Wanted. — -Short notes of interest to the general botanist 

 are always in demand for this department. Our readers are 

 invited to make this the place of publication for their shorter 

 botanical items. The magazine is issued as soon as possible 

 after the 15th of February, Mav, August and November. 



Impatiens pallida alba. — Some time ago this color- 

 sport of the yellow touch-me-not (Impatiens pallida) was re- 

 ported from several localities in Pennsylvania, but so far as 

 we are aware it has not been reported elsewhere. It will be of 

 interest therefore, to record that it occurs in abundance at 

 "Dellwood" about four miles north of Joliet, Illinois. Here 

 it grows on the rocky banks of a small artificial lake and is 

 accessible only by boat. As in the other cases reported, the 

 flowers are quite like those of the type except that they are 

 pale creamy white in color. 



Linnaeus as a Name Tinker. — It would seem from a 

 letter which old John Collinson wrote to Linnaeus in 1755 that 

 those who change the names of plants and those who strenu- 

 ously object to such changes have been ever with us. The 

 following, though written more than 150 years ago. has a very 

 familiar sound. Collinson writes : 'T have had the pleasure of 

 reading your Species Plantarum, a very laborious and useful 

 work, but my dear friend, we who admire you are much con- 

 cerned that you should perplex the delightful science of botany 

 with changing names that have been well received and adding 

 new names quite unknown to us. Thus botany, which was a 

 pleasant study and attainable by most men is now become, by 



