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and high enough to accommodate any bottle. The one here described 
sof tin, 6.25 deep, and of a size to fit the ordinary sheet of insect 
cork, 8.75°™ X 29.5%. The space beneath the trough is 7.5™ high. 
The cork bottom should be at least 1™ thick to be sufficiently stiff. 
The holes are 1.8™ from the edge, and are 3.75™ apart. This gives 
tom for eighteen 25"" bottles of material to be washed at one time 
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A WASHING APPARATUS. 
without crowding. The cork is supported by having the sides and ends 
uf the trough turned in s™ at the bottom. In addition to this, the 
tottom should be held by at least four narrow metal cross pieces, both 
"e and below, to prevent the cork from warping when wet. The 
$lass tubes are 6.75 long, with an inside diameter of gi. They 
“ould fit just tightly enough in the holes to allow of being slipped up 
pot. The trough is kept in a sink under one faucet, and only a 
sag Stream is needed to keep it running. One needs only t 
Pparatus at work to be convinced of its completeness.— 
‘AND, Botanical Laboratory, Cornell University. 
o see the 
Exias J. 
PHACELIA COVILLEI AT MT. CARMEL, ILL. 
ay May 5, 1889, Mr. F. V. Coville found a Phacelia on L 
_7 ©n the Potomac, about five miles above Washington, 
“Bor. Gaz, 
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21: 233. 1896. 
