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sugar and alcohol from these tree-like rushes. If successful we will 

 have another source of production of alcohol, and especially of methyl- 

 ated spirit. 



ANOTHER SNAKE-BITE REMEDY. 



This time, according to the Montreal Phannacciifical Journal, it is 

 just the common, broad-leaved, dooryard plantain, Plantago major Lin. 

 The modus operandi is to apply a poultice of the leaves to the bite and 

 to chew a few leaves, swallowing the juice. Presumably the green leaf 

 is preferred. It is said that this remedy was discovered by a colored 

 bov who had been watching a fight between a rattlesnake and a mon- 

 goose ; every time the mongoose was bitten it left the rattler to eat a 

 few plantain leaves, when it would return to the fight. We give it for 

 what it is worth. 



THE LARGEST FOWER IN THE WORLD. 



The American Druggist reports that in Java and Sumatra there has 

 been found recently a plant of the Arum Family ( Aroidese) which has 

 a larger flower than the Rafflesia. It is said to be a sort of mammoth 

 funnel, 1.2 meters in diameter, the interior of which is of the color of 

 red wine ; the pistil is of a creamy yellow color 1.5 meters in height, and 

 has a penetrating odor. The leaf is about 15 meters in circumference, 

 on a stalk about 3.5 meters long by .3 meters in diameter. 



COLOR OF COLA SEEDS. 



According to the Pharmaceutical Journal C. Hartwich has proven 

 that the difference in color of fresh cola seeds, some being red 

 and some white, is not due to dififerences in their ages, as heretofore 

 supposed, by finding one cola seed with one white cotyledon and (Mie 

 red one. — Bulletin Phannacx. 



ALUMNI PIN. 



Only graduates are permitted to purchase and entitled to wear 

 this pin. It is distinct and dififerent from a class pin, which can be 

 worn by any member of a class. The pin is made of solid gold 

 with blue enamel. Its style is shown on cover. Your name, year 

 of graduation and the \)\n number will appear upon the reverse 

 side. The cost is $6 if delivered, or $6.15 if sent by registered 

 mail. Pins may be obtained upon application to Dr. George C. 

 Diekman, 115 West Sixty-eighth street. New York City. 



