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whether there were pulu mattresses available. On 
receiving a negative reply the prospective guest would 
pass on, leaving the proprietor to consider the advisa- 
bility of installing a few. Experience showed, however, 
that pulu mattresses were not long lived and the export 
soon fell off. 
Perhaps the most interesting single fact about these 
ferns has to do with their use as food. The center of 
the trunks is starchy and in times of famine has served 
as human food. Nowadays they cook the trunks in 
the voleanoes and serve them to the pigs. 
Cs, 
Lorauinta. Lorquinia is a new publication, started 
in 1916 by the Lorquin Natural History Club of which 
our member, Mr. Moxley, is one of the interested and 
active members. Originally organized as a boys’ nat- 
ural history club, the Club has since come to include 
older members, but it has retained the original broad 
interests of the earlier organization. Its scope may 
be judged by the following titles, taken at random 
Desert reptiles; A rare cat-tail; Egg-cases of some local 
mollusca; The study of variation; Palaeontology—its 
place in the study of natural history; The genus Quercus 
in California. Among the author’s names are the 
following: E. E. Hadley, E. P. Chace, R. R. Gates, R. A. 
May, F. Grinnell, Jr., and Cecil Hart. 
Altogether, the publication seems to be very well 
worth while, and is particularly to be recommended to 
those interested in general natural history, both adults 
and younger people. 
Lorquinia is sent free to members. For further 
information, address Rev. Geo. L. Moxley, 444 South 
Spring Street, Los Angeles, or the editor of Lorguinia, 
Mr. Paul D. R. Rithling, 1051 W. 23rd Street, Los 
