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igin, which attacks all parts of the plant. The eggs are 
laid in small notches gnawed in the leaf stalks. The 
larva burrows into the stalk, and thence downward or 
upward. It may penetrate the rootstock and destroy 
the growing cells, thus preventing further leaf forma- 
tion. The larva is white and curved. 
No generally successful method of destroying the 
insect has yet been found. In greenhouse collections it 
has been found possible to combat it by dipping the 
potted plants in water over the tops. The beetles then 
come to the top and can be killed. A large part, two- 
thirds of the collection of the Royal Botanical Garden, 
Dublin, was destroyed, however, before the situation 
was brought under control. At the same place, the 
entire hardy collection was so seriously affected that 
What remained was taken up and burned as a means of 
fighting the weevil. Similar experiences have been 1e- 
ported by other fern growers. It is not yet certain that 
all fern species and genera are subject to attack, accord-— 
ing to one writer, although the Dublin experience wou 
indicate that they are. So far none of the usual spray 
or gas treatments have proved of any use owing to te 
position of the beetle within the tissues of the plants. 
R. C. BENEDICT. 
Lake Grorce Fiora Stations ror BorrycHi0M 
LaNncroLatum.—In the recent catalogue of “The Bae 
of the Lake George Flora, New York,” Botrychium 
lanceolatum (8. G. Gmel.) Angst. was accidently omitted. 
It often grows with R. neglectum Wood; and intergrading 
forms are sometimes found. It occurs in white Pie 
_ Woods and mixed woods of hemlock and hardwoods from 
June 1 to August 31. Town of Galway, Saratos® 
county (Mrs. Chas. S. Phelps); near Three Ponds and 
Southern W. Fort Ann ; and at Vaughns. 
Stewart H. BuRNHAM: 
