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about the time the works of Linnaeus appeared and he conse- 

 quently gets credit for rather more than he deserves in this 

 line. It will be a surprise to many to learn that Linnaeus him- 

 self did not always stick to two names for a species. The 

 editor of the Midland Naturalist has recently given a list of 

 more than a hundred plants to which Linnaus gave three names. 

 Some of these are still in use as for example Capsclla hiirsa- 

 pastoris, Smilas hona-nox, Paniciim cnts-galli, and Opitntid 

 Ficus-Indica. The hypersensiti^'e manual makers, have avoid- 

 ed the appearance of using three names by hyphenating the 

 last two but the fact remains that they were three words in 

 Linnaean works and we have no reason for assuming that they 

 are not three now. 



Moving the Tiger Lily. — On the 17th of last June, I 

 transplanted a specimen of Lilum tigrinum from my yard to 

 that of a neighbor's. The plant was then about two feet and a 

 half tall and had begun to develop flower buds. I did not look 

 for success, but the serenity with which the plant took its 

 change of habit was perfect and struck me as something 

 remarkable. Not a bulblet dropped and the plant went on 

 growing and developed the buds in the most natural way. A 

 great amount of energy must have been stored in its large 

 white bulb and fleshy rootlets, don't you think? — Miss S. F. 

 Sanborn, Concord, N. H. [Nearly all of the bulbous plants 

 are remarkably forehanded, if we may speak thus of a plant. 

 They often store up so much food that they are able to bring 

 their flowers to maturity without further demands upon the 

 outside world. A few weeks ago, we saw a basket of autumn 

 crocus in the stock of a florist, that had burst into flower 

 though left on a dry shelf in the dark and some of the arums 

 are famous for blooming from a dry bulb without requiring 

 water. Hyacinths, Chinese lilies, narcissus and others have 

 sufficient food for this process but must be given water in order 

 to complete it. — Ed.] 



