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tree which Gordon described was different and unnamed sand 
why did they not, therefore, assign it a name? 
Dr. Engelmann’s language concerning this procedure 
(illustrating the practice of botanists only a few years ago) 
is given in Bot. Calif., ii. 128 (1880), in a note under P. 
tuberculata: “The name P. tuberculata originally given to a 
form of the last species (Monterey pine) was transferred to 
this after Jeffrey’s discoveries in 1852, and having been so 
used invariably since, should be retained.” 
Finally, in the brief article published by the present 
writer in Mining and Scientific Press, January 16th, 1892, 
and in Garden and Forest, February 10th, 1892, attention was 
called to the fact that Gordon, when he described the narrow, 
Knob-cone pine, supposed it was the same species that Don 
had described, but since it is known that Don was dealing 
with a form of the Monterey pine (a species to which he had 
already given the name of radiata), his name of tuberculata 
was unavailable for this second species, and has been so ever 
since the distinctness of the species was known. 
The name Pinus attenuata was then proposed for the 
unnamed pine, a name suggested by the long, tapering char- 
acter of the cone, as well as the slender habit of the tree 
when compressed by others in groves, which is its usual con- 
dition. The name Pinus attenuata, Lemmon, has been taken 
up by Sargent, Fernow, Sudworth and others. 
CALIFORNIAN HERB-LORE.—IL. 
By Ipa M. Buocuman. 
In sylvan seclusion, usually on hillsides where the tired 
collector is fain to rest and enjoy the woodsy things about 
him, dwells a favorite, the Aspidium rigidum var. argutum. 
If one seek to domesticate it, it is a disappointment unless 
conditions are very favorable; it survives perhaps, but does 
not thrive; the fronds become cramped and stiff and lose 
much of their woodland grace. But under the hillside oaks, 
