and exposed as green assitnulative leaves. A+.tempts at 

 sproutinr; the seed in damp Bphaf^num were made in the 

 laboratory. The seed was planted in September of 1900 

 and by ."lay of 1902 had just ber;un to protrude the tips 

 \Q^- \ of the radicles. They hav^-been in the temperature of 



/ an unheated room constantly, but had not been subject 

 to frost. They had never been allowed to dry out. 



Harnamelis arbora . 



T procured one starve of the Japanese species, H. 

 arborea , in the latter end of October. This differs 

 from H. virginiana in its time of flowerin,c^, which is 

 in very early spring. A variety, H. arborea Zuccarin - 

 iano , flov/ers as early as in '^'ebraary, an.d thus ap- 

 proaches the flowerins^ time of the American species. 



