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which plants with colored flowers upon being moved turned 

 pure white, and plants poorly nourished have been 

 known to make such changes, but in the plant under 

 disucssion the flowers do not change to white when 

 moved to different spots in the same general region, 

 then why should this change affect them? I shall 

 watch with interest the blooming of these plants in sub- 

 sequent years. Meanwhile I am desirous of obtaining half 

 a dozen plants of this red-flowered form from as many differ- 

 ent regious as possible and offer in exchange an equal number 

 of bulbs of the blazing-star (Liatris scariosa) or the nodding 

 garlic (Allium cermtum). The plants wrapped in moist 

 sphagnum may be safely mailed in any tin box — a nabisco 

 wafer box is fine for the purpose — and may be sent during 

 either spring or autumn. It is hoped that many responses to 

 this offer will be received. In addition, if any gardening 

 botanist in the region of the red flowered plants will undertake 

 to grow our white flowered form and report results, I shall be 

 glad to provide him with material. 



Joliet, III. 



RESTING PLANTS. 



BY DR. H. A. GLEASON. 



IT is sometimes surprising how a collecting ground with 

 which one is perfectly familiar will yield new finds. Some- 

 times the new plants are small and inconspicuous so that they 

 might have been previously overlooked; sometimes they are 

 new introductions, just brought in by man, birds, or wind ; but 

 in some cases neither of these reasons will explain their pres- 

 ence. Then the botanist is at a loss to understand why he never 

 found the plant before. Sometimes the plant in question has 

 been dormant underground for a number of years, without 

 blooming or sending up leaves. In this case it might be 



