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pinks (Calopogon) which he protected from a botanizing ex- 

 cursion only to see the entire collection pass by, a little later 

 in the day, in the clutches of several small boys. One should 

 discourage large bouquets of any kind, as well as bouquets 

 indiscriminately gathered, but flower lovers might as well 

 enjoy the beauty of the flowers as let the cows get them or the 

 farmer plow them under. 



In many parts of our country there are large areas that, 

 due either to their location or surface configuration, will offer 

 safe sanctuary to the wild plants for years to come, but in 

 the prairie States where good corn land has already advanced 

 in price to more than $200 an acre, and where the farmers 

 are beginning to regard with covetous eyes even the road- 

 sides and the unused land along the railroads, the native flora 

 is doomed to early extinction unless something besides senti- 

 ment interferes in their behalf. 



A NEW KOCHIA 



By J. M. Bates. 



f~\ X September 9, 1915, I had a spare hour before taking 

 ^-^ train to Cheyenne, and wandered into the east suburbs 

 of Denver for a chance shot at the flora, as it was my first 

 visit to Colorado. I there picked up a Kochia, which has 

 remained undesignated in my chronological note book as No. 

 3640. I had previously made but one collection of Kochia 

 scoparia, an escape from gardens, and saw that this was too 

 different to be called that species. In October I collected the 

 same thing at Naponee, Franklin County, Nebraska, and held 

 it also in suspense as No. 3687. Since then I have made 

 several collections of K. scoparia hoping for more light. 



