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Raphidosl<:j/,ium 

 Rhacomilyium aciculare 

 Scorpidium scorpioidcs 

 Setnalophyllum recnrvans 

 Sphagnum 

 Stereodon imponcns 



Paiienliae 



reptile 

 Thelia 

 Thuidium delicalulum 



New York 



pdludosum 

 scilum 

 Toi'ldla caespilosa 



lorluosa 

 Torlula rnnrnlis 

 Ulola americana 



crispa 

 Wehera sessili'i 

 Weisia viridula 



A frp:ak of nature 



By O. a. Farwki.l 



While walking through Algonac, Michigan, I observed a 

 peculiar freak of nature which may prove of interest to readers 

 of ToRREYA. Two trees of Popidus alba were growing side by 



Fu;. I. Populus alba. " Siamese Twin?.' 



side, the lower parts in close contact, and were located on a 

 residential corner lot. The freak consists of a small branch, 

 eight or nine inches in diameter, of one tree piercing the trunk 

 of the other, completely passing through and showing on the 



