30 ERYTHKA. 



San Clemente Island. 



I WALKED the length of the island and was in a few of its great 

 canons. At first the eye perceived only the grasses and stones of a 

 great level; but suddenly the canons drop down to the sea, and 

 they are very narrow as well as steep, so that one can distinguish 

 many of the trees from above. Lyonofhammi'^ jioribimdus was in 

 bloom, and there were groves tipon groves of trees. It seen:is strange 

 that it has not been reported before. It is not included in Mr. 

 Brandegee's list, which, I believe, covers all previous lists. Antirrhi- 

 nuvi xjyecio.nivi marked everywhere the beginnings of tlie canons by 

 its brilliant flowers. 



At the head of one canon there were several groves of Quercus 

 fomentella situated where the trees could not fail to get the heavy 

 winter winds. On Santa Catalinu the groves of this oak are in 

 deep and sheltered canons. These trees on San Clemente show the 

 effects of their exposed situation, being twisted and round-topped, 

 of medium size and somewhat crabl)ed. On Santa Catalina they 

 are comparatively tall, over fifty feet in height, straight of liml), 

 and majestic. Mrs. Blanche Trask. 



MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS. 



TiiE number of street- trees in Paris is stated to be 122,877, of 

 which 26,000, in round numbers, are Flatanus, 17,000 uEscuhis 

 Hippocastamim, 15,000 Ulmus, 9,000 A Uanfhns, 6,000 Acer Pseudo- 

 platanus, 4,000 Acer spp., 4,000 Rohima, 2,000 Tilia, and 1,000 

 Pmdoionia. Among the remainder are species of Populus, Fraxinus, 

 Catalpa, Quercus, ]\[orus, and Sophora. 



Issues Nos. 11, 12, and 14 of Mr. C. G. Lloyd's series of "Photo- 

 gravures of American Fangi" illustrate Lepiota 3Iorgani Peck. 

 Sparasds HerbestU Peck, aud Lenzi.tes hetuUna Linn, and are most 

 admirable productions. Lepiota procera Scop, is show^i in issue 

 No. 13, but is not quite so meritorious as the first mentioned. 



The following new books have been received from MacMillan & 

 Co., New York: "The Horticulturist's Rule Book," by L. H. Bailey. 

 75 cents; "The Spraying of Plants," by E. G. Lodeman, with a 

 preface by B. T. Galioway, $1.00. 



