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are eaten by the Japanese, we come to the group of wistarias. 
Of all the vines suitable for arbors or porches these are perhaps 
the most beautiful. The delicacy of their color and the harmony 
and grace of their flower-clusters will always make them most desir- 
able for decorative planting. They are particularly well suited for 
city homes, for they seem to have the faculty of oa good care 
-of themselves under apparently adverse condition 
The Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicer eee is a particularly 
sweet-smelling climber and well merits its popularity as a cover 
for fences and trellises. It was introduced into England by the 
Dutch East India Company in the early part of the last cen- 
tury and has spread throughout the civilized world. 
But space forbids an account of all the vines in the collection. 
However, mention must be made of the grapes, bittersweets, and 
Virginia-creepers, all represented by good-sized plants. There 
is also a fine plant of the trumpet-creeper, just now showing an 
abundance of scarlet and orange flowers. 
There is still room for expansion in the collection, and it is 
ultimately planned to include all the vines that will stand the 
variations of our climate. he collection will then be one of 
great interest botanically, and will also serve to illustrate the hor- 
ticultural possibilities of vines at present little used for decorative 
purposes. 
Norman TAyror. 
SUPPLEMENT TO THE MERCK aerate gl OF 
PROXIMATE PRINCIPLES OF PLANTS. 
Messrs. Merck & Co. have supplemented their valuable and 
important gift of last year, consisting of several hundred vege- 
table principles, with a collection of most of the crude vegetable 
substances from which the former are derived. This addition 
comprises one hundred and twenty articles, many of them of con- 
siderable rarity. While many of the substances are represented 
by but a single constituent, others possess several. Opium heads 
the list with twelve constituents, mostly alkaloids. Cinchona 
follows with eight, amygdala and ergot with five each, and coca, 
