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in flowering Lilium Wasliingtonianum or L. Humboldtii when 

 planted in spring, and tliey seem to require more time to become 

 and should be planted in early autumn. We have seldom succeeded 

 established than most plants. L. pardalinum has been the hardiest 

 species. In a light loamy soil L. parvum and L. rubescens do finely, 

 but in clay or clay loam they refuse to thrive. L. Parryi is a more 

 southern species, yet it seems hardy with deep planting, and is not 

 hard to grow. Its beautiful canary-yellow flowers appear with those 

 of the earlier flowering sorts. It needs more moisture, however 

 than the other species. F. H. Horsford. 



EDWARD M. HAIQHT. 



It is with deep sorrow that we have to record the early death of 

 our valued friend and associate, Edward M. Haight, late of River- 

 side, California, on the eighth of May, 1891, at the home of his father, 

 Mr. A. D. Haight. E. M. Haight was born in Mound City, Kansas 

 removing to Riverside with his parents over fifteen years ago, and 

 at his death was twenty-eight years of age. He was of a retiring 

 disposition, devotedl^^ atttached to his chosen studies in the natural 

 sciences. Ornithology and oology were his favorite branches, and he 

 was widely known as a taxidermist and naturalist. The Golden 

 State Scientist and the Collectors^ Illustrated Morithhj were maga- 

 zines issued by him for a time, and later he purchased the Old Curi- 

 osity Shop, a monthly, which he was compelled to dispose of on 

 account of failing health. 



He gained many personal friends, and his loss will be felt by a 

 large circle of correspondents, among whom he had gained a reputa- 

 tion for honest dealing. C. R Orcutt. 



CROTALUS PYRRHUS IN CALIFORNIA. 



One of Mr. Orcutt's most interesting additions to the herpet- 

 ology of California is the rattlesnake mentioned in the above head- 

 ing. It belongs to the group characterized by the rostral and 

 prenasal being separated by small scales and not in contact with 

 each other. 



So far as I ain aware only six specimens of this snake have ever 

 been collected. The type was obtained by Dr. Elliott Coues in 

 Caiion Prieto, near Fort Whipple, Arizona, and was described by 

 Professor Cope in 1866 (Proc. Phil. Acad., XVIII, pp. 308-310) as 

 CaudisoLia pyrrha. It was afterwards figured in the fifth volume of 

 Wheeler's Report on the Explorations and Surveys west of the 100th 

 meridian, pi. xxii, although at the time of the publicatiou of that 

 volume it was supposed that no specimen was collected by any of 

 the parties of Wheeler's expedition. However, it was afterwards 

 found that a head of a small specimen sent home by Dr. O. Loew 

 from the Mojave Desert, Arizona, belonged to this species. We next 



