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CASTANEA PUMILA, Michx. Duval county, C 6411. 
CERATIOLA ERICOIDES, Michx. Manatee, S 67; Hillsboro county, B 2744. 
CERATOPHYLLUM DEMERSUM, L. Duval county, C 5173. 
APTERA SETACEA, Nutt. Pasco county, B 2621. 
Microstylis floridana, Chapm. Istachatta, C (1897). 
BLETIA VERECUNDA, Sw. No Name Key, C, April 22 (1896). 
CALOPOGON PARVIFLORUS, Lindl. Pasco county, B 2526. 
Calopogon multiflorus, Lindl. Eau Gallie, C, March 21 (1896). 
Cyrtopodium ecristatum, Fernald. Eau Gallie, C, July (1896). 
POGONIA OPHIOGLOSSOIDES, Nutt. Marion county, B 2033. 
POGONIA DIVARICATA, R. Br. Duval county, C 4729. 
HABENARIA REPENS, Nutt. Eau Gallie, C, July (1896). 
ZEPHYRANTHES TREATILA, Wats. Duval county, C 6347. 
PANCRATIUM ROTATUM, Ker. Duval county, C 4732. 
HYPOXIS JUNCEA, Smith. Pasco county, B 2538. 
TILLANDSIA RECURVATA, Pursh. Duval county, C 5054. 
NATIVE PLANTS OF KANSAS ADAPTED TO CULTIVATION. 
BY GRACE R. MEEKER, OTTAWA, KAN. 
Read before the Academy December 29, 1900. 
Kansas is centrally located, dividing north from south and east from west. 
The elevation of the surface varies, rising rapidly westward. The climate also 
varies, from drought a part of the year todrought allofthe year. All these factors 
combine in the production of a varied flora. You will almost need a new botany 
for the western plains; and many plants of the southern or northern parts of the 
state are not known in the central portion. In all its different parts Kansas has 
many attractive plants. Some have already been introduced into other localities 
than their ‘‘native heath’’; but much remains to be done before their decorative 
possibilities shall have been made known to us. It is not intended here to give 
a list of the wild flowers which are to be improved by cultivation, but those not 
likely to become pests, and whose pretty blossoms or fine foliage will repay your 
trouble. In western Kansas we have some desirable Composite. Aster grandi- 
florus, the largest-flowered aster of the plains, with brilliant blue or purple flowers, 
has been grown successfully fromseed. Two gaillardias— Gaillardia pulchella 
and G. lanceolata—are highly recommended. Both gaillardias have flowers of 
good size, with bright brown centers, and rays—in G. pulchella purplish, in 
G. lanceolata yellow. The townsendias, of which we have two species, and 
Zinnia grandiflora, from the southwest, are also desirable. Beside these, we 
may add Malvastrum coccineum, the red mallow, which has been recom- 
mended to you by Miss Reed; Mentzelia nuda; and the Yucca filamentosa, 
whose beauty is not spoiled by its common name, soapweed, and which is often 
seen in Franklin county lawns. The mentzelia has large, creamy flowers, with a 
peculiar fringe of sterile filaments surrounding the fertile stamens. The plant 
itself is rough and somewhat coarse looking; but when the great creamy buds 
expand, as they do in the late afternoon, the plant is glorified. 
From the south we get a handsome blossom, the Dodecatheon meadia, 
variously called wild cyclamen (which it resembles in shape of flower), shooting 
star, and American cowslip. This plant bears out the description of the botany 
—‘‘very handsome in cultivation.”’ 
