CORRESPONDENCE AND INFORMATION. 



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fORRESP^DENCE 

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An Unique Sun Halo. 



London, Ontario, Canada, 

 To The Editor : 



One of graduates. Air. D. J. Lons- 

 berry, teaching at Bullocksville in the 

 Province of Alberta, has sent me a 

 sketch and description of a halo which 

 he and his pupils observed. The halo 

 was distinctly visible for a period of 

 forty-five minutes, central shortly be- 

 fore 9 A. M. 



Mr. Lonsberry assures me of the 

 correctness of the arcs and circles. Me 

 says he is less certain of the arrange- 

 ment of the color bands except that it 

 was common remark that the red was 

 on the side towards the sun. 1 can 

 rely on any report Mr. Lonsberry 

 makes. 1 envied him his opportunity 

 of studying that remarkable and beau- 

 tiful halo. 



[ohn DearnESS. 



Mr. Lonsberry writes to the effect 

 that on the morning of the halo he had 

 the children observing it for a few 

 minutes before school. After the open- 

 ing exercises he and they spent about 

 twenty minutes drawing the design 

 both on paper and on the blackboard. 

 Each child was required to represent it 

 as he saw it. They had permission to 

 leave the room to observe the halo and 

 make sure of the size and position of 

 the arcs and circle. The bands resem- 

 bled rainbows but the red was always 

 mi the side next the sun. The color was 

 most brilliant at the points of inter- 

 sections of the light grey band and 

 the double curved band. The inner 

 circle was very brilliant ; next in 

 brilliancy came the double-curved band 

 and the large circle. The highest arc 

 was the least brilliant. The long band 

 passing through the sun was a bright 

 grey. 



Two Good Suggestions. 



Kutztown, Pennsylvania. 

 To The Editor : 



I have never had experience in rais- 

 ing plants from coleus leaves, but we 

 have often . done so with begonia 

 leaves. Place the petiole up to the 

 blade in a bottle kept filled with water. 

 After several weeks a number of root- 

 lets will appear at the top of the pet- 

 iole ; and in time a new plant will ap- 

 pear, growing out of the summit of the 

 Detiole on the upper side of the blade. 

 By the time this plant appears the 

 blade of the leaf usually has withered 

 and dropped off. After the new plant 

 has two or three small leaves it is ready 

 to transnlant. 



Several years ago we saved the linen 

 threads which Mrs. Gruber drew out 

 of a piece of linen used in making 

 drawn work. After the orioles had 

 come in May we hung large bunches of 

 these threads on the trees and grape 

 arbors in the yard. These birds eager- 

 lv seized upon them. and. on a cherry 

 tree in front of the house, a pair built 

 a nest composed almost entirely of 

 these linen threads. A chipping spar- 

 row also used a few threads, and the 

 upper part of the nest of a least fly- 

 catcher was completely covered with 

 them. Since that time we regularly 

 hang out strings, cords, and threads 



