NOTE AND COMMENT. 



Arbutus, Trailing, Fruiting 



of 110 



Bees, the Value of 21 



Bird's-eye Maple 16 



California, A Visitor from.. 56 

 Canada Thistles and the Law .50 



Cleistogamous Flowers 110 



Cliff Brake, Rue Spleenwort 



and 24 



Color Changes of Flowers.. 117 

 Dahlias, Fruit Sugar from.. 113 



Elder Seedlings 53 



Fairy Rings 76 



Ferns, Number of American. Ill 



Flags 78 



Flowering Plants, Origin of. 55 

 Flowers, Changing Styles in 18 

 Flowers, Color Changes of.. 117 

 Flowers of 1908, Some Late. 121 



Flowers, Trimorphic 76 



Flowers, Wooden 115 



Forest, Nature in 23 



Forests and Forestry 114 



Form versus Variety 83 



Fruit Sugar from Dahlias. .. 113 



Fungi, Names of 115 



Gentian, Closed, Bumble-bee 



and 108 



Grapes, Uses of 113 



Hairs, Plant, and Moisture.. 77 

 Hardwood Supply, The Wan- 

 ing 55 



Health, Government and Na- 

 tional 116 



Immature Seeds, Effect of.. 19 



Ivy, Poison 18 



Leaves, Spathes and 79 



Lilies, Edible 82 



Linnaeus, Home of 118 



L,oco-weed, The 110 



Mahogany 85, 108 



Maple, Bird's-eye 16 



Mushrooms, Animal-like.... 21 



Nature in a Forest 23 



Nephrolepis, Tubers of Ill 



Nomenclature, Japanese 85 



Nutation of Poppy 80 



Papaya, Change of Sex in.. . 77 



Perfumes from Plants 22 



Persimmon, The 23 



P-tcher-plant's Pitchers 86 



Plant Hairs and Moisture... 77 

 Plant-names, Sesquipedalian. 54 



Plant Sense Organ, A 112 



Plants that Seldom Fruit 16, 52 



Poison Ivy 18 



Pollen 87 



Pollen, An Unusual Use of.. 107 



Pond Lily, Yellow 18 



Poppy, Nutation of 80 



Rue Spleenwort and Cliff- 

 brake 24 



Seeds, Effect of Immature. . . 19 



Seeds, Long-lived 109 



Spathes and Leaves 79 



Sphagnum and Peat 52 



Survival of the Fittest 19 



Sunflowers, Misnamed 83 



Struggle for Existence, The 53 



Sea-weeds as Food 20 



The Lignon Berry 27, 48 



Thistles, Canada and the 



Law 50 



Thorns, Origin of 51 



Trailing Arbutus, Fruiting 



of 81 



Trillium Grandiflorum 20 



Trimorphic Flowers 76 



Tuckahoe 78 



Tubers of Nephrolepis Ill 



Variety, Form Versus 83 



Violet Leaves, Changes in.. 109 



Water Hyacinth 81 



Water Storage in Plants .... 49 



Wood-pulp, Use of 82 



Yellow Pond Lily 18 



