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sems that if any marigold is meant it should be the marsh 

 marigold which is common in England. To the writer of 

 these lines, however, it seems more likely that some species of 

 buttercup was intended. Anne Pratt, author of the ''Flower- 

 ing plants of Great Britain" also inclines to this view, but 

 the majority of Shakespearian scholars are in favor of 

 Calendula. One piece of evidence seems to have been over- 

 looked. The poet makes his marigolds "Ope their goMen 

 eyes." Now the question is, which of these plants close at 

 night; or was the opening an assumption on the part of the 

 poet? 



Mountain-Climbing Lady-Bugs. — In July 1920. the 

 editor of this magazine found on the summit of Sunset Moun- 

 tain near Flagstaff, Arizona, several ([uarts of the small black- 

 spotted red beetle, familiar to everybody as the lady-l)ug or 

 lady-beetle, congregated under some loose rocks. Since the 

 mountain is a volcanic cone consisting mostly of loose ashes 

 and bare of vegetation, the presence of the insects in such 

 elevated regions was so unusual that the puzzle was turned 

 over to the American Musuem of Natural History for solu- 

 tion. In reply Associate Curator Frank E. Lutz writes: "I 

 cannot answer vour question as to why they congregate in this 

 way except to sa\- that thev ap|)arcntlv do it for tlie sake of 

 hibernating. 1 am not sure bow many of llicsc thousands 

 successfnl\- pass tlie winter but they probably succeed fairly 

 well, otherwise the habit w(nild probal)ly have been lost years 

 ago. Horticulturists of California collect these masses by the 

 ton, put ibem in cold storage until wanted, and distribute tliem 

 among the farmers at tbe j)roper season for controlling ajjbids." 

 'I'bc sj)ecies fmind on Sunset Momitain bears tbe name of 

 ] lippodmuia convergcns. 



Am I'liTCHROMY IN Hka'i 1 1 i;u.--t-Tlie Kew Bulletin re- 

 ports a specimen of the heather {Calluna vulgaris) which 



