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ciations, we realize that if the particular association in which 

 our plant grows is missing, it too will be missing. But when 

 the association is present and the plant missing, it is time to 

 mark it rare. There are a great many suitable places for 

 growth within the range of Conopholis where the plant does 

 not grow. Can the same be said of the spring beauty ( Clay- 

 tonia), or the wild blue phlox, or even the arbutus? — Ed.] 



Variations in Calypso. — While living at Vancouver, 

 in Southern Washington, I greatly admired that dainty spring 

 wild flower. Calypso bulbosa, which was so abundant in the 

 dark woods beneath the Douglas Firs. However, it lacked 

 one attraction to make its loveliness complete : it had no odor. 

 Although I examined very many of the little orchids, and also 

 had my friends do likewise, no fragrance could be detected. 

 Among the wild flowers which I took with me, when I left 

 Washington to make my home at Eugene, Oregon, was a pot 

 containing a few Calypso corms. That winter I was sur- 

 prised upon hearing my acquaintances describe, in glowing 

 terms, the fragrance of the flower. I did not know what to 

 think. The next spring, I eagerly sought for Oregon plants, 

 and great was my delight, when I inhaled the rare spicy per- 

 fume which they really possess. Yet to myself and others, 

 the specimens which bloomed in my flower pot from Wash- 

 ington were utterly lacking in perfume. The only outward 

 difference, which I was able to observe, was that the Oregon 

 flowers were somewhat more waxy and shiny in appearance. 

 It would be interesting to know if any such variation has been 

 noticed in the Eastern forms of that species. — R. V. Brad- 

 slunv, Eugene, Oregon. 



Flowering of Wild Cucumber. — Wild cucumber 

 {Bchinocystis lobata) is a spendthrift when it comes to mak- 

 ing flowers, for the Ijig clusters of creamy-white blossoms 

 stand up in profusion in August. A bee with a leg entrapped 



