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forest trees, the elm, the oak. and the hickory, in the 

 middle, western, and southern states of the union This 

 singular parasitic plant has yellowish leaves, with white 

 berries tinged with the same color. See Gray's Botany. 



NOTE L. 



DYER'S WEED, WOLD, (Luteola reseda,) p. 72. 



Dyer's Weed, Weld, Wold, Luteola reseda, has become 

 partially naturalized, here and there, in western New 

 York. It is a plant about three feet high, from whose 

 leaf and stem a yellow coloring matter is obtained, which 

 is preferred to all other substances for giving a brilliant 

 greenish-lemon tint. It is also much used for dyeing silk 

 a golden yellow. 



The reader is probably aware that while many minerals 

 and a certain number of animal substances are employed 

 in coloring, the largest portion of our dyes are borrowed 

 from the vegetable kingdom. 



NOTE M. 



SULPHUR, OR BRIMSTONE BUTTERFLY. ( Gonepteryx Rhamni,') p. 74. 

 " This is the Brimstone Butterfly, which, gaily painted, 



" Soon 



Explores the tepid noon, 

 And fondly trusts its tender dyes 

 To feeble suns and flattering skies." 



" It has been supposed by some that this early visitant, 

 (also a late one,) is, like the above, a winter survivor ; but 

 from the trim of his yellow robes, usually so fresh and 

 glossy, it would seem more likely that, instead of being 

 laid up not in lavender, but perhaps in ivy they are 

 of the newest spring fashion. Be this as it may, he is the 



