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in greater profusion than usual, nearly every shady nook of the calcare- 

 ous rocks abounding with it. In our region the best specimens are to 

 be had in the late autumn and members of the Club who are interested 

 should seek it without delay. 



Last year a large colony of Moth Mullein ( Verbascum blattaric:) 

 was discovered in on old pasture near Mechanicsville, but no trace of 

 it could be seen this summer. The plant is rather scarce in the vicinity 

 of Ottawa, and although it has been found at various points near the 

 city during the past izw years, it seems not to persist with any degree of 

 certainty in any one place. 



Euphorbia marginata, an annual indigenous to the North Western 

 States, was introduced into the Ottawa district from Dakota some 

 years ago. A few seeds sown in a garden near the city two years ago, 

 produced vigorous plants, which cast their seed in the autumn, and 

 gave rise this year to a numerous colony of sturdy (offspring, with every 

 indication of survival of the species. 1 he showy white-margined floral 

 leaves render the foliage rather attractive. It is known among the 

 Dakota Indians as " Snow-on-the-mountain." 



A beautiful albino form of Verbena h.jstata (Blue Vervain) was 

 collected recently near St. Patrick's Bridge. Tliere is much to be 

 learned yet about these interesting variations of nature, and if all 

 members of the Club who happen on such specimens would carefully 

 note the surroundings, and grow the plant for future observation, more 

 light might soon be thrown on the matter. — R. H. Cowley. 



Albino Liatris. — Some four years ago the Rev. VV. A. Burman, 

 at that time working as a missionary amongst the Sioux Indians at 

 Griswold, Manitoba, sent to the Botanic Garden at the Central Experi- 

 mental Farm, a root of Lialris scariosa, which bore pure white flowers. 

 This plant is now growing vigorously, and bears every year several 

 beautiful spikes of pure white flowers. Several plants, however, which 

 have been grown from its seed, flowered for the first time this season, 

 and all of them bore flowers of the ordinary reddish-purple colour of 

 the species. The original [)lant was grown in a group containing four 

 roots of the ordinary form. Next year it will be separated and seeds 

 again planted, and it will be interesting to find if the white form can be 



