274 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. [ October, 
OPEN LETTERS. 
Peloria of Linaria vulgaris, 
ad, to-day, the most extraordinar ry pon brnaian of the idea some- 
i cherished, that when the mind is charged with a particular notion 
Se Sa is not fartoseek. Passing near a Tot covered over with Lin- 
tia vu ue in full bloom I said, “Now is my chance for peloria!” Sure 
enough, though the incredulous may smile, at my very feet was a bed 0 
twe se or more plants, all showing it, and in most fanciful ways. I have 
in other seasons occasionally met with a single flower so reverted at the 
top of a stem, but here were flowers with five spurs, some with three, 
some with two,and others normal, all on the same stems; this, too 
congo by ere distinct — All fos peloric blossoms examined noe 
m of five capnaps ea en ce) a number of spurs. 
ers are dispose in whorls, ah goragin the to ‘of the stem, as if the 
raceme were breaking up. e number of spurs decreases in acropetal 
u ing 
_ the peloric state of Linaria vulgaris in Pennsylvania. Tor real good 
Yankee eccentricity, Rhode Island is, as ever, ahead. 
Providence, R. I. W. W. BAILey. 
eres ned nie at the A. A. A. S. 
Gazerre 1 remarks: “V e can be claimed, bower er, for the uality 
of the botanical pape th some exceptions, they ed a narrow- 
ess of observation and perficiality of study which were lamentable.” 
i papers ae Se ees refer to, from n gl 
“ed's 8, Professor Beal’s 8, or Mr. Mech. n’s, and as the on torial notes show 
which papers rs the “cap” is intended “ to ‘fit, a ike ou will allow me to 
yt oy that I should feel no right to object to this decision of Fs ¥ editors 
of the i hae if I ad deed that my papers were understood ose wh 
0 
simply desire to ask the er to co the abstract ven, Wl 
the notes of what the obj a ts he politi ging essays 
fist live been sauce ci said in proving the point that t y 
ad no other ar in ibute to 
: presenting the papers than to contribu 
~ interest te the meeting, and I can only oe ts regard to the quality of 
rb entertainment offer ear as Dr. Gra ay once — when told that a brother 
— — had declared a he could “ cate oe aban manual” than the 
<8 Be tad ite done, “He is the man I wa By all means, let him 
han is manual out,’ No one will be ate ait with better papers 
ving, however, the above thought of temporary interest vag fen 
view, T had no idea of publishin ht 
1g my papers in the form in whic 
were then presented; but in view of the sharp, and perhaps just, crt 
