NOTE AND COMMENT 



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Wanted. — Short notes of interest to the general botanist 

 are always in demand for this department. Our readers are 

 invited to make this the place of publication for their shorter 

 botanical items. The magazine is issued as soon as possible 

 after the 15th of February, May, August and November. 



Rarity of Conopholis. — In looking over the February 

 number of the Botanist I note on page 10 the statement that 

 "Conopholis" or "squaw-root" is extremely rare in the vicinity 

 of Providence, R. I. Here in southeastern Virginia about 

 Norfolk it is very plentiful. There it grows in oak woods; 

 here it grows in the grass along the roadside or in pastures, 

 but always in the open. I have seen them running up to 10 or 

 12 inches high, and so plentiful as to be quite a conspicuous 

 feature of the surface. — Ellis B. Noycs. [The distribution of 

 Conopholis seems to be a bit irregular. The editor of this 

 magazine, who has botanized in a good many of the eastern 

 States, has never seen the living plant but once. Can any 

 other reader report it in abundance? Ed.'\ 



Vanning in England. — A new form of excursion has 

 sprung up in Great Britain where excellent roads and many 

 points of historic and science interest invite the tourist. The 

 new method of making a vacation tour is a revival of a very 

 old one; no less than travelling by caravan or covered wagon 

 — gypsy fashion. A large number of people who are at- 

 tracted by this form of excursion own their own caravans 

 while many others fitted up for living and sleeping in the open 

 are offered for rent. The better grade of caravans often cost 

 more than five hundred dollars. There is a Caravan Club in- 



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