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inhabitants of the desert than even our New York and Wash- 

 ington scientists. We know of none who have done more de- 

 voted and painstaking work on the Cactacae and Coniferae 

 and alhed plants in America than Dr. Engelmann and it is re- 

 gretted that the name given by him should not be permitted to 

 stand." Horticulture should remember, however, that Dr. 

 Engelmann is dead and gone, while Carnegie is still alive, has 

 great wealth and is credited with an inclination to "loosen up" 

 for anything that will add to the fame of Andrew C. It will 

 be nothing short of ingratitude if Andrew does not do some- 

 thing handsome for botany in return for his "honors." But 

 we submit that we all ought to share in the returns — all but 

 the college professors who can get at him through the pension 

 fund. To begin with, how would it do to subsidize all the 

 botanical and horticultural publications? 



The Study of Seeds. — It is suggested that we recognize 

 different species of trees by the buds, twigs, and bark. I 

 should like to add seeds, also. The study of seeds is very 

 helpful in identifying new species of plants. To illustrate. 

 On one of my botanizing trips, I gathered a little plant, not 

 more than two inches high having one tiny flower. It was 

 rolled up with many others and carried home. After many 

 weeks an attempt was made to analyze it. The flower was 

 gone, the plant shriveled almost to nothing. Under the mag- 

 nifying glass one minute seed was found, and at a glance the 

 marking on that little seed told beyond a doubt the family to 

 which it belonged. "The family resemblance" is very strong 

 in all species of a family. Being familiar with the shape and 

 marking of one species it will act as a key to the other species 

 of that family. My collection consists of several hundred 

 kinds of seeds and is a source of great pleasure as well as 

 profit. I would like to encourage all students of botany to 

 make a study of seeds, and a collection of them. — Mrs. Emma 

 Buszek, Orange, California. 



