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this rare plant was also collected at Griswold, Man., some years 

 ago. Mr. Griddle's painting represents the variety admirably. 



Another rare plant of interest to botanists, of which the 

 drawing was much noticed, was Toimishendia sericea. Boltoma 

 asterotdes, which has been seldom collected in Canada, was found 

 by Mr. Criddle at Aweme. 



Some of the interesting varietal forms represented in this 

 collection were albinos of Liatris punctata, Monarda fistulosa, var. 

 mollis, Silene antirrhina, and Anemone patens, var. Nuttalliuna. 

 There was also a yellow-fruited form of wild raspberry ( Ruhus 

 strigosus ) and a pale-yellow-flowered form of Liliuni Phila- 

 delphtcum. Polygala paucifolia was of interest as the first record 

 of this pretty flower in Manitoba. Corallohiza striata, a widely 

 distributed but always rare plant, attracted much notice on account 

 of its rarity in the Ottawa district. Oxytropis Lambertii was 

 shown with both colour varieties, the ordinary yellowish white 

 and the rose purple. This plant is the " Loco weed" of the South- 

 western States, but no ill eff"ects to horses on our plains have ever 

 been recorded. A variety ot Lepachys columyiaris with the golden- 

 yellow flowers blotched with seal-brown, which is not very un- 

 common on the plains, would be a valuable acquisition in the 

 flower garden. 



These paintings of Mr. Griddle's are only a part of his collec- 

 tion, as he has previously sent down two equally large packets 

 similar to the present one, every plant in which was drawn with 

 the same accuracy and taste as those above referred to. Mr. 

 Criddle is also making a collection of drawings of the insects of 

 Manitoba, trom which some new records for the Province have 

 been made. It is just such careful individual work as Mr. Griddle 

 is doing which is of most value to specialists when working up 

 the scientific geographical distribution of plants and animals. — 

 J. Fletcher. 



