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report observations on the characteristics and relative abundance 
of the particular form or forms that they find at various stations. 
The writer will be pleased to receive fresh leaves and flowers 
for comparison with the species and races now growing at the 
New York Botanical Garden. If branches with flower buds 
are cut a day before the flowers are to open, slightly dampened 
with water, and immediately wrapped in paper and enclosed in a 
pasteboard box, they will keep in rather good condition for 
several days. Herbarium specimens may be made and while 
not revealing much regarding flower colors these are excellent 
for a study of leaf and pod characters. 
It is also planned to extend the cultures at the New York 
Botanical Garden to include as many as possible of the different 
races or species found in nature. Plants can be transplanted at, 
or soon after, the close of the flowering period; the stems can 
be cut away, most of the dirt shaken from the roots, and the 
plant wrapped in paper to prevent drying out and shipped as 
soon as is convenient. A large majority of plants thus treated 
have lived when transplanted to the experimental plots. If 
possible, however, three plants of a particular form should be 
sent to insure against possible death of some. 
The writer will fully appreciate any cooperation which will 
facilitate the study of these interesting and variable species. 
NEw York BOTANICAL GARDEN 
LITERATURE CITED 
Britton, N. L. 1903. The Rose Mallows. Jour. N. Y. Bot. Garden 4: 219-220. 
Plates 17, 18. ' 
Britton, N. L., and Brown, Addison. 10913. Illustrated Flora of the Northern 
States and Canada. 
Stout, A. B. 1915. The origin of dwarf plants as shown in a sport of Hibiscus 
oculiroseus. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42: 429-450. Plates 26, 27. 
