THE AMERICAN BOTANIST. 17 



caused the barrenness of the vine ? I have a bed of one hundred 

 plants of the Convallaria majalis transplanted in the fall of 

 1906 from a partially shaded situation into full sun light. 

 Being away from home all summer the flowers remained on 

 the plants, and in October of last year, nearly every plant bore 

 a cluster of bright red fruit. — Mrs. A. E. Scoiillar, Elizabeth, 

 N. J. [We are glad to have this note which shows that while 

 these plants rarely fruit it is not impossible for them to do so. 

 Apios at least has a most ingenious device for securing cross- 

 pollination, and is frequently visited by bees, but for all that 

 the seeds are very rare. The editor has never seen one though 

 quite familiar with the plant for years. It is quite possible 

 that the cold of early spring may be responsible for the fre- 

 quent failure of convallaria to fruit. — EdJ. 



Notes on Fasciation^ Peloria^ etc. — In the freaks 

 that nature occasionally produces we often get glimpses of 

 her methods that are not to be seen in normal plants. The 

 following list of titles of articles on such subjects that have 

 appeared in this magazine will therefore be of interest. The 

 number preceding the colon refers to the volume, the other to 

 the page. Fascination 2:81, Fasciated dandelions 12:117, 

 Metamorphosis 9 :82, Flowers turned to leaves 5 :69, A curious 

 columbine flower 9 :48, Double flowers 1 :71, Origin of double 

 flowers 1:66, A freakish datura 11:42, Triple Jack-in-the-pul- 

 pit 8:35, A double cinque-foil 4:97, Peloria 9:95, 12:66, 

 Twinned pistils of partridge pea 12 :65, A freak among violets 

 7 :32, Origin of cut-leaved sumac 12 :92, Origin of a violet 

 berry 6:15, Cohesion 7:97, Galium leaves that are not leaves 

 n:88, A gigantic bud 7:12, Prolification of fruits 12:20. 

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