have found it in Rudbeekia 

 hirta when as many as five heads have thus been united. 



