190 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 



Who Fijjds White Partridge-beuries? — So far as we know, or ever 

 heard of, only Miss Kate Fisher Kurtz, of York, Penn.. who sends us 

 fresh ])lants. The berries are as white as those of Chiogenes, and 

 form a line contrast with tlie red ones. It was found in a single 

 patch, in tlie midst of the ordinary form, Tht^ albinism afl'ects even 

 tile corolla, the tip of which in bud lacks the purple or rose tinge of 

 the oi'dinary buds. — A. (tRAY. 



Salix balsamifera, Barratp, = S. cordatv, var. balsamifera. 

 Hook., an older name for S pyrifolia, Anders — It is an interesting 

 fact, proven by a specimen preserved in the Herbarium of the Phil- 

 adelphia Acadeaiy, that this Willow was collected "on the banks of 

 the Ammonoosuck, White Hills, New Hamsphire,'' by Mr. H. Little, 

 as long ago as IS^-^I Occurring mainly between New Brunswick 

 and Lake Winnipeg — a geographical representative of S. pyroUEfolia 

 of a correspondin<i: distribution in Eastern Siberia — it is remarkable 

 t!i:)1 this species has been so rarel.y found within our northern boun- 

 <l;iry. Only two stations can be recorded, viz; tlie one above men- 

 tioned, wtiich Mr Pringle is confident will be rediscovered; the oth- 

 er nenr Flint. Michigan, where Dr. D. Clarke collected specimens a 

 few years ago, but unfortunately the plants were destroyed soon af- 

 ter; the besom of agricultural improvement sweeping so clean that 

 not a vestige, root or l^ranch, was left. Doubtless other localities 

 will be found, esj^ecially in the cold peat bogs of northern New Eng- 

 land along the St. John, in northern Michigan, &c., and it appears 

 desirable, tlierefore, liiat a species coming more and more into no- 

 tice as an addition to otir Flora of the Northern States, should re- 

 ceive without further delay its older and rightful name of S. balsam- 

 ifcrn, Barratt. Oonsciotis tliat th.e opinion of an amateui', a mere pri- 

 vate in the ranks (and not of the ''regular service'' at that), must in 

 itself carry little weight as oii])Osed to the ipse dixif of a botanist of 

 tfie commanding position and commanding ability of Prof. Andersson 

 I may be pardoned, I hope, for strengthening ray assertion by the fol- 

 lowing statement of facts. 



In the Columbia College (Torrey) Herbarium there is luckily a fas- 

 ciculus marked in the handwriting of Dr. Torrey, "Ex herb. Hooker. 

 Willows from British America studied and named by Dr. Barratt be- 

 fore the publication of that portion of the Floi-a Boreali-Americana 

 containing the Saliccs.'' The tickets are in the handwriting of Dr. 

 Barratt. No. 53 of this collection comprises the foUowing specimens, 

 viz: mature leaves from "Cuniberland House, Drum mo rid'"'; fertile 



