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Nov. 4. Yo\\m\ TIiiiixfiiiiiK '■(rrulcn in lilooni. PatintUbi ( 'a luleihftix and Solidnr/o 

 /iififoliii n\^n in bloom. 



\ov. 1:2. /lii/nuiriiln.i tirr/s ill liloiiiii. anil AstiT xiiijitfifiili iia. 



Nov. 17. Asler iihldituifdl ins still in hlooni. This .seemed remarkable as it had 

 beeu quite cold, and the mercury down lo 20*^. 



Siihi s/i/'/mxii. L. is Ibnnd here. Is ii comnion for tiiat to '^rovv wild so far to the 

 North v X. ('()i,E.\i.\>-. 



low.v Pi.-VNTs. — The BoT.\.M( Ai, (i.KZKTTK t'oT .Jaiiuaiv lias an article ou recently 

 discovered plants of Iowa, about which 1 wish to say a few wi.>rds. There must have 

 been some oversight in the matter or several of them woukl have been added to the 

 State cataloiiue some time since. The Trifolium ri'fle.vinn was found l)V myself in ISfJH. 

 jii Troy township, Monroe county. I found Triidexcdiitin rnscd and T. Virf/i'iiifti, -d^ 

 also 7'. y/iV(/.v7( in lS(j7. all three of wliidi I transpl:inf('([ int<i my garden, where they 

 ^rew finely. Ori/luip/n/s iiiHjiixfifolin.f w;is found tii<' .same year, and some specimens pre- 

 .sented the remarkable feature of haviiiir the branches opposite. I do not now remem- 

 ber whether Rnxo luri'ln was first seen in liS(i8 or lytii). or (Knuthird puiniln. Iiut I found 

 lliem both. 1 >pent my siunmei' vacation of 187:1 in Iowa, and while there sent nearlv 

 three hundred names of species iind varieties, not then catalogued, to the btate Botanist, 

 many of them seen for the first time in Iowa, that summer. I have not the list of names 

 ;it hand, but think I sent those of Stmchux nternrciis and f.fxpidczn riolari'ii. Anion"- 

 tliosc seen for ilie lifst time in Iowa in ls7o were ('ussin MuriLdidiru and Snldnnin (Uiro- 

 /liii/isi and N. Vi ruliiuiinini. X. CoLE.\f.\x. 



'i'liK Siiiri'i.Nc; ()|- Livi.No Pi,A>rs. — It is probably know'n to many that on the 20th 

 of October last I sent to the Botanic (Tarden, at Sidney. New South Wales, by request 

 of the Australian Commission it the ( 'cntcnnial E.\|)ositioii, a suite of Xew Jersey 

 a(|Uatic iilaiils, in which were ^ thniihiinii I iitniiii. y j/iiijihd'd 'dhirdtn. \ uplni r adri'iKi. 

 Sd rrdn /I t'd jiiu'jHi red, I'll/I frrJ/'r/'d riir(l((td, and 1 drriuidm mdiTdcarpoii . \Vhere possible, 

 the roots and seeds lioth were sent They were packed in wet sphagnum, and sent in a 

 tight wine cask. To make mattei> sure, the lot was sent overiaml to San Francisco. 

 The venture has been heard from. The seeds all arrived right, and sonu- of them had 

 sprouted. The rhizomes of the Sjiniphud suffered most, having badly softened on the 

 way : so tliat it IS (piite doubtful whether these can I)e made to live. I hope to try 

 aiiotliiT \ I'liturc this year, adopting a difi'cfcMl method in flic packing. As the ship- 

 ping ot' living plants to a great distance is of practical im|)ortance, the method and 

 result shall be given to the Ho'I'a.mc \i. G.vzkttk, — S. Lockwood. Fh-elwld. X. ./. 

 Mdrrh 24. 



V\'e are jilcax'd to acknowledge tlic icceiiit of eight liotanical i>amplilels from M. 

 Ali>h. DeCaudollc. They are •'Monstriiositcs Vegetales," 1841, with seven plates, 

 »'Lois (ie la Nomenclature Bolanicpie." lS(i7, A Hcjdy to Various Questions and Criti- 

 cisms made upon the former, l^^ti!), '•ICxperiences sur des Graines de Diverses Especes 

 plongees daii> de Tcau de nier,'" by M. (riislavc Tliiirct. 1S7;J, •'E.\iste-t-il dans la vege- 

 tation actuelle des Caracteres (4enerau.\ et Distinctifs cpie permettraient de la recon- 

 uaitre en toils i)ays si elle devenait fo.ssile r," 1S7."), '"L'Age d'un Arbre a-t-il une influ- 

 ence sur l"epo(pie inoycnne de sa feuillaison v.'" 1S7<), •Sur la designation de la direc- 

 tion des spire:- dan> les planfcs," is7'i, "Observations sur rEnroiilemeut des Vrilles, by 

 M. Casimir De Candfilic, January 1S77. 'i'tie last pamphlet is theonly one that requires 

 special mention at this date. We have now before its the works of three generations of 

 De Candolles. giving us a notable example of inheiited tastes. In this article on the 

 coiling of tendrils, M. C. De Caiidolle says that his researclies were suggested by Dar- 

 win's work on the •■.Movements and Habits of Climtiiiig Plants." The experiments are 

 conducted for the most part with the tendrils of the Bryon\', which do not roll them- 

 selves in one direction. l)ut from a set of helices alternately right and left-handed. It 



