NOTE 



THIS account of the Ware collection of Blaschka 

 glass flowers at Harvard appeared originally 

 in the Boston Transcript. It was prepared 

 for that newspaper in compliance with re- 

 quests from several correspondents for infor- 

 mation concerning this unique collection. 

 The issue containing the account has long 

 been out of print, but the inquiries for the 

 article which are still made from time to 

 time encourage the belief that a reprint of it 

 may not be unwelcome. It has therefore 

 been carefully revised and considerably ex- 

 tended, and is now republished in a more 

 convenient and permanent form. 



F. B. W. 



