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command the services of very expert photographers and skillful enlargers 
to obtain proper results. A good negative can be produced at an aver- 
age price of $2.50. Enlargement costs about $6, and the frame cannot 
be secured for less than $8.50. This price is trifling when the beauty 
and value of the whole exhibit is taken into account. 
Among the subjects of study that I have used might be named por- 
traits of Verbascum, Euphorbia, Helianthus, Solidago, Laciniaria, Cas- 
talia, Pteris, Quercus, Cuscuta, Pyrola, and groups of shore-lines, 
shade-plants, mat-plants, wand-plants, forest-floor coverings, swamp 
vegetation, etc. Such an exhibit when fairly extended would give a 
very adequate and pleasing idea of the vegetation in the region that 
has been selected for analysis. Conway MacMILLan, Zhe University 
of Minnesota. 
A NEW LILIUM. 
Lilium Masseyi, n. sp.—Bulb 12” in diameter or less, composed of 
fleshy scales: stem 1.5 to 3 high, with two distant scales below: 
leaves linear, acute at both ends or the lower obtuse, 12 to 25" long, 2 
to 4™" wide, in whorls of 3 to 8, the central ones generally alternate, 
glaucous, the margins revolute, prominently three-veined: flowers 1 to 
3, erect, 2.5 to 5" high; perianth reddish-orange, its segments spatu- 
late, obtuse, slightly pubescent, the blade 6 to 12™ wide, gradually 
narrowed into the claw, purple spotted below: capsule obovoid, 12 to 
250" high 
High mountain meadows of North Carolina, July-August. Named 
in honor. of Professor W. F. Massey, Horticulturist N. C. Agr. Exp. 
pion. —C. W. Hyams, Agric. Exper. Station, West Raleigh, N. C. 
