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common at Raccoon. Moreover it is a plant of rare 

 occurrence and obviously recent introduction in any part 

 of Canada. 

 Linaria canadensis Dum.-Cours. Bot. Cult. 2: 96. 1802. 

 "Lieu. Le Canada, la Virginie." Doubtless based upon 

 Antirrhinum canadense L. 

 Flowering from late April to October, and soon ripening 

 fruit. 



Open sandy potassic soil, frequently a weed; thoughout the 

 Coastal Plain of Long Island and New Jersey, but likely intro- 

 duced into the Pine Barrens; above the Fall-line occasionally 

 introduced along railroad-tracks. Ranges from Massachusetts 

 to Florida and Texas.* 



{To he continued.) 



REMINISCENCES OF ORCHID-HUNTING 



By Herbert M. Dexslow 



One who has much to do with orchids garners a store of happy 

 memories. The writer's acquaintance with this fascinating 

 family began in the 3'ear 1867 and extends over a period very 

 nearly the same as the life of the Torrey Club. These recollec- 

 tions, however, do not really cover this half century, but are 

 concerned chiefly with about a dozen years at the beginning of it 

 and as many more since the year 1905. The interval was too 

 much occupied with professional duties to leave more than 

 occasional scraps of time for any hobbies. They were not barren 

 years, for they included some fascinating excursions and thrilling 

 discoveries; but they are not so crowded, in retrospect, with 

 memories of orchid-hunting as are the earlier and the later periods. 



The earliest picture is of an extensive cranberry bog, long 

 since drained and cultivated, in East Haven, Connecticut, in 

 which on one unforgettable summer day, the novice, who had 



* The following plants are to be considered as scarcelj' established. 

 Cymbalaria Cymbalaria (L.) Wettst., from Eurasia, is occasional along roadsides, 



and elsewhere near old gardens. 

 KiCKXiA Elatine (L.) Dumort. and K. spuria (L.) Dumort., both from Eurasia. 



are occasionally seen, mostly on ballast. 



