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lieve, does not usualy occur so far from the coast.” —H. WILLEY, New 
_. 
Mr. H. o whom we ve rotted the specimen, says, ‘‘ The fern 
(Aspidium ales Sw.) which Mr. H. Willey sends, is from quite a 
before on this side of the sara River (where it is quite common), 
e hundred miles farther north 
AT THORNLESS Form or THE Honey Locust Tree.—I have been 
for the last three months watching a cluster of four Honey Locust 
and that new wood that might grow this spring ies have thorns 
them. Is it something unusual, or are they sometimes thornless ?—J. 
Hugues Hunt, Harrison mls: Ohio. 
A very obscure form without thorns, which by some is supposed to 
be a new species, has been known to exist in the Western States. — 
Eps. f 
Monstrous Roszs.—There is a small rose-bush in oe ape 
Which bears flowers called “very double.” Every summer, some of 
the blossoms send up a column or continuation of Ca lees from 
the middle of the flower. This column, after running up straight for 
an inch, branches off and bears buds, which develop into small 
tance, I cou 
single ewes. Another plant, in the same yard, this year produced a 
Monstrosity a little different bate the one above ABORT 6 8 The cup 
Was very shallow and of thin texture. The points of the calyx were 
More leaf-like than common, one of the rie pete. five leaflets, 
another four, another ens another two, and the other only one. In- 
Side this calyx or whorl of leaves were plenty of petals, a few sta- 
Mens, but the pistils were united into a column about half an inch 
long, tah as large as the stem below the flower. This column had 
Small prickles on two Pecan and towards the top were some petals, 
colored on one edge, and green on the other, with fringes imitating 
leaflets on the green edge. At the top of the column appear five 
leaves, with stipules and leaflets in perfect condition. These are ex- 
amples going to prove that “the blossom is a sort of branch, and its 
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