Lihrnry Cntiiloguc. 215 



hanks of incltins^ snow, accord in ti to Prof. Greene {(innlcn and 

 Forest, iii, 356). Herbajie j;lal)rous and glaucous. Tlie dull, dark 

 red ])etals scarcely lar^jer than the jj^reen sepals, thick and leathery 

 in lioth species. 



P^OMA Californica.— Restricted in its distribution (Greene, 

 I.e.), to Southern and Lower California. 'Glabrous but not glau- 

 cous; leaves twice or thrice as large, of rounded and jjedate general 

 outline.' The northern plant I have not seen. The southern form 

 (both are considered as belonging to one s]iecies by many botanists) 

 is without floral beauty, though the luxuriant foliage makes it use- 

 fid in some situations, (irows in dry, rocky soil, from a few hun- 

 dred, to two or three thousand feet altitude, where it is subjected to 

 a light fall of snow in winter. C. R. Orcutt. 



NOTES A XI) XEWS. 



A colored portrait of Lathyrus s]ilendens ajjpears in Vick's 

 Magazine for July, 1891. 



One who has had ex])erienee in the care of caged birds and gold 

 fish writes: Never give anything greasy or salt to birds or fish. I 

 give seeds and liread, apple and baked potato to my liirds, and to 

 the gold fish, angle worms, raw beef, baked potato and a kind of 

 bread made of eggs and flour, without salt, the same that is best 

 for liirds. 



The ]joisoning of plants having ])r()ved ineftectual has Ijeen en- 

 tirely al)andoned at the Gray herl)arium. The tightness of cases 

 and the handling of sheets are relied upon to preserve the specimens. 

 Anv which become infested may be treated to a stay in C S^, vapor, 

 or some other insecticide. — Botnnical Gazette. 



Meeliaii's Monthly, conducted by the veteran horticulturist, 

 Thomas Aleehan, contains in its flrst issue a handsome colored 

 sketch of Rhododendron maximum. 



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4090. Taxidermy and Zoological Collecting. A complete hand- 

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