1893.] Frost Freaks of the Dittany. 183 
Grasses of the Pacific slope, including Alaska and the adjacent islands. pt. 1.1 
roy, 8°. pp. (50) pl. 50, Washington, 1892. (U.S. Dept. of Agric.——Bot. Div. 
Bull. 13.) 
Report of the botanist?, (In U. S. Dept. of Agric. Rep. of the Sec’y for 
1891, pp. 341-358. Washington, 1892.) 
Wilmington, Del. and Washington, D. C. 
Frost freaks of the dittany. 
BY LESTER F. WARD. 
WITH PLATE XIX. * 
One bright, crisp, frosty morning (Dec. 5, 1892), as I was 
taking a delightful ramble with my congenial friend Mr. Victor 
‘son and following the pleasant road that leads from the 
little Virginia village of Accotink toward the tomb of Wash- 
mgton, some white obj 100ki i 
: such a unifo 
Ser be restrained and i isfy our 
Curiosity, we turned aside to satisfy 
) 
ME to three in y consisted of several thin foils or wings from 
Be stem of th : i. 'n width, firmly attached by one edge to 
“TOM this attach oe Pus Standing in a vertical position. 
“Ut horizontally. t cach of these little ice sheets projected 
and stiff, but é a with a slight upward tendency, not straight 
 Peautitul cone rey and gracefully curving or coiling into a 
always roll at the distal margin. There were 
Pepe? Usually three, four, or five, all attached 
3 "Report of Work will be issued June 1, 1893.—J. N. R: 
* for 1893 will be issued in June, 1893.—J. N. R. 
