912 NATURAL HISTORY MISCELLANY 
Tue FRAGARIA GILLMANI AGAIN.—In simple justice to those concerned, 
I think it but right to state that specimens of this food have lately 
been examined by Dr. Asa Meta and that he confidently considers it F. 
Mexicana Schieck senda: At the same time he admits that Schtechenda 
in his description has cereals all mention of the well-developed leaf ou 
the scape, which Dr. Gray sin ud idcm to be, or to be Rassen 
the distinguishing charac ‘the species," adding that **no 
one could tell from Sc er vin inensis whether or not he had a 
plant like this in view.” It w hus be seen that he does not entertain 
the idea that it is merely Ve accidental variation of F. vesca,” as som 
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everbearing ocn (F. Gillmani eR has held this everbearing 
character for ten years in the State of higan. Plants removed to the 
house from ilie open ground last RM are now (March 22d, 1870) in 
e plant has been raised from seed during the past season, and 
the besito continue to produce all the characteristics of the parent 
plants, with dichotomous stem and racemose flowers, even to the blos- 
soming and fruiting of the stolons, and that when but four months old! 
—the leafy character of the stem being a marked feature. — Henry GILL- 
MAN, Detroit, Michigan 
VITAL FORCE AND COLOR IN PLANTS. — In my remarks on the yellow- 
flowered variety of the purple Sarracenia, in the March number of the 
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A ST, the parenthesis, on page 44, contains an evident lapsus 
penna stead of reading **(white being taken as absence of color)," 
it might be corrected and improved so as to read ws :— “(white 
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about thí interesting subject, and more clearly deflning the laws which 
govern it. As we better understand the effects on vegetation of different 
gi constituents of the soil, more light will be shed in this dam 
I s bee marked that when a flower is of two colors, they a 
most potes DIE of each other. Familiar instances of ux are 
forg i 
the fairy bird's-eye primrose of the rocks (Primula farinosa Linn.), bear- 
ing pale lilac gewo with yellow eyes, powdered with silvery farina, and 
the peerless calypso, nymph of the hemlock groves (Calypso borealis 
Salisb.), with br don purple petals, and lip maculated with a darker 
purple, almost hiding the flush of rare yellow glory within. Where there 
