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HANGE OF CoLour IN ANEMONE NEMOROSA, &c¢.—The var. c@rulea 
used to occur (1870) plentifully in Hurst Wood, Tunbridge Wells. 
Plants with white, pink, and perfectly blue flowers grew in com- 
groups. The deepest. pink I ever met with was in specimens 
gathered upon the greensand above Sevenoaks Railway Station : 
i ecimens were near at hand, out no blue ones. I have e- 
between the several patches. The usual white or pale lilac, and 
the pink flowers, as well as intermediates, appeared equally (Shrop- 
shire and North Wales) upon carboniferous limestone and Silurian 
shales. —Winuiam WuaitweE.t. 
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decay of the tuber up to flowering time, but omitted to continue 
the observations so Pa obtain the isolated tubers after the decay 
of the plant.— W. H. Bezsy. 
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Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Nectarien und Biologie der Bluthen. By 
Dr. 8. Stapter. Pp. 88 lin. Price 8 marks. 
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Impatiens Roylei, Cyrtanthus Pohliana, Dierviila rosea, Saxifraga 
mutata, Passiftora carulea and P. ceruleata, Asclepias Cornutt, Pin- 
guicula alpina, Agave Jacquiniana, Kniphofjia aloides, Lilium sre 
~ and. L. : Galanthus nivalis, Melittis Melissophylium, 
a a her Tateeridams: The last three 
species, the author points out, must be added to the small list of 
