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Athens, Illinois, where it is a relic of a collection of cultivated 
of fif 
plants ty years previous. One season’s experience here 
denotes such a persistency for this 
nother composite, h sina aa! pane is 
pnt like roots. It is a very pretty and satisfactory summer 
lower. 
n odd late-flowering plant is Tricyrtis hirta, the Japanese 
toad ti . It flowers in late October and early November, 
hirta. In 1862 it was rediscovered by Fortune and introduced 
into cultivation. 
KENNETH R. BoyNnToN 
NOTES, NEWS AND COMMENT 
The following botanists enrolled in the library as visitors 
during September and October: Dr. R. C. Benedict, Brooklyn, 
Y.; Professor Mel. T. ick, N Dr. 
J rk; C. N. J 
Charles E. Fairman, Lyndon ville, N. Y.; Paul C. Standley, 
Woshington, D. C.; and Dr, Carl Skotesbere: Upsala University, 
den. 
