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banks of melting snow, according to Prof. Greene i Garden and 

 Forest, iii, 356). Herbage glabrous and glaucous. The dull, dark 

 red petals scarcely larger than the green sepals, thick and leathery 

 in both species. 



P^EONIA Califorxica. — Restricted in its distribution (Greene, 

 1. c. ), to Southern and Lower California. 'Glabrous but not glau- 

 cous; leaves twice or thrice as large, of rounded and pedate general 

 outline." The northern plant I have not seen. The southern form 

 (both are considered as belonging to one species by many botanists) 

 is without floral beauty, though the luxuriant foliage makes it use- 

 ful in some situations. Grows in dry, rocky soil, from a few hun- 

 dred, to two or three thousand feet altitude, where it is subjected to 

 a lieht fall of snow in winter. C. R. Orcutt. 



XOTES AXD NEWS. 



A 1 colored portrait of Lathyrus splendens appears in 1'ick's 

 3-Iagazin e f o r J u 1 y , 1891. 



One who has had experience in the care of caged birds and gold 

 fish writes: Never give anything greasy or salt to birds or fish. I 

 give seeds and bread, apple and baked potato to my birds, and to 

 the gold rish, angle worms, raw beef, baked potato and a kind of 

 bread made of eggs and flour, without salt, the same that is best 

 for birds. 



The poisoning of plants having proved ineffectual has been en- 

 tirely abandoned at the Gray herbarium. The tightness of cases 

 and the handling of sheets are relied upon to preserve the specimens. 

 Any which become infested may be treated to a stay in C S, vapor, 

 or some other insecticide. — Botanical Gazette. 



^leehans Monthly, conducted by the veteran horticulturist, 

 Thomas Meehan, contains in its first issue a handsome colored 

 sketch of Rhododendron maximum. 



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4096. Taxidermy and Zoological Collecting. A complete hand- 

 book [for the amateur taxidermist, collector, osteologist, museum 

 builder, sportsman, and traveller. By Wm. T. Hornaday. With 

 chapters on collecting and preserving insects, by W. J. Holland. 



